feralmerril
Absent Comrade
Ever have a girl friend that "Was good nuff for the money?"
Terms that gnaw on my nerves
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Medical Malspeaking
There are all sorts of new twists on pre-exiting ailments, some of which have been widely used as jokes, such as Oldtimers' Disease.
Apparently, there are those who suffer from spinal men-in-Jesus, roaches of the liver, sick-as-hell anemia, very close veins, double ammonia and my favorite, "prostrate" problems. I guess you can also suffer from whopping cough and a cute vaginitis.
There are all sorts of new twists on pre-exiting ailments, some of which have been widely used as jokes, such as Oldtimers' Disease.
Apparently, there are those who suffer from spinal men-in-Jesus, roaches of the liver, sick-as-hell anemia, very close veins, double ammonia and my favorite, "prostrate" problems. I guess you can also suffer from whopping cough and a cute vaginitis.
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You're cold!
Kaaskop49
Shield #5103
You're cold!
Kaaskop49
Shield #5103
You were a Shooting Star pilot?
I have met a LOT of folks from the USAF and most of them did NOT fly, but everyone always assumes that they do. That's probably their biggest pet peeve. Not everyone can be a zoomie. Some have to be wingnuts, and keep 'em flying
Aticus
Member
I used to joke about that until my state elected a dead man.
CAJUNLAWYER
Member
One would think-but convicted felon is really a misnomer. A felon is one who has been convicted of a felony. If you ain't been convicted you ain't a felon Convicted felon makes as much sense as a pair of twins
SmokewagonSD
Member
I'm getting really tired of people who have to respond to every statement with "perfect". As if my request for a cheeseburger was in some way exceptional.
Uhhhh trust me they aren't TRYING.. No more than our southern brethren TRYING to effect a southern drawl..
One of my "favorites" is when a television "news" show goes to their "reporter on the ground". Yes, I can see that the reporter isn't floating in the air. 
In the area of redundancy, there is the "canine police dog" and the "seventeen year old teenager", among others.
In the area of redundancy, there is the "canine police dog" and the "seventeen year old teenager", among others.
meaneyedcatz
Member
What irks me is not so much the mispronunciation but the attitude.
A buddy of mine, not a friend but a buddy, was from Arkansas and lived a bit in Louisiana and all cola based sodas were cokes.
What if you want a Pepsi?
Its a coke.
so you have to say it twice. I want a coke but make it a pepsi.
they are all cokes
where is the logic in that?
they are all cokes.
After a bit he always got his panties bunched up. So I did what all real men must do. I asked him about pepsi cola in the south.
I knew him when both our families live in central Illinois. He yelled at his kids for saying "you guys" instead of "you all". Smart guy but very shallow.
A buddy of mine, not a friend but a buddy, was from Arkansas and lived a bit in Louisiana and all cola based sodas were cokes.
What if you want a Pepsi?
Its a coke.
so you have to say it twice. I want a coke but make it a pepsi.
they are all cokes
where is the logic in that?
they are all cokes.
After a bit he always got his panties bunched up. So I did what all real men must do. I asked him about pepsi cola in the south.
I knew him when both our families live in central Illinois. He yelled at his kids for saying "you guys" instead of "you all". Smart guy but very shallow.
CAJUNLAWYER
Member
True story.
In the woods hunting with a bunch of cajuns-actually we were back at the head lane after the hunt skinning the squirrels..
Conversation went like this.
"Hey Boudreaux(the guy's nane was really boudreaux) you want a coke.
"Yea"
"what kind?"
"Dr. Pepper."
"Here ya go."
I learned right then to just sit back and enjoy...
Reminds me of a line from an old medical drama that I remember to this day, either St. Elsewhere or an early episode of ER:
"She has acute angina, which is fortunate because her legs are terrible."
Alpo
Member
I've never understood why that confuses people.
First, at least every place I've lived in the South, it's not "all cola-based soft drinks", it's ALL soft drinks, period. Up north they drink a "soda" or a "pop". We drink a coke. I don't believe it would confuse the Yankees so much if we called it a bababa or a zimmie or some other word. But "COKE" is, according to them, a brand name, and can't be used for anything else.
Well, first, the KLEENEX I wipe my nose with is Puffs. The THERMOS I put my coffee in is an Aladdin. The CRESCENT wrench and the CHANNELOCKS I use are both marked CRAFTSMAN. Nothing wrong with using a brand name as a generic term. As long as everyone knows what you mean, who cares? Hell, I still get in my CAR and go somewhere, and I haven't owned a CAR since 1985. It does not seem to upset anyone when I refer to my Bronco or my Silverado as a CAR. They know it means AUTOMOBILE.
And COKE ain't a brand, anyway. That brown, sweet, fizzy stuff from Atlanta? That's CO-COLA.
First, at least every place I've lived in the South, it's not "all cola-based soft drinks", it's ALL soft drinks, period. Up north they drink a "soda" or a "pop". We drink a coke. I don't believe it would confuse the Yankees so much if we called it a bababa or a zimmie or some other word. But "COKE" is, according to them, a brand name, and can't be used for anything else.
Well, first, the KLEENEX I wipe my nose with is Puffs. The THERMOS I put my coffee in is an Aladdin. The CRESCENT wrench and the CHANNELOCKS I use are both marked CRAFTSMAN. Nothing wrong with using a brand name as a generic term. As long as everyone knows what you mean, who cares? Hell, I still get in my CAR and go somewhere, and I haven't owned a CAR since 1985. It does not seem to upset anyone when I refer to my Bronco or my Silverado as a CAR. They know it means AUTOMOBILE.
And COKE ain't a brand, anyway. That brown, sweet, fizzy stuff from Atlanta? That's CO-COLA.
THE PILGRIM
Member
Way back, I had a fraternity brother whose folks owned a Dr. Pepper bottling plant.
We would drink free Dr. And still make fun of it.
'Where do you all them piss-ants?'
But if you actually read the label, it's not piss-ants that makes it taste funny.
It's prune juice.
We would drink free Dr. And still make fun of it.
'Where do you all them piss-ants?'
But if you actually read the label, it's not piss-ants that makes it taste funny.
It's prune juice.
Because regardless is a word, whereas irregardless is a mistake. I don't care what YOUR dictionary says, I already done looked it up in my Funk and Wagnall's.
You can snicker all you like when I put a clip in my .45, which IS a pistol, but at least I don't have to go around looking for individual cartridge cases when I'm through shooting. 1917 was a good year.
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