I was making a cup of coffee with a Kuerig machine, and the coffee I grabbed was a Newman’s own Pod.

I turned to the person next to me,and said, “I turned to the person next to me, and said, “Paul Newman started this company. I think that he had another line of work before he started making organic food.” 

My mom, whose favorite movie was Long Hot Summer, or as she put it, “Long Hot Summer with Paul Newman ……… YUM!!!” would not have been amused by that joke.

She probably would not have disowned me permanently, but she would have been very unamused by this bon mot.

Certainly she was unamused when her cousin at a political event, was asked to point out a politician’s wife, said cousin said, “She’s standing next to the tall handsome man with the striking blue eyes,” and the person she was pointing the woman out to said, “You mean that she is standing next to Paul Newman?”

My mom though that not recognizing Paul Newman was taking politics WAY too far.