deeper meaning

There is a deeper meaning behind our vocabulary words. No, I'm serious. I think. 

The word general is a good example. General means crap. The story goes back a long way, back to the Civil War Era, when a Civil War General named General McCrapp was looking for a way for his men to avoid relieving themselves into a hole in the ground. This was uncomfortable and unclean. General McCrapp invented the crapper for his army to crap in. It was comfortable. No one has really ever been able to avoid it being unclean, though. Still, the general is famous and general now officially means crap. So there you go.

How about flog? And fledge? This whole family of words comes from a very tight set of rules invented by Greg and Nick at a summer camp one year. They made up a game, known unofficially as The Flogging Game, and they made up some rules for the game. 

Rule No.1: Don't breathe, or you will be flogged. 

Rule No.2: Breathe, or you will be flogged.

Rule No.3: If you touch the ground, you will be flogged.

Rule No.4: If you don't touch the ground, you will be flogged.

Rule No.5: If you continue playing, you will be flogged until you quit.

Rule No.6: If you quit, you will be flogged until you continue playing.

By the way, I don't think anybody ever won the game. I don't even think it could be won. Which doesn't make it much of a game...The new unofficial name will be The Flogging Challenge. 

Thank you for reading. Go back to your wasted pathetic life.