R: (loudly, at restaurant) We are not supposed to eat dog poop!
Mater: (laughing) Oh God, it’s her maxims.
Pater: Her what?
Mater: Maxims. Like La Rochefoucauld.
Pater: Oh! “Il faut ne pas manger de la merde du chien.”
Mater: (as critic) “It combines the very worst qualities of the French: sententiousness, and an obsession with filth.”

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Texts and images copyright (C) 2022 Pauline Kerschen. Layout adapted from the Single A Tumblr theme by businessbullpen. The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) has zygodactylic feet, leaving X-shaped tracks with ambiguous direction. The Pueblo and Hopi used the X symbol to mislead evil spirits. Border folklore in the early twentieth century held that a roadrunner would lead a lost traveler back to his path. In Mexico the roadrunner is known as paisano, countryman.