In the thread about things your grandparents said, which I’m too lazy to link to, a lot of the things were familiar, and they were from old radio shows/TV shows, etc. F’rinstance my mother used to say, “Tain’t funny, McGree,” and I had no idea where that came from, although I knew about the closet, because my room looked like Fibber’s closet, apparently. (Yeah, probably did.)
Now I hear myself saying things and I have NO idea where I got them.
For instance, “Lighten up, Frances.” Where did I get that? I’m sure I picked it up from somebody who picked it up from…somewhere. Floating around in the air. So my kid asks me where that came from and I have no idea. Nor do I know why it stuck.
Well, I’m kind of old (49) but I remember the local DJ on the oldies radio station playing the likes of Fibber McGee and Molly and The Bickersons and such, so that’s old hat for me. I love that shit.
Here’s a line I hear a lot that I have no idea from whence it came: "Be Careful with that axe, Eugene".
Am I supposed to know this? Am I a dork because I don’t?
Okay, thank you, and **Euytuchus **too. I still have no idea what that means. No problem, I’ve never been a Pinko Floyd fan.
Oh, and crowmanyclouds I hope that “you’re kind of old” is part of the song. Sonny.
The only time I have heard this in any context was in some of the Muppet sketches on Sesame Street. “Why, it’s so crazy, it just might work!” Sherlock Hemlock, I think. But it may have originated from something even earlier.
Ha! One of the great triumphs of my life was saying “Salright” as I was retrieving the contents of the night depository (at the bank I worked for) just as a customer opened the outside door to drop in an envelope. Just picture it: guy goes up to the night drop with his envelope in hand, opens the door and hears a gruff female voice ask “salright?”. Stunned (I’m sure, although I couldn’t see), he hesitates a second and drops the envelope in, only to hear a congratulatory “salright!”.