November 13, 1789

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend in which he said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes and the ability of a woman to misconstrue the most innocent of comments and turn it into a relationship ending event.” It later became known that Mr. Franklin had observed his house-maid as she bent over and picked a button off the floor and innocently informed her that her bottom was almost as shapely as her mother’s, which also explained Mr. Franklin’s blackened eye at that time.

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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