The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, and it was included in Gershon Legman’s Rationale of the Dirty Joke. While searching through the items his roommate had left behind this student discovered a beaker of ether and a rag in a large zip-loc bag.Īs Brunvand notes, this legend has been mentioned in print as far back as 1886, in Richard F. He returned to his dorm room to discover that his roommate had hastily moved out and had dropped out of school. The sluggishness was due to heavy drug use. The doctor seemed puzzled because he explained that the cause of the student’s pains was due to being sodomized on a regular basis. After the exam the doctor asked the student if he was gay.
This went on for a week or two before he sought medical attention at Cowell. Apparently his roommate had been using ether on him to knock him out while he, um, had his way with him.Ī guy in the dorms would wake up in the morning feeling sluggish and experiencing abdominal pains. It was discovered that he had a high level of ether in his bloodstream. A guy went to the doctor because of pain in his rectum. Giving honor to those who've paved the way for change is worth the acknowledgment and the celebration.A few summers ago, a friend of mine at work told me a story that supposedly happened at the school he went to. The ruling in that case happened like 5 minutes ago! As much as people want to argue that racism is no longer real or happened lifetimes ago, we've had to explain a reality to our children that existed not long before Mommy was born. I'm grateful to not fear consequences such as jail time as a result. Neither my husband or I were intentionally seeking to be in a 'mixed race' relationship, but we, too, simply found each other and fell in love. Two people who just wanted to be left alone to love their family fought for that right and changed it for us all. "At the risk of sounding cliche about Loving Day, it's important to recognize and celebrate the simple power of love. "The word I'd use to describe us? 'Warriors.' We've gone through several seasons of transition through our 11+ years of marriage and remained a solid team through them all. Hopefully, our marriage will be an example to our future children and the younger generation in the family that it doesn’t matter who you pray to, where you were born or the color of your skin, that love is love." - Brian, who lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, Veeda "Loving Day is a time to not only celebrate those who paved the way before us but to show our families, friends and society that our love matters more than bigotry or misunderstanding.
Veeda and I realize how blessed we are to live in such a diverse community, but at the same time understand that there are others who aren’t so lucky. Our families have a strong religious faith, and it made our engagement and marriage difficult at times some family have even severed ties with us. My wife is Muslim and the daughter of Afghan refugees, while I am Protestant and Irish. "My wife, Veeda, and I just celebrated our third anniversary, and at least once every few weeks we look at one another and say, 'I can’t believe we’re married.' We were born into very different backgrounds but grew up just miles apart. "Our word is 'triumph.' The odds were against us, but we are proving people wrong every day.