I guess this made sense in 1950, but nowadays, folks would be up in arms against people in arms. And surely that woman only appears nude, bracing herself against an outhouse? I don’t get it.
Remember clotheslines?
FYI, per http://www.urbandictionary.com,
One who attends the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.
The term tea-sip was started by students of Texas A&M University (aka Aggies) in the early 1900’s to belittle the well-to-do students of U.T. The University of Texas was traditionally the “rich” school which pumped out doctors, lawyers and the like. A&M was the blue collar school which traditionally taught Agriculture and Mechanics.
Examples:
- The Aggies play the teasips on Thanksgiving day.
- I’m sick of all those hippy teasips in Austin.
Sure looks like they had a whale of a good time. (I had to do it.)
I Don't Get It 
I’ve never heard the “tea-sip” term. Funny thing to call people!!
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Me neither, and I’ve lived here my whole life. I thought teasippers were people who didn’t drink alcohol.
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exactly!!
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I think we have a whole bunch of tea-sips today. We just use a different name.
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My family referred to clothes lines as the “prairie dryer”.
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Ha! I haven’t heard that one before!
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So a “teasip” is kind sorta like a “special snowflake” in today’s parlance?
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I thought it was like a fancy pants, sipping tea. A special snowflake sounds like it needs to wear a helmet.
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Who doesn’t love a parade ? ;-D
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