Sixgun Sheridan Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 How about it being cold enough the freeze the balls off a brass monkey? HINT: it's not crude... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 This happened to me a few weeks ago. I asked the cashier, at a local video store: "Do you take plastic?" She had no clue. I then had to say: "do you take a credit card?" Don't Bogart that joint. Do you have a church key? Is this equipped with a posi-trac rear end? Is that a 4 track, or an 8 track? Is that a four barrel carb? (I had one kid think I was talking about carbohydrates!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 They thought I was being crude when I used an aircraft term of pushing the throttle all the way forward or "Balls to the Wall." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 4 hours ago, J-BAR #18287 said: Shot my wad. I had to explain it was a muzzleloading term. Also the related "flash in the pan." 15 minutes ago, Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 said: They thought I was being crude when I used an aircraft term of pushing the throttle all the way forward or "Balls to the Wall." I learned it as "balls out." The governor on engines used spinning weights to limit speed; the faster it spun, the further the balls swung out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: How about it being cold enough the freeze the balls off a brass monkey? HINT: it's not crude... There are a lot of Nautical terms that I've used since way back when....and I didn't know their origin. "Under the Weather." "Let the Cat out of the Bag." "Give me a little Leeway." "Son of a Gun." "Got him over the Barrel." "Give a Wide Berth." "Cut and Run." "Left High & Dry." "Three Sheets to the Wind." "Taken Aback." "Keel Over." "Learn the Ropes." "Dead in the Water." "Pipe Down." "Don't Rock the Boat." "Shot Across the Bow." "She's Broad in the Beam." "He's a Loose Cannon." "Don't Make Waves." "He Showed His True Colors." "Get on Board." Questionable if this is Nautical: "Freeze the Balls off a Brass Monkey" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Colder than a well diggers a#$%^&%$#! Or maybe, "Don't that just frost your cookies" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Don't hold it against me...but my mom caught me off guard when she was watching my toddler son... "Pulled a boner" (Made a funny...) Also the old "Drag of a fag" Or "All fagged out" All wich have TOTALLY different meanings today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Slim SASS #24733 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 kickstart it Rewind it Let's hear the flip side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 said: There are a lot of Nautical terms that I've used since way back when....and I didn't know their origin. "Under the Weather." "Let the Cat out of the Bag." "Give me a little Leeway." "Son of a Gun." "Got him over the Barrel." "Give a Wide Berth." "Cut and Run." "Left High & Dry." "Three Sheets to the Wind." "Taken Aback." "Keel Over." "Learn the Ropes." "Dead in the Water." "Pipe Down." "Don't Rock the Boat." "Shot Across the Bow." "She's Broad in the Beam." "He's a Loose Cannon." "Don't Make Waves." "He Showed His True Colors." "Get on Board." Questionable if this is Nautical: "Freeze the Balls off a Brass Monkey" I didn't realize all of those had nautical origins, but they make sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Hot box that cigarette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Get up and change the channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Just now, Dantankerous said: Get up and change the channel. Go outside and turn the antenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Filling station Leaded or unleaded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Just now, Dantankerous said: Filling station Full service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Travel Lodge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 said: Questionable if this is Nautical: "Freeze the Balls off a Brass Monkey" That story has been around 40 forevers, but if you think about it it makes absolutely no sense. Not the part about brass contracting at a different rate than the iron cannonballs, so the cannonballs fall off the brass. That may or may not be true. I do not know. It's the other part of the story.THEY USED TO STACK CANNONBALLS ON THE DECK OF A SAILING SHIP. Think about that for just a minute. It's one thing to have a pile of cannonballs sitting next to the cannon at a fort on land. But the ship is moving. Let's have a good storm blowing, and the ship is heeling over. And cannonballs fall off that damn brass monkey and go rolling around the deck. Hell let's let it be the middle of the night and there's a hurricane blowing. And sailors are up there running all over the deck trying to get the sails down so that the masts don't get snatched out of the holes, and they're dodging iron balls rolling all over the place. And if it's a good wind, and the ship is really bouncing around, the balls will go falling off the ship into the ocean - KASPLOOSH. Then when the pirates attack, what the hell you gonna do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Sam, SASS #34718L Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Here's one my GrandPa use to use pretty often....... And I bet not many here know what it means "That was Larapin Good Truck" Anybody know or want to venture a Guess ???????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Version I heard of the brass monkey tale was that they melted wax and poured over the cannon ball to keep them in place. If it got real cold the wax would break and the balls escape. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 22 minutes ago, Silver Sam, SASS #34718L said: Here's one my GrandPa use to use pretty often....... And I bet not many here know what it means "That was Larapin Good Truck" Anybody know or want to venture a Guess ???????????????? “larapin” means tasty; “truck” as in “truck garden” or home grown food in general. So larapin good truck is a tasty meal. Reminds me of my grandparents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 7 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Why 7-11’s are called 711s. They were unique because they were open from 7am to 11pm years ago. That was something new when I was a kid , nothing was open Sunday and usually only a half day on Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 End of the line. I never knew the origin until we rode a streetcar in New Orleans. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Sam, SASS #34718L Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 17 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: “larapin” means tasty; “truck” as in “truck garden” or home grown food in general. So larapin good truck is a tasty meal. Reminds me of my grandparents. J-Bar got It !!!!! Now as my Mom use to say, we need to "Pin a Worm on Him" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Dantankerous said: Get up and change the channel. Yup, back in the 1970s my dad bought a TV set with a remote control. The TV is long gone but I'm still here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Hope ya heal up and hair over. Six of one..half dozen of the other. (Gets them every time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Call me on the Ameche. (Call me on the phone. Actor Don Ameche played Alexander Graham Bell who invented the telephone.) Shoot, it's your nickel! (Back when a payphone required a nickel to make a call. Which I do remember as a kid, just before they shifted to a dime.) SNAFU! Situation Normal, All Fouled (or whatever) Up. FUBAR! Fouled Up Beyond All Recollection or Repair or Recovery Roger, that! I understand what you are talking about. Wilco! Will Comply with your order or direction. Ten-four, good buddy! That's right...CB lingo. What's your twenty? Where are you? CB lingo. Air Force missileers used 10-9 for what's your location. Don't know if that was to confuse enemy agents or just Transportation Control (driving around Montana). CAVU (See-A-Vee-You) Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 7 hours ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Eat that! the starving kids in China would love to have that to eat. Grandma made the mistake of telling me to clean my plate because there were starving children in China. I handed it back to her and declared happily, "Load that thing up, Grandma, I won't touch a bit of it and more of those Communists will starve plumb to death!" She gave me a defeated look and never tried that unsuccessful brand of child psychology again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Shooter Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 For those that would like a visual. The ropes on the cannon were used to tie it off to the side of the hull so the recoil wouldn’t send it rolling across the deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Shooter Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 And for you other swabbies out there: Splice the main brace - when sailing ships had to repair the masts it was a hard dirty job. The men were often rewarded after the main brace was spliced with grog or rum. Today it means to go have an adult beverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 If you don't watch out I'll drop a dime on you You look like the milkman Leave it in the milk chute (I have one on my house and it was built in 1959) Five and dime store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: You look like the milkman My father lived his entire life as a dairy farmer; .....does that count ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Standard shift Three on the tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Don't touch that dial! It was a Polaroid moment...... Do ya think the rain will hurt the rhubarb? (A favorite of my mom, as we lived on Puget Sound, west of Seattle). Ugly as a mud fence. A face that would stop an 8-day clock. Make hay while the sun shines! Best thing since sliced bread! Hold yer water! (From a favorite uncle rancher in Montana) Skinny as a scarecrow. Offended? Write your Congressman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Tequila Shooter said: For those that would like a visual. The ropes on the cannon were used to tie it off to the side of the hull so the recoil wouldn’t send it rolling across the deck. That's a mighty unusual looking deck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Colder than witches XXX in a brass bra... Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider Creek Shootist Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Dance with the Devil Penny for your thoughts Lights are on but nobody home Kentucky windage That boy could rock a three legged stool Couldn't hit the ground with his hat All smoke and no fire Cut bait or fish ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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