In which we do our part to combat illiteracy!
By Tardsie
As a lad, I used to hang out with a kid we’ll call Zed. Zed was a couple of years older than I was, but we’d met when we were both in the 8th grade. Zed was not a bright boy. In fact, he was a stone-cold moron, and the 8th and part of the 9th grades were the only times we were in school together, because Zed dropped out as soon as the law would allow.
Despite being a halfwit, Zed actually had some things going for him. For one, he was reasonably good-looking and had a–if not refined, then at least well-developed–sense of style. For whatever reason–back then, anyway–girls flocked to him, and Zed could boast a number of conquests before the rest of us had even reached second base.
And while Zed wasn’t exactly a mean guy, by being the youngest of our group and…
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Promethean Times 
So glad to see you reblog something where I mentioned the word ‘penis’ in my comment.
Not sure why I didn’t comment on this the first time it was posted…
In the reblog, I was hoping Zed had reformed his ways, not beat up on you, and you then taught him to read, an inspiring story later turned into a Lifetime miniseries starring that kid from Life Goes On and Jenna Jameson.
On the bright side, Carrie said “penis”, so…
In reality, Zed’s life has turned out okay. He’s married, three kids and seems to be happy (and that’s all that really matters). Having raised two literate kids (the third is a toddler), I have to imagine that his reading skills have improved, however slightly.
But yeah, Connie’s fondness for the male anatomy really made the piece.