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NOVEMBER 20, 2009 1:55PM

What do this woman and Elizabeth Taylor have in common?

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This woman is Violet Constance Jessop.  This, I must say, is my idea of a tough broad.  And I mean that in a very, very good way.

So, what do she and the Divine Miss T. have in common?  Uh, nothin', really.  Except for this:  According to the article, Miss Jessop found herself on board no fewer than three ships that came to some sort of grief.  Taylor, as we all know (it's taught in school, isn't it?), has been on board no fewer than two-hundred and forty-seven marriages that have come to some sort of grief (NB:  Number is an estimate; actual number of failed marriages may vary).  So, you'd think that, maybe, you know, after the first three--marriages or shipwrecks--a person would start to think, "Hey!  Maybe it's me."

Just sayin' is all.

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After 3 marriages I know it's me. Sad but true. As for ships...well it's always the ship's fault.
insanity by its very definition is doing the same thing over & over and expecting the results to be different.
i'm just sayin' too
I know what they do not have in common: a lot.
Rated.
Grief is the destiny of some fine women.
So
we can study them, and find our convergences
and divergences...


the ship has sailed, say some women...
for her, she was on it and it sunk...
They say you keep marrying the same person each time, and your personality doesn't change. A recipe for disaster.
As the immortal Dr. Johnson said, second marriages are the triumph of hope over experience. I can only imagine what he would have said of, oh, fifth or sixth hitchings.
Someone should have explained to Ms Taylor that you don't always have to buy. Lease and rent are more appropriate when one is likely to be in a less permanent location.

Or perhaps she likes the process of weddings more than being married. A lot of women do, but few need to do it endlessly.

Perhaps they would if they could afford it.
I believe I did read her say once something to the effect of she felt she had to marry every man she was really in love with.