{"id":178,"date":"2011-04-28T06:45:02","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T13:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/?p=178"},"modified":"2011-04-28T06:45:02","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T13:45:02","slug":"wise-old-swiss-indian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"Wise Old Swiss Indian"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"grandma<\/a>It turns out that I have a lot to say about my Grandma Teetsel.  She seems to come up in many of my blog posts so I finally decided to give her a category.  I could have gone for something simple and self-explanatory like \u201cGrandma Teetsel\u201d but that seemed boring.  So instead Grandma\u2019s category is going to be called \u201cWise Old Swiss Indian.\u201d  Members of my immediate family (none of whom read this blog anyway) know exactly what this means.  Here\u2019s the story for the rest of you.  <\/p>\n

Grandma Teetsel was Swiss.  Her maiden name was Schlatter.  Hedwig Asa Schlatter.  She was American born but her parents immigrated here from Switzerland.  I don\u2019t know much about Swiss culture but I imagine the people of Switzerland to be a lot like my grandmother:  tidy, no-nonsense perfectionists who are extremely organized.  This is because when I was a kid my grandfather would say things like \u201cThe floors are always clean in this house because your grandmother is a good Swiss woman.\u201d  and \u201cNo cheating at cards tonight.  Those Swiss eyes are watching.\u201d  <\/p>\n

It was Grandpa Teetsel who is actually coined the term \u201cWise Old Swiss Indian.\u201d  Grandma and Grandpa were visiting our house for the weekend and we were all sitting around the dinner table arguing about something.  I have no idea what just that we were all yelling at each other about something.  My grandmother who usually participated in such events with vigor had quieted down at one point while the rest of us tried to out-shout each other.  And suddenly Grandpa\u2019s voice rose above the rest saying \u201cQuiet everyone!  Let the Wise Old Swiss Indian speak!\u201d  <\/p>\n

It totally broke the tension in the room and when we were all done laughing Grandma rose her half-drunk Tom Collins and said\u2026.something.  I have no idea what because I don\u2019t remember but whatever it was it ended the argument.  <\/p>\n

After that we referred to my grandmother as the Wise Old Swiss Indian.  And whenever the family got in some kind of heated argument someone would eventually break off topic and ask my grandmother, \u201cWhat does the Wise Old Swiss Indian have to say about this?\u201d  <\/p>\n

Rest in peace Grandma!  Your tribe will go on even if our floors are never as clean as yours.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It turns out that I have a lot to say about my Grandma Teetsel.  She seems to come up in many of my blog posts so I finally decided to give her a category.  I could have gone for something simple and self-explanatory like \u201cGrandma Teetsel\u201d but that seemed boring.  So instead Grandma\u2019s category is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}