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On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 06:35:40 -0000 (UTC), Don <g@crcomp.net> wrote:

<snippo: "George" is GeorgeIII or perhaps G. Washingon>
>Is George destined to become his own grandpa?
>
><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dx3CvRC4fAmk>
>
>
>    I'm My Own Grandpa: A Canonical Analysis
>
>    "I'm My Own Grandpa," for those few who may not know, was a
>    signature song for country comedy artists (and Grand Ole
>    Opry regulars) Lonzo & Oscar. It has also been recorded by
>    others, including Grandpa Jones, and it makes a memorable
>    appearance in the hilariously stupid movie, The Stupids
>    (which is also remarkably clean, one of the few such comedy
>    films).
>
>    The premise of the song is that an unusual pair of marriages
>    result in bizarre relational implications for the character
>    in the song, such that he is now his own grandpa (as you
>    might suppose from the title).
>
>    The bizarre relationships that result from this pair of
>    marriages are extensive, and now someone has now gone and
>    done a hypertext version of the song that allows you to keep
>    track of how all the relationships work, complete with diagrams.
>
>    With this in mind (and linking the hypertext version), a
>    reader writes:
>
>    Would the following be considered licit...  from the [Catholic]
>    Church's perspective? ...
>
>    <https://jimmyakin.com/2006/09/im_my_own_grand.html>

In a major family reunion, re-uniting after decades the brother and
sister who, of the 11 children their parents had, were the only two to
reach adulthood (life was hard in the 1880s or so on the Great
Plains), I met two young (8 and 11, IIRC) who were referred to as
"cousins" (American English being very liberal in the use of this
word) but who were, in fact, Aunt and Niece.=20

And the Aunt was the /younger/ one.

So, yes, some strange convolutions can happen in real life.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"