# Do People Still Say... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225 "2011-08-18T21:23:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flano1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f14d63/32.png) [@flano1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flano1)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/1 "2011-08-18T21:23:44Z")
Over in MPSIMS they are having a shit hot time with a Who Gives a Shit thread and I got to wondering if anyone still says, " I was packin’ it, man!"; or similar statements about packing shit when in a state of duress. Very common back in the 60s and 70s. Let’s not confine this to one expression. What else does anyone still say? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/2 "2011-08-18T21:56:37Z")
I have no idea what you’re talking about, so I’m going to go with no. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/3 "2011-08-18T22:03:31Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I have no idea what you’re talking about, so I’m going to go with no. Me too, and I was alive then. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/4 "2011-08-18T22:21:36Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I have no idea what you’re talking about, so I’m going to go with no. _Now_ you’re on the trolley! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/5 "2011-08-18T22:52:01Z")
Fifty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/6 "2011-08-18T23:45:50Z")
As far as Fred, we’re strumming with Mr. Natural. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/7 "2011-08-19T00:05:01Z")
> [@flano1](#): > > …" I was packin’ it, man!"; or similar statements about packing shit when in a state of duress. Very common back in the 60s and 70s. > … So, you didn’t get enough fiber in the 60’s? If I were “packin’ shit”, I’d stop telling people about it, and get some All-Bran. Got a cite for “very common”? Now, I think it’s more common that people still say “Give me five bees for a quarter”… like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. _Give me five bees for a quarter, you’d say._ Now where were we? Oh yeah: the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/8 "2011-08-19T00:06:08Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > _Now_ you’re on the trolley! No, seriously. I have no idea what “packing shit” means in the context of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/9 "2011-08-19T00:16:10Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Fifty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong In Viva la France They’re full of romance You’ll find policemen with embroidery on their pants! Say, \*now \*you’re cookin’ with gas, ya big ol’ tango shiek! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/10 "2011-08-19T00:21:30Z")
Onions, belt, nickels, bees, etc… Joe ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/11 "2011-08-19T00:25:29Z")
19dickety2 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/12 "2011-08-19T00:31:54Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > In Viva la France > They’re full of romance > You’ll find policemen with embroidery on their pants! Why can’t we see more old theater? I caught this at a junior college way back … well, way back when I was in college. Never did see the film. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/13 "2011-08-19T00:56:33Z")
I wrote a screenplay in which the noise the drunk guy heard in the woods was “probably just a pink elephant”–and not one of the twenty-ish stars had any idea what that meant. Hard to believe an image that pervasive would vanish away in just a few decades. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/14 "2011-08-19T01:02:52Z")
Oh, man, thanks so much for reminding me how young I am. (Seriously, what does ‘‘packin’ it’’ mean? Like packing heat?) ---
**Author:** ![flano1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f14d63/32.png) [@flano1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flano1)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/15 "2011-08-19T02:28:05Z")
well it means that you are so terrified that instead of shitting yourself you are packing it away for later. no cite. must have been just my friends. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/16 "2011-08-19T03:01:13Z")
Reminds me of a George Carlin bit: > [@](#): > > I don’t take no shit. You know why? Because I don’t give a shit. If I gave a shit, I’d have to start packing shit. It’s funnier in context. ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/17 "2011-08-19T08:44:34Z")
“I was packin’ it” was pretty common in the 70s when I was at school. More lately I’ve heard “bricking it” which is short for shitting bricks. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/18 "2011-08-19T12:48:07Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/19 "2011-08-19T13:09:03Z")
So it means you’re constipated? Never heard it back in the 70’s, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225/20 "2011-08-19T15:02:24Z")
I’ve heard of “packing heat”, which means you’re armed. I’ve heard of “packing it in”, which means you’re giving up. I’ve never heard of just “packing it”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225.md?page=2)