We had our first prenatal class last night, and in amongst all kinds of useful information was this little gem: apparently conventional wisdom in the 1980s recommended that a woman approaching the end of her pregnancy always carry a jar of pickles with her wherever she went, so that she could smash the pickle jar on the ground and alleviate any potential embarrassment if her water were to break in public. I … can’t quite figure this one out. Unless you were at a grocery store or a church picnic, wouldn’t a broken jar of pickles suddenly appearing on the scene raise more questions than it would answer?
You know who _I_ feel sorry for, is all those women who PRE-pregnancy weren’t ALREADY carrying a jar of pickles.
I agree with the previous comment.
It’s a good point. In addition to being a tasty snack, I can think of a number of other potentially humiliating situations that could be quickly and efficiently dealt with simply by hurling a jar of pickles to the ground and fleeing the scene.
For some reason I just had a vision of Joshua Purdy hurling a jar of pickles to the ground and running away – would it surprise anyone who knows him if he had actually done this before?
This is quite possibly the best piece of advice I have ever heard.