I learned a new vocabulary word. That word is merkin and it is a noun that means pubic wig. Back in the day, merkins were used by prostitutes to cover evidence of syphilis or the shaving they had to undergo to be rid of pubic lice. It was not a wig to be used to disguise oneself so as not to be recognized during a bank robbery.
This information came to me as I was relaying a recent experience at a large flea market. The market had the usual items one would expect to find at an outdoor flea market with goods displayed on wobbly old poker tables: unicycles, ugly art, used dishes and old toys including a rubber Iron Sheik doll with a missing nose. THEN I came upon a table of old medical supplies. it was unclear whether they were used, but I touched one so I hope not. This guy had a table of speculums and then a table next to it of anal dilators in various sizes. I didn't know what they were at first because they had oddly shaped heads, were made of wood and had screws on the sides. I thought it was a table of shoe horns, but then I noticed the sign on the table. What are these things even for? They looked like they pre-date colonoscopies. So in telling this story, I was asked if he had any merkins and I am delighted at my new vocabulary.
Yeah, so we live near a ghost town that now functions as an artsy community, and the lead singer of Tool/A Perfect Circle (Not sure how up you are on 90s hard rock, but there you go) lives there and has a winery named ... *DRUM ROLL* Merkin Vineyards. So we stopped in and Missy asked the girl working why it was called Merkin Vineyards, but she didn't know.
ReplyDeleteMerkin Vineyards. When you want your wine to entice images of vagina wigs.