12-14-2020, 04:18 AM
Look what just dawned on me today! Decades of duhhh undone!
Macaroni: a highly excessive fashion trend of the 18th century.
So when Yankee Doodle "stuck a feather in his cap and called it Macaroni," well, that's what the song means. He puts a feather in his hat and considers himself to be a regular X Y Z!
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/2...h-century/
I feel so enlightened!
And apparently, satire became a powerful tool in those times. A tool which I must try to use to overcome the hopelessness and despair which currently dominates my every waking hour.
I wish I'd had this background and had included a barbed conversation like this in my Bratz story! Which, now that I've found Yasmina, might actually have a chance of being resurrected. I might need to conscript you to write some of the dialog.
So the whole song, Yankee Doodle Dandy, is a satirical ditty about a, well, obviously, a dandy; and macaroni is a synonym for dandy. Huh. They say ya learn something every day, but some days ya learn things that are much more interesting than other days!
Macaroni: a highly excessive fashion trend of the 18th century.
So when Yankee Doodle "stuck a feather in his cap and called it Macaroni," well, that's what the song means. He puts a feather in his hat and considers himself to be a regular X Y Z!
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/2...h-century/
I feel so enlightened!
And apparently, satire became a powerful tool in those times. A tool which I must try to use to overcome the hopelessness and despair which currently dominates my every waking hour.
I wish I'd had this background and had included a barbed conversation like this in my Bratz story! Which, now that I've found Yasmina, might actually have a chance of being resurrected. I might need to conscript you to write some of the dialog.
So the whole song, Yankee Doodle Dandy, is a satirical ditty about a, well, obviously, a dandy; and macaroni is a synonym for dandy. Huh. They say ya learn something every day, but some days ya learn things that are much more interesting than other days!
They're not dolls, they're action figures!