SailorButterfly wrote:I have a grandfather we call that. ;)

Is he cool?

pooflady wrote:Is he cool?

He can be. l o l

telephone dial

Betamax

cable-ready (everything is cable ready, so nobody needs to say it anymore)

vex

druthers
reckon
retsyn

(I still use druthers)

thrice

funkadelic

adjustable rate mortgage

phooey

pooflady wrote:phooey

fortnight

"I'm really looking forward to seeing what Britney Spears does next"

no1 wrote:"I'm really looking forward to seeing what Britney Spears does next"

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

schlock

vapors and vespers

as in i got the vapors and could have cracked my head open...and then


are you going to vespers mummy?

DOS

legionnaire

Waldo

xylophone

pooflady wrote:I've never heard of Loosemeat. What is it?

I recently heard about it on an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins & Drives on the Food Network

Schleckavesh - I don't have a clue how to spell it but my aunt used to say it when I was little - It meant junk food

elynnjean wrote:I recently heard about it on an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins & Drives on the Food Network

I just watched an episode of that last night in which a diner I frequent was featured. Now there will be a line every time for months.

Schrobblehead wrote:I just watched an episode of that last night in which a diner I frequent was featured. Now there will be a line every time for months.

I wish there was a good enough place around here to get on that show...the places that they feature seem pretty great.

"ragging" on someone

curmudgeon
strategery
lock box
crotchety
zephyr
armistice

pongx wrote:curmudgeon
strategery
lock box
crotchety
zephyr
armistice

We use curmudgeon a lot because one of the regulars is one.

daj59 wrote:poppycock

tasty.

Once, twice,...

..thrice

v8r.

SkekTek wrote:Fiskey. Short for a $5. Also five-spot, a fiver, etc...

Also sawbuck, for a $10 bill.

two bits

dontwantaname wrote:Yeah, where the heck did he go?????
Who has his email?
Someone must.
Drag him back.

By the scruff of his neck.

pooflady wrote:two bits

So is that the origin of the term "two bit hooker"?

SkekTek wrote:So is that the origin of the term "two bit hooker"?

I suppose now it means cheap. But back when it cost that for a "shave and a haircut"....

Of course, I don't think you could get a decent hooker now for the same price as a shave and a haircut.

pooflady wrote:I suppose now it means cheap. But back when it cost that for a "shave and a haircut"....

Of course, I don't think you could get a decent hooker now for the same price as a shave and a haircut.

Idunno... there's this salon where the DW used to get her hair cut, and that started at $50. That's probably a high-class girl in Atlantic City...

SkekTek wrote:Idunno... there's this salon where the DW used to get her hair cut, and that started at $50. That's probably a high-class girl in Atlantic City...

I don't have a clue, but does anyone know what an average hooker charges now?

Romper Room

Ding Dong School with Miss Francis
(And I'm betting I'm the only one here that remembers that show)