The only reason I know about this is that there used to be a comic strip called Lolly, which included an alcoholic character who regularly hallucinated pink elephants. This was considered funny at the time. (Most of the humor in Lolly involved sexual harassment or alcoholism.) Other than that, I can’t remember the last time I saw a pink elephant reference–until now.
“Bricking it” is very common in the UK, same meaning (i.e. scared enough to poo).
I’ve never heard of “packin’ it” and I was born in the '60s. Then again, I spent a good portion of my youth outside the US, so maybe that has something to do with it.
My ‘do people still say…’ is the word jamoke, meaning a goofball, a loser, or kind of a joker. Anyone heard of it? Anyone still use it? I haven’t heard it since the '70s.
Are you sure it wasn’t “packing fudge?”
I’ve never heard it, and I was in my teens in the late '60s.
The trouble is, Maginot used to use that line!
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Oh my God, yes. I don’t even consider it retro. I hear it a lot.
Now, if you were to refer to an authority figure as The Man . . . that would be retro.
Like the Wehrmacht said: “Eh, I’m over it.”
keep on truckin man, cause I got no idea what groovy trip yer on
I’ve heard it rarely, may have used it once in my life, though I favour the comparable term “chucklehead”.
Where do I press Lke? lol
Different meaning, dude. Or a whoosh.
It’s Vivre la France and Viva Espana - Get with the Program, man!
None of them has seen Dumbo? If my kids (16-19)) got the reference (and they’re not around to ask right now) - that’s probably where they’d have known it from.
Whoosh!
I’m older than dirt and I was born and raised in Texas. I’ve never heard that expression in my life. Weird folds where you come from, man.
Oh heavens. I used “packing the shits” the other day when I was going to the dentist.
Now I feel ancient.
According to the OP’s clarification, it means the opposite - constipated due to fear. Which is something I’ve never heard of until now. Being scared enough to crap yourself as you said, of course, but…
I’m older than your kids - I’m in my 20s (23) - but Dumbo’s where I know it from.