“Hey Jim how come whenever I ask for a glass of water it’s always lukewarm and never has ice?”
“… How else is it supposed to be? I can’t fit my 5 gallon water jug in the fridge”
Conversation I once had.
A couple of years ago I went into the local plumbing store to get some petcock lubricant. The young fellow (who I judged as knowledgeable from previous experiences) looked at me as if I was attempting an off color joke, and told me “No, we don’t have any”
I then went over to the older fellow and asked him, and of course he knew what I wanted. So the younger man learned what an obsolete term meant and I got my silicon lubricant.
The south end of a northbound labor of moles. 
And why not?
That’s a sling blade. Billy Bob Thornton made a movie featuring them. 
Grass whip is a cool name too.
I’m’a slowin’ down…
Dan
Until you mishear your wife asking you to “Hit the pies with Cool Whip”, and ruin Thanksgiving dessert for the entire extended family.
Some people call it a kaiser blade.
I’ve never heard of a petcock before, but a little research tells me it is a type of valve mostly used in vehicle motors. Is a plumbing store likely to carry either the part or lubricant for it? Maybe try an auto parts store?
It’s also a term used for certain types of water shutoffs (aka faucets or stopcocks).
It is sweet. I accidently licked my finger after applying red loctite.
Denny’s has a new Steak Sandwich with Au Jus I decided to try. Went in, got it to go but looking at the bag I saw they didn’t give me my container with juice. I told the server they forgot the Au Jus that came with the sandwich and he had no idea what that was. I responded with “Oh it’s the streak juice that you dip the sandwich in.” Again, blank look and he took me to go see the cook and ask him about it. Again, the cook had no idea what I was talking about. Then a friendly waitress heard this and went into the back and got me exactly what I wanted.
Not only had they never heard of it, it was already on their menu!
I read that as “Very Important Brits” at first. I wanted to know why you were fastening British people together! 
“Ohhh! *That’s what that brown stuff is for!”
I could kind of see the front ent person not knowing what au jus is but the cook? One more reason I never, ever fo to Denny’s.
Hummus. Just hummus in general at the grocery store.
Went to a big box hardware store recently and it was the one that I don’t normally go to (blue vs orange). I needed a basic construction material and didn’t want to walk around the huge store to figure out the arrangement. Two store employees were loading shelves near where I walked in and I asked them “where would I find thinset mortar?” I had to explain what it was and they still had to use their phones or whatever devices the store uses to look it up and tell me the aisle.
This happens to me all the time. I love kohlrabi but many people don’t. My parents grew it in their very large garden when growing up.
Many times I have had people ask “What is that?!”.
Unfortunately, they used to be nice and cheap. However, Big Kohlrabi is now a thing and those greedy bastages have made them very expensive. Yes, I like Kohlrabi but not for that price! I love onions to but I am not going to pay $8 a piece for them (if they went that high). So, my Kohlrabi craving has been reduced over recent years. 
ok…this post literally appeared on the first page and it is 4 months old? I am either going mentally scatterbrained and old or something weird is going on with SD. I am betting on the former.
That’s OK, its reappearance gives me a chance to 
over the phrase “with au jus”, which also frequently appears on restaurant menus.
It could’ve been bumped by a spammer, the post got taken down, but here we are. But I love a zombie on an interesting topic.
A waitress at our local ‘basic diner’: “And the steak sandwich is Aw Jew, so it comes with that Aw Jew Juice.”
Same server who a month later said “And our Soup Du Joor of the day is…”