Expressions you never hear any more

[Matt J]

I'm not one to repeat what I hear, so you better listen the first time.
If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
That'll learn 'em (this one recently became very dear )

 

[NoHall]

roger that.
Big 10-4.
Affirmative.

(remember the cb radio craze in the 70s? what was your handle?)

Some of my kids use "roger," "affirmative," "stand by," etc. because the military folk use them.

I tell one of my dearest boys not to call me Roger, and he breaks into the spiel from "Airplane:" "Roger, Roger...what's your vector, Victor...?" Makes me laugh every time.

 

[Matt J]

Some of my kids use "roger," "affirmative," "stand by," etc. because the military folk use them.

I tell one of my dearest boys not to call me Roger, and he breaks into the spiel from "Airplane:" "Roger, Roger...what's your vector, Victor...?" Makes me laugh every time.

you know why. Think about it.

 

[NoHall]

you know why. Think about it.

Nope...you lost me......and I'm pretty sure that ignorance is bliss.

And that puts me in a mind of another story...

(Not really--I'm done. I just wanted to say "puts me in a mind of.")

 

[Matt J]

Nope...you lost me......and I'm pretty sure that ignorance is bliss.

And that puts me in a mind of another story...

(Not really--I'm done. I just wanted to say "puts me in a mind of.")

Not really, just wanted to use the expression "you know why".

 

[CastlesOfSand]

I just told a friend of mine today that my kids lollygag in the morning before school.......:roll: what was I thinkin?

 

[lsucajuns]

damn Skippy!

 

[Lynnie]

I dunno...LuLu uses this quite frequently.

Well, we both know LuLu is special...and groovy!

That she is.

Y'all are groovy!

"Far out!"

Also, "Heavy, man" with head nodding.

I was going for, "Far Out, Man!"

23 skiddoo

Neva heard this one. What does it mean?

I?m finer than frog hair split four ways.

Neva heard this one either.

Ida Claire! I always wondered who she was when Granny was actually saying, "I declare!"

 

[DuneAHH]

Cool beans
Groovy

I hear (and say) these all the time.

damn Skippy!

Love this... classic Lula (Evanovitch's Stephanie Plum books).

"Crazy as a peach orchard owl".

My ex's very proper English grandmother used to say this (and then tee-hee behind her hand in a twinkling & charming way).
She never explained the meaning... but we imagined it was related to "Sister get-Ting cahrried away tip-Pling the eldaberry of a Sunday ahfternoon".

 

[PearlSB4U]

Here come d' judge!

Sock it to me!