"SAY UNCLE !"
“SAY UNCLE!” “The phrase “Say Uncle!” is a common idiom used in English to describe a situation where one person surrenders or admits defeat to another.” (crossidioms.com) I was introduced to this phrase by my uncle Louis Wade. He was a fun uncle to us boys. We loved to wrestle and rough house with him when he came to visit. I was a young cocky teenager when he boasted one day, “I can pin you without even touching you!" "No way!” I said. He had me lay on my back then he stretched a thread across my nose so tight that I thought it would cut my nose off! When I tried to move, he tightened the string even more until I knew that if it tightened anymore, it would slice my nose off like a slice of bread! “Say Uncle! "he said, which I did. He had pinned me without even touching me! I’m thankful for my uncles, everyone! Uncle Lewis wasn’t our only cool uncle. Uncle Ed cut our hair (like it or not), uncle Marv taught me to hunt, grandpa Mac and uncle Bill t...