Okay, geniuses, here is your next test. The GFCI breaker in the laundry room is not functioning, but that is not the test question. It is true that, even after purchasing a new GFCI and installing same, it is still not working. On to the electrician. Here is the challenge: see image attached to this journal entry. When I took the cover plate off the GFCI, the space behind was FULL (or practically full) of these egg-things. They are about the size of a pencil eraser, maybe a little bit bigger. Very fragile, easily shattered. I think they are some kind of snake egg or lizard or iguana egg. That's where you guys (those of you that consider yourselves geniuses) come in. What are they. Surely (don't call me Shirley) one of you will have the answer. and...GO!...Simon-Pure -- Adjective. of untainted purity or integrity; also, pretentiously or hypocritically pure. "We certainly are not simon-pure when it comes to making mistakes; we've had a few doozies." Nick Vlahos, Peoria Journal Star (Illinois), December 28, 2017
Did You Know? British dramatist and actress Susannah Centlivre (1669-1723) introduced the character of Simon Pure in her 1718 comedy A Bold Stroke for a Wife. In that play, Colonel Fainall wants to marry Anne Lovely, but to do so he must win the consent of Anne's guardian, a Quaker gentleman named Obadiah Prim. Fainall tries to gain the needed approval by impersonating a Quaker preacher named Simon Pure. Unfortunately for the scheme, the real Simon Pure appears and proves himself to be the genuine article. People adopted the phrase the real Simon Pure (which in turn gave rise to the adjective simon-pure) from the play to refer to things true or genuine. I'm no Simon-Pure!
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