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Peace through superior firepower |
Once, when visiting a very small town with my family when I was seven or eight years old, my father said "They roll up the sidewalks around here at 5 PM." I took his remark literally and I could not understand how or why they would roll up sidewalks made of concrete. Seemed like an awful lot of effort, and to what end, I could not fathom. Can you recall anything like that from your childhood? | ||
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Not really from Vienna |
As a little kid 4 or 5 years old (in the early 1960s), the “colored people” my grandparents referred to were a mystery to me. I figured they must be a variety like you’d see in a box of crayons. It seemed odd that I never saw any of them when they were being discussed. Also, “my eyes were bigger than my stomach” didn’t make sense to me. Particularly when my dear old fat Uncle Jack used the term.This message has been edited. Last edited by: arfmel, | |||
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My Father used to insult my Mother by saying her family lived so far back in the sticks, they had to pipe the sunshine in. I accepted that for quite a while. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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Deeds Not Words |
My parents were referencing the Houston skyline and said “skyscrapers”. I observed the contrail of a passing commercial airliner...subsequently for years, I was confused because I thought a skyscraper was a jet...made sense to my kid mind... Navy BMD: When "Aim High" isn't High Enough! | |||
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Lucky to be Irish |
Funny, I forgot all about that saying until you mentioned it. As a kid of about four or five I pictured the same thing in my head when my Grandfather said it. | |||
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Muzzle flash aficionado |
There are still a lot of little towns where the colloquial sense of that statement is true. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Run Silent Run Deep |
Children can be so literal... When I was about the same age, I remember seeing the warning signs in neighborhoods that said “ caution children at play” or “watch out for children”...but saw no kids playing? So I asked my Mom where all the children were? _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
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delicately calloused |
Why would anyone sell their garage? Who would only buy the garage? How does one move a garage and why have I never seen one being moved? Who sells their yard? You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Ammoholic |
Not an expression, but we were listening to AC/DC and I was singing along. Mom asks me what I was singing. I answer "Dirty knees and the thunder chief." She smiles and tells me it's "Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap." Now in my head 30+ years later I still hear dirty knees and the thunder cheif every time I hear the song. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Freethinker |
I have tended to have very literal understanding of things all of my life and to this day sometimes have trouble understanding expressions that don’t mean what they seem to. My memories of childhood are very dim, but the one expression that I do recall was, “Keep your eye on the ball,” in reference to sports like baseball. The admonition was as incomprehensible as someone’s talking about the Trinity, and it never occurred to me to even ask what it meant. I just assumed it was one of those things that could only be understood by adults, and throughout childhood I never realized it was simply a way of saying, “Watch the ball.” “I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma.” — The Wizard of Oz This life is a drill. It is only a drill. If it had been a real life, you would have been given instructions about where to go and what to do. | |||
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Ol' Jack always says... what the hell. |
I never understood what a 'cow lick' was. I thought everyone was saying "callick". Then one day well into my adult years for some reason it just hit me "Oh! Cow Lick!" | |||
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stupid beyond all belief |
My folks never used the term but a friend of mine did. "Moving the furniture" ,or rearranging the room". What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke | |||
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Ammoholic |
What does it mean? Was it followed by on the titanic or a sinking ship? Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Drug Dealer |
The Christian hymn Bringing in the Sheaves of course refers to harvesting wheat. I thought they were saying 'sheets' and pictured my mom retrieving bedlinen from the clothesline. When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw | |||
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Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar |
Vaccinated with a phonograph needle. Someone who talks a lot. If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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Never miss an opportunity to STFU |
“Nose to the grindstone” would hurt. Never be more than one step away from your sword-Old Greek Wisdom | |||
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Conveniently located directly above the center of the Earth |
...."don't make me have to pin your ears back"..... **************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey | |||
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Member |
My Pop said he was taking me "to get my ears lowered" I went to my mammaw crying wanting her to help me not have to go... At the barbershop I kept my hands on my ears throughout the hair cut. | |||
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Official Space Nerd |
We were watching some avalanche disaster movie in the 70s. I was maybe 6-8 yrs old. The villain did his thing because "he was fired." I thought that meant they literally set him on fire with a flame thrower or something. I thought 'no wonder he's mad.'. . I also did not know about stunts or special effects, meaning I thought that for every 'death' on tv, the actor(s) died for real. I was not too bright, apparently. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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Free men do not ask permission to bear arms |
When I was a kid and out of control my mom would say "He's had everything under the Sun". A gun in the hand is worth more than ten policemen on the phone. The American Revolution was carried out by a group of gun toting religious zealots. | |||
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