Warden Callaway Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 How about: Bigger than a bread box. Most kids / young adults have never seen a bread box. Clockwise/counterclockwise when many never see a clock with hands and can't associate. "Stop that bawling or I'll give you something to bawl about!" "I slap the flavor right out of you mouth!" "Your clutch is slipping." (Slip is sliding down below the hemline.) "Your barn door is open." "Well, dowg my cats." Here is a throwback for you. Got in the the truck the other evening and turned on the headlights. Started feeling around on the floorboard with my left foot looking for the dimmer switch! It's been at least 50 years since I've driven something with a floor mounted dimmer switch. Why do they still label gas as "unleaded" when there hasn't been lead in the gas for 50 years. Most drivers today probably never used leaded gas. "Stick you foot in it." "Hammer down." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 A run in your hose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Can you borrow me 10 cents to make a phone call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 No. Okay, they might 'get' it -- but not often enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Make like a sheep herd and get the flock out of here. Make like a tree and leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 When I lived in Saudi Arabia 50 years ago, when my daughter started to act up and be a brat I would threaten her by saying "settle down or I will sell you to a one-eyed Arab for a quarter." One day she placed her hands on her hips and boldly said "I am worth More than a quarter." Hard to stifle a giggle. She won that round. I heard about Kids in China being thrilled to eat what I didn't like. One day I popped off "here's a nickel, send it to them." That got me removed from the table and exiled to my room for the rest of the day. Mom didn't take prisoners.....:-( STL Suomi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 19 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: I remember them, but didn't know this: "Three gold balls suspended from a bar, the pawnbrokers symbol, were first placed in front of Lombard bankers homes during the Middle Ages. Most people could not read but they knew that three gold balls was a place to borrow money. The Italian province of Lombardy is where pawn shop banking originated. The three gold balls are part of the coat of arms of the Medici banking family of Florence, Italy. According to legend it is atributed to Saint Nicholas, who anonymously delivered three bags of gold to a friend so his three daughters could be married after being ransomed. Today in images and paintings of Saint Nicholas he is often seen bearing three bags of gold. This benevolent gesture has made him the patron saint of pawnbrokers." In Ukraine Lombard (ломбард) is the word for pawnshop. Russia too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 It was “starving Ethiopians“ for me. Thus, Meals Rejected by Ethiopians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 23 hours ago, J-BAR #18287 said: Shot my wad. I had to explain it was a muzzleloading term. So is "lock, stock, and barrel". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Bib and tucker. Make sure your seams are straight. Any reference to knickers or bloomers. Recycled motor oil. Galloshes. Bumper shoots. LS/MFT Pull chain o twist door bells. Wash above your cuffs and below your collar. Pencil box. Tax tokens. Lickem stickem postage stamps. And the three balls on the pawn shop doesn't mean "the odds are two to one against you getting it back". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Paper or plastic? JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 14 hours ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: 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. I tried that answer one time. Once I could sit down again, I cleaned my plate! Mom was not amused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 1 hour ago, St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905 said: When I lived in Saudi Arabia 50 years ago, when my daughter started to act up and be a brat I would threaten her by saying "settle down or I will sell you to a one-eyed Arab for a quarter." One day she placed her hands on her hips and boldly said "I am worth More than a quarter." Hard to stifle a giggle. She won that round. I heard about Kids in China being thrilled to eat what I didn't like. One day I popped off "here's a nickel, send it to them." That got me removed from the table and exiled to my room for the rest of the day. Mom didn't take prisoners.....:-( STL Suomi Daddy used to tell us, jokingly, that our replacements wouldn't treat him like that. He lightened up on using that line for a while after I pointed out that my replacement would be paid at least minimum wage to put up with him. About the 3rd time I used that comeback, he informed me that he was going to hire 3 illegal aliens instead- Jaime, Manuel and Consuela. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 32 minutes ago, DeaconKC said: I tried that answer one time. Once I could sit down again, I cleaned my plate! Mom was not amused. I knew better than to try. I'd have to go get my own switch! JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: I knew better than to try. I'd have to go get my own switch! JHC And the switch you came back with BETTER meet their standards, otherwise they are going to go get one and you aren't going to like that at all. How do I know this? Just trust me, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Most don't know what "two bits" is. 1 hour ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: Paper or plastic? JHC Wrist breaker credit card machines. Iced soda pop chests in gas stations. Punch boards. Savings stamps. Mom pretty much equipped our kitchen with S&H green stamps. Cigarette machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 18 hours ago, Dantankerous said: Get up and change the channel. Go move the rabbit ears. Good, now hold them right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Cigarettes cost two bits a pack I'm finer than frog hair split four ways. Who pulled your string/chain? Got a hitch in my getalong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Phone books. Dialing O for long distance. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Slim SASS #24733 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Same Bat time. Same Bat channel. A little dab will do ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said: And the switch you came back with BETTER meet their standards, otherwise they are going to go get one and you aren't going to like that at all. How do I know this? Just trust me, I know. My sister would bring back some piece of broom straw looking switch and get wore out with it. I figured that if I brought them back half a tree limb rather than a piece of broom straw, they would possibly swing lighter out of fear that it was too stiff and actually doing damage or at least tire out quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major General Shagnasty Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Far out man! Gotta crack a book. Don't be a Jay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Two that crossed my mind this morning... Useless as XXXX on a boar hog.... Jail bait Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Get the books of S & H Green Stamps, and let's go redeem them at the S & H store. Seeing a pretty red caboose, at the end of a freight train. You're slow as molasses in the Klondike. I'm out, do you have a spare ink cartridge? Being forced, in the 3rd grade, to write, and read, cursive handwriting. Looking for "wheat pennies", or "buffalo nickels", in your spare change. Licking postage stamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 35 minutes ago, Major General Shagnasty said: Don't be a Jay. There's one I've never heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 40 minutes ago, Major General Shagnasty said: Don't be a Jay. What does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 On 3/5/2021 at 5:55 AM, Tyrel Cody said: Here's a quarter call someone who cares. Vinyl has been making a comeback so some young folks will understand broken records and great albums. You must be young Tyrel, In my day it was, "Here's a nickle call someone who cares." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 46 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: What does that mean? I suppose it could mean a jerk - the letter J. I've heard of L7 - square - so J could be JERK. I've never heard the term used before. I'm just guessing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: What does that mean? Jay is short for popinjay. From Marriam Webster Popinjay: a strutting supercilious person Another use of Jay is: Jaywalker. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Phone booth (where does Superman change clothes nowadays?) When you pick up the phone and the human female operator says, "Number please?" When you called a company and a human actually answered instead of having to go through a long menu! 1943 steel pennies (anybody got one?) All the copper was going for cartridge cases and bullet and shell jacketing material. D.A. (male hair style) Buzz cut (another male haircut) Zoot suit with a reap pleat! Fedora, Homberg, porkpie (when men used to wear hats) Double-breasted (man's suit coat that lapped over the other side) Canasta Pong, Pac-man, Atari, Apple II+, 9-pin dot matrix (printer) CB radio (C.W. McCall...I'm about to put the hammer down!) "Phillips screw driver" (Milk of magnesia and vodka ) Rolling down the driver's window to signal a turn using your arm (before turn signals). Hydromatic drive Rocket 88 or 98 (Oldsmobile) Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy Uncle Milty (Milton Berl) "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" "Say the secret woid and divide a hundred dollars!" (The one and only....Groucho!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 BAM - I won't expand on this for fear of severe repercussions - Older Marines would know! "Manned" air/spacecraft/ship. Nowadays better say "crewed", without being crued! W.A.S.P. - No, not what you were thinking. Women' Air Service Pilots. The female heroes who flew all sorts of aircraft during WWII, towing aerial targets., ferrying aircraft all over the world, test flying them. A number of them died and the whole organization wasn't regarded as being in the military...until a few years back when Congress finally said they most certainly were! "Ping!" The sound made by an M-1 Rifle when ejecting the 8-round enbloc clip! Mix-master Stay well and safe, Pards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Given recent events, kids born today may not get this in another 15 years: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Texas Lizard said: Two that crossed my mind this morning... Useless as XXXX on a boar hog.... Jail bait Texas Lizard on a rooster...according to my dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 18 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said: Double-breasted (man's suit coat that lapped over the other side) Last time I went to buy a suit I was angry they didn't have any double breasted. I had to buy one right away for a funeral but I swore my next one would be double breasted again even if I had to get it custom made. I guess I should get on that now that I've been reminded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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