LIPS: WORDS CAN HEAL; WORDS CAN KILL

"Is that Versace you are wearing?"

Cueing in line at the gates to heaven,  

Princess Di found herself standing in line behind Cunanan. 

"Is that Versace you are wearing,"

she asked him.

I will never forget this attempt at a joke Jim (Bubba D. Licious) told a group of us while standing in the middle of Bourbon Street during Southern Decadence held anually New Orleans during Labor Day Weekend.

Princess Di had just died.  

You could have heard a needle drop.

I had just met Jim for the first time a couple of hours earlier in front of a Rawhide Bar.  Never heard of Bubba D. Licious at the time; and I had lived in Atlanta several years already.  

Quite popular with the Atlanta gay crowd he turns out to be.

Although everyone I know refers to him as Bubba D. Licious, I've always referred to him as Jim.  That was how I first met him.  He wasn't in drag at the time or any time that Decadence Weekend I'm aware of.

 

im·pres·sion

n.

1. An effect, feeling, or image retained as a consequence of experience.

2. A vague notion, remembrance, or belief: I have the impression that we have met once before.

3. A mark produced on a surface by pressure.

4. The act or process of impressing.

5. Printing

a. All the copies of a publication printed at one time from the same set of type.

b. A single copy of such a printing.

6. A humorous imitation of the voice and mannerisms of a famous person done by an 
entertainer.

7. An initial or single coat of color or paint.

8. Dentistry An imprint of the teeth and surrounding tissues, formed with a plastic material that hardens 
into a mold for use in making dentures, inlays, or plastic models.

Synonyms: impression, impress¹, imprint, print, stamp
These nouns denote a visible mark made on a surface by pressure: an impression of a notary's seal on wax; the impress of bare feet in the sand; a medal with the imprint of a bald eagle; the print of automobile tires in the tar; a goldingot with the refiner's stamp.