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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
I have been seeing on TV shows the use of the exclamation "Jinx!" when 2 people say the same utterance at the same time. My family always said "Someone's coming hungry" on such occasions. When did "Jinx!" become the norm? flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | ||
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| It's not easy being me |
We've always said "jinx" here. But what do I know. I'm only 58, and I'm from the "upper" South (Tennessee). _______________________________________ Flammable, Inflammable, or Nonflammable....... Hell, either it Flams or it doesn't!! (George Carlin) | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
It's always been the norm for everyone I've known for the past 3-4 decades, all across the country. Including in Texas. On the other hand, I have literally never heard (or even heard of) anyone saying "someone's coming hungry" in those circumstances. | |||
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| Conservative in Nor Cal constantly swimming up stream  |
It was jinx growing up for me in California Another one was Coke: You owe me a coke. Another game we played was slug bug. Every time you saw a VW Bug on the road if you saw it first, you got to slug the person next to you. Me being the youngest of 5 meant I got bruised up a lot  ----------------------------------- Get your guns b4 the Dems take them away Sig P-229 Sig P-220 Combat | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
My family was from German-Dutch roots. Maybe that explains it. Maybe the Teutons have a different expression for it? Also, I'm 81--maybe in the rural mid-South back in the 1940s people said different things. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Freethinker |
Interesting. This is the first time in my 70+ years that I have heard of the practice. ► 6.4/93.6 “Most men … can seldom accept the simplest and most obvious truth if it … would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions … which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabrics of their lives.” — Leo Tolstoy | |||
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| Conservative Behind Enemy Lines  |
I became acquainted with it about 17 years ago when my son learned it from his friends at school. They would exclaim, "Jinx!" And, follow it with, "You owe me a Coke!" Of all the enemies the American citizen faces, the Democrat Party is the very worst. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Uhhh, yup. "Jinx" has been a thing since at least I was a child.
Yeah, that's a brand new one on me. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| Ugly Bag of Mostly Water  |
I'm over 60, and we did that when I was in elementary school. Endowment Life Member, NRA • Member of FPC, GOA, 2AF & Arizona Citizens Defense League | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
I'm beginning to think that flashguy, like bendable, comes from a different planet. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
I come from a better place! And "I come in peace!" flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Eating elephants one bite at a time  |
Grew up in KS. Jinx was the norm. There was more to the "coke" thing. We always said, "a pinch a poke, you owe me a coke." What about walking on each side of a pole,fure hydrant, sign, etc (walking on separate sides of something)? That was a "bread and butter" or "PB&J," but short, not peanut butter and jelly. Most in our area were of European decent either German or Italian. | |||
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Member |
It was always "Jinx" here as well. Never heard of the "Someone's coming hungry". Did y'all play padiddle too? “I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” | |||
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| Wait, what? |
Jinx here too from a very early age, but the penalty was you couldn’t speak until someone said your name 3 times. My kids brought it home from school all on their own. My daughter (now 16) came home one day with “punchbuggy” where you had to call out the color as well as the games name. Also learned on their own from friends. One of those self enduring societal practices I suppose. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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Ammoholic |
Yes to padiddle. Never heard of people getting hungry. It was always "Jinx, no talk backs," or "Jinx, you owe me a Coke." Flashguy, if someone yelled "punch buggy yellow, no punch backs." Would you know why? Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Happily Retired |
Never heard of jinx, it was always Coke. .....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. | |||
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| Member |
I too am over 70 and never heard of it. Maybe it's a regional thing. | |||
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| Just Hanging Around |
I’ve been in Kansas for 67 years, and I’ve never heard of either one of those. | |||
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Don't Panic |
Never heard either one, but I've only lived in seven states. | |||
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I'm Fine |
I'm 55. Grew up in GA. We said Jinx. Never heard of "someone's coming hungry" in ANY setting whatsoever. ------------------ SBrooks | |||
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