History lesson

I recently was chit chatting with my friend Lindsey about Kirk Cameron, and what a great show Growing Pains was, and how lousy it is that old Kirk has turned out to be this crazy right wing fundamentalist, and we had this exchange:

L:  remember how his character had a friend named boner?

the 80s, man

erections had to be called boners then too right?

like, that didn't happen after growing pains, right?

Me:  omg

surely not

i think boner has been around a long time

i'm gonna go with since neanderthals

L:  yes

i would agree

Me:  since they finished dinner one night around a fire

and someone held a bone up to his crotch

and they all went

"heh heh"

#history

L:  exactly