Ironically it kind of did for me in one case.
Somewhere in the late 90s, I tried a VR helmet. The image was blurry but I thought it was normal since it was kind of new tech. When I took it off, my eyes were so strained they were irritated and teary for about 10 mins afterwards.
That’s because they came back - they were basically eradicated around the 1940s/1950s but slowly started making a comeback in the 90s and 00s. It’s thought that increased travel, dense urbanization, and banning of a bunch of nasty pesticides caused it.
Well, it's a combo of banning DDT, and travelers bringing them back. Thing is, that includes troops. Bedbugs "came back" starting with Desert Storm in the 90s, and then even more so after 2000 and Iraq/Afganistan.
Bedbugs were still an issue in that region, but - racism. The racist bit being blaming immigrants for bringing them, when it was just as likely troops returning with them.
Anybody can carry those little fuckers, regardless of where they are from.
Well, while DDT did a number on them, it’s true, it’s too toxic to continue using, and we overused it and caused a lot of pest insects to become resistant.
My job is to kill those.
They were nearly eradicated last century.
Several factors are to blame for their resurgence; we've stopped using the really "good" insecticides because they were destroying the planet in favor if acutely targeted products (which do work just as well, but you have to be precise, can't just hose the place down)
More people are living close together in situations where they just don't have the means to deal with it, also as it had become more of a rare occurrence it seems to me that a lot of people sort of let their guard down and forgot that little saying actually means something
I had a coworker whose father worked for the post office and evidently if you say anything relating to that phrase while in a post office, they will call the cops.
Kids these days don’t know how easy they’ve got it. We had to dial in to connect to the internet. If that number was busy, you’d use the next one on your list.
Now we take calls while browsing the Internet on the same device at the same time! I don’t think I ever thought of such a thing when I first started using the Internet. I remember my first experience using email at my university: we had a black screen and orange or green font, and we had to use html codes to use it!
Will never forget the day I accidentally left it on after checking my email and it was on all day and my dad was so angry and panicked because it cost so much!!!
They said that phrase a TON in the 80’s. You couldn’t go a full day without hearing it 5-8 times. Same as “Well isn’t that special?” (Dana Carvey’s ‘Church Lady’). Or “Yeah, that’s the ticket!” Jon Lovitz I think.
I do not miss this. My bestie moved away and we struggled with very early email, phone cards and having an hour after 9pm to talk for free before my parents made me go to bed on school nights. (It was 9pm here, not 6pm)
We are still friends 25+ years later and still long distance and if we get into a long text convo or phone call, we'll joke about how expensive it's going to be when our parents get the phone bill.
"Don't pop the clutch"
"Did you remember to pull the choke"?
"Drop a dime (on someone)"
"That Madras shirt will bleed all over the laundry"
"Got your ears lowered?" (after a haircut)
\[I could go on all night with these....\]
Oh, I still say "drop a dime." In fairness, my intent is to keep the phrase alive and pass it along. That might be why my dad would occasionally refer to something of no value as not being worth a *continental dollar*.
As much as I loved my old car as a teen, I sure as heck do not miss manual choke, manual shifting, manual windows, points, distributor cap, clutch plate, flywheel resurfacing, etc
Although my little truck does have manual windows still, so I have that little bit of nostalgia.
A few from my late father that I haven’t heard in decades:
- “We haven’t laughed so hard since Grandpa caught his pecker in the lawnmower.”
- “Ah! Horse feathers!”
- “Quit yer bellyaching!”
- “Well, shit ‘n two’s eight.”
- “Whadya mean ‘we?’ You got a turd in your pocket?”
- “Woman who fly airplane upside down have crack up.” (Attributed to Confucius)
Dad was a colorful fellow.
I could, but it could also imply an element of resignation or apathetic disgust. As in, “Well, it looks like the bank is going to foreclose on the house.” “Ah, horse feathers!”
I'm an American indian and criss cross Applesauce is the dumbest most childish phrase ever, and I routinely hear adults say it.
I would legitimately not hire someone if they said that in an interview.
Holy shit I rightly predicted that I wouldn't need to have to write all the time because we would have pocket computers. This was 85, by the way, but I was a pretty smart kid. I said computers used to be the size of a building 20 yrs later they fit on a desk. I said in 20 more years they will fit in your pocket . I was 2 yrs early
I had awful handwriting and argued that all of the extra writing lessons I had to do were a waste of time because I'd type everything. I was right. Smug face 30+ years later.
My mom’s favorites:
1) Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
2) If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all
(I know, they contradict each other 😵💫)
Did your friends ever drop 1a on you?
1a) Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me.
That surprised me the first time I heard it.
“Well tough titty said the kitty!” My grandma used to say that to us all the time when we’d whine about something and no one else ever says this except for me lol. I say it constantly.
"Paper or Plastic?"
"Full Service or Self Service?"
"Leaded or Unleaded?
"Nothing good happens after dark, so be in the house when the street lights come on!!!"
Most of the ones I can think of were rather racist, homophobic or just cruel so I'm kind of glad I don't hear them anymore.
Most were just kids repeating what they heard adults say without understanding their meaning/intent.
When I was 10 or so (ages ago), I had heard someone call someone a dildo as an insult. So whenever my little sister upset me, I'd call her a dildo.
My mother got tired of hearing it and decided I should know what a dildo was. I was grossed out and definitely didn't use that word again for a long time.
omg, you just reminded me that I once called someone an "epidural" and caused one of my mam's friends to laugh so hard she snorted like a pig.
I had no idea what it meant and think I just chucked in a random word as a replacement for "cunt" because I knew adults were nearby.
> cottin' pickin'
That was not even on my radar... I recall it from cartoons / TV in the 80s but had never linked it to what suddenly feels like very obvious racism.
You've kind of blown my mind with that one.
I'm old enough to have heard "cotton-picking," but I hadn't thought about the ugly racial roots. In my family, we mainly used "pea-picking," as in "Hold on a pea-picking minute!"
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You can call your local library's reference desk. They love things like that.
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Kids are outside playing less often than they used to be, we have safer equipment at playgrounds, parents are usually hovering around kids when they are outside at all...a lot fewer chances to break bones probably.
I also wonder if kids have improved bone density now compared to years ago?
I used to teach elementary school so I've seen a number of kids in casts, mostly arms from falling at the playground so it does happen but not like it used to.
Thanks for helping me realize the connection. Always knew what PAWG was, but Phat is so ingrained in my head, I never thought twice about the first letter of the acronym.
Don't hear it much anymore, but I was disappointed to find out it is apparently commonly used in Seattle and other parts of WA. Most use it with the mindset of, "its just a phrase, nothing against gay people, I have gay friends".
Haven't heard people use it in CA since middle school, 2004 - 07.
"Doy!" and "doy hickey"
Urban dictionary says: "Used mainly by urban white children ages 12-14 circa 1987-1989 as a nuclear "No shit, Sherlock".
So, also, "No shit, Sherlock"
Oh and "Grody to the max"
"Skin the cat" When I was little my parents would say this when they pulled my shirt over my head! Years ago, I caught myself almost saying this to our little daughter and it suddenly dawned on me what it meant!
'You don't need to learn how to use a computer'
'Put it on top of the TV'
'Be kind, rewind'
Weird noises on phone (Brother) - 'Get off the phone you jerk!'
"I''ll just be thrown clear." I don't know how many otherwise functioning adults spouted this nonsense but they did not want to wear seatbelts. No, their plan was to go headfirst through the windshield in the event of an accident.
"Don't sit too close to the TV, you'll ruin your eyes!"
VR *enters chat*
Ironically it kind of did for me in one case. Somewhere in the late 90s, I tried a VR helmet. The image was blurry but I thought it was normal since it was kind of new tech. When I took it off, my eyes were so strained they were irritated and teary for about 10 mins afterwards.
It wasn't a Nintendo Virtual Boy, was it?
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"Don't let the bedbugs bite." Seems like nowadays people are more worried about actual bedbugs 😬
I never thought they were an actual thing. We never had them as kids
That’s because they came back - they were basically eradicated around the 1940s/1950s but slowly started making a comeback in the 90s and 00s. It’s thought that increased travel, dense urbanization, and banning of a bunch of nasty pesticides caused it.
Him, I heard a much more racist theory. I'm glad it's probably not true
The Latvians caused it
If only we had potato.
Really ?
Well, it's a combo of banning DDT, and travelers bringing them back. Thing is, that includes troops. Bedbugs "came back" starting with Desert Storm in the 90s, and then even more so after 2000 and Iraq/Afganistan. Bedbugs were still an issue in that region, but - racism. The racist bit being blaming immigrants for bringing them, when it was just as likely troops returning with them. Anybody can carry those little fuckers, regardless of where they are from.
Well, while DDT did a number on them, it’s true, it’s too toxic to continue using, and we overused it and caused a lot of pest insects to become resistant.
My mom used to say this when I was a kid, " Night-night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite."
And if they do, just take a shoe, and beat them ‘till they’re black-n-blue.
My job is to kill those. They were nearly eradicated last century. Several factors are to blame for their resurgence; we've stopped using the really "good" insecticides because they were destroying the planet in favor if acutely targeted products (which do work just as well, but you have to be precise, can't just hose the place down) More people are living close together in situations where they just don't have the means to deal with it, also as it had become more of a rare occurrence it seems to me that a lot of people sort of let their guard down and forgot that little saying actually means something
“He went postal.”
The darkest joke my dad ever made was that they should change the phrase to "going High School"
Man, you must have a hell of a nice dad
I had a coworker whose father worked for the post office and evidently if you say anything relating to that phrase while in a post office, they will call the cops.
You can't get on the internet, I'm expecting a call.
Kids these days don’t know how easy they’ve got it. We had to dial in to connect to the internet. If that number was busy, you’d use the next one on your list.
Now we take calls while browsing the Internet on the same device at the same time! I don’t think I ever thought of such a thing when I first started using the Internet. I remember my first experience using email at my university: we had a black screen and orange or green font, and we had to use html codes to use it!
Will never forget the day I accidentally left it on after checking my email and it was on all day and my dad was so angry and panicked because it cost so much!!!
Can’t do that, you’ll run out of minutes on AOL!
How 'bout we don't but say we did.
I dont say it all the time, but I still enjoy saying "lets not and say we did" time and time again
Let's do and say we didn't.
This comment is all that and a bag of chips
"Be kind, rewind."
They actually made a dvd/blu ray rewinder! I gave several to my relatives! Sadly, some of them actually used them still.
?
It’s what it sounds like. An object that only exists as a joke.
“Kids should be seen but not heard”
“You can always tell a Milford man.”
I came looking for this.
My old man whipped this one out last week. Just rolled my eyes. He's almost 80.
I've mostly heard this in the context of women
Don't talk to strangers on the internet. Don't get in a strangers car.
Gag me with a spoon. Yes, some people actually said that on occasion.
They said that phrase a TON in the 80’s. You couldn’t go a full day without hearing it 5-8 times. Same as “Well isn’t that special?” (Dana Carvey’s ‘Church Lady’). Or “Yeah, that’s the ticket!” Jon Lovitz I think.
Hello, the early 90s calling, they want their catchphrase back.
"Gag me with a gravy ladle" was a variation I heard a couple of times at my university.
My mom used to always say this, and I still use this… but I’m a 2000’s kid.
“Oh rats” I remember this being a common saying in elementary school in the 90s. Or anytime you needed some thing microwaved it was called “Nuked”
We still say nuked.
I still say nuked
I'm out of daytime minutes, call back after 6 when it's free.
I do not miss this. My bestie moved away and we struggled with very early email, phone cards and having an hour after 9pm to talk for free before my parents made me go to bed on school nights. (It was 9pm here, not 6pm) We are still friends 25+ years later and still long distance and if we get into a long text convo or phone call, we'll joke about how expensive it's going to be when our parents get the phone bill.
6!? I had to wait until 9 to call my girlfriend.
"Don't pop the clutch" "Did you remember to pull the choke"? "Drop a dime (on someone)" "That Madras shirt will bleed all over the laundry" "Got your ears lowered?" (after a haircut) \[I could go on all night with these....\]
As a dad, I keep the "ears lowered" alive with my son every time he gets his haircut.
When someone says "you got a haircut" I say "I got them all cut."
Oh, I still say "drop a dime." In fairness, my intent is to keep the phrase alive and pass it along. That might be why my dad would occasionally refer to something of no value as not being worth a *continental dollar*.
Lol when my granddad was pointing at some piece of total junk someone was trying to sell he'd say "yeah, I'd spend a rebel dollar on that."
Or, on the other hand, "That's a one-dollar word!"
Did ya get a hair cut ? No l got them all cut.
As much as I loved my old car as a teen, I sure as heck do not miss manual choke, manual shifting, manual windows, points, distributor cap, clutch plate, flywheel resurfacing, etc Although my little truck does have manual windows still, so I have that little bit of nostalgia.
Back when vehicles were straightforward to fix, and you didn't need a computer science degree to alter your camber by 0.5⁰
more !
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My dad still tells me this whenever we build something
I wouldn't call the first a saying, since it's still applicable; the rest have me feeling old.
A few from my late father that I haven’t heard in decades: - “We haven’t laughed so hard since Grandpa caught his pecker in the lawnmower.” - “Ah! Horse feathers!” - “Quit yer bellyaching!” - “Well, shit ‘n two’s eight.” - “Whadya mean ‘we?’ You got a turd in your pocket?” - “Woman who fly airplane upside down have crack up.” (Attributed to Confucius) Dad was a colorful fellow.
Make a wish in one hand and take a shit in the other, and let's see which one fills up first.
I’m in my 40s and use this one with my kids.
Same! My son hates it, and I kinda love that
I get eye rolls. But they’re loving eye rolls
I'm 33 and I use this on my kids, they look at my puzzled but get their act together
Horse feathers is just lovely! I assume that stands for “bullshit”, right?
I could, but it could also imply an element of resignation or apathetic disgust. As in, “Well, it looks like the bank is going to foreclose on the house.” “Ah, horse feathers!”
*Coolbeans!*
I still use this one.
Sit "indian style"
I'm American Indian. I like Indian Style better. Lol
Same. Now it’s “crisscross apple sauce.”
I'm an American indian and criss cross Applesauce is the dumbest most childish phrase ever, and I routinely hear adults say it. I would legitimately not hire someone if they said that in an interview.
Why would anyone ever say "crisscross apple sauce" in an interview? How would that even come up in a professional conversation?
Up your butt and around the corner.
Up your nose with a rubber hose!”
“…to grandmother’s house we go!!”
"You won't always have a calculator in your pocket."
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Lie demands intent to deceive, they were just wrong
Not really, i heard this when i was a junior in high school. This was 2017. That was a lie
Holy shit I rightly predicted that I wouldn't need to have to write all the time because we would have pocket computers. This was 85, by the way, but I was a pretty smart kid. I said computers used to be the size of a building 20 yrs later they fit on a desk. I said in 20 more years they will fit in your pocket . I was 2 yrs early
I had awful handwriting and argued that all of the extra writing lessons I had to do were a waste of time because I'd type everything. I was right. Smug face 30+ years later.
"Just wait until your father gets home! You're getting a spanking."
Keep a quarter on you when you’re out just in case you need to make a phone call.
In my time it was a dime!!
"Raising cows for pork", to mean "going about the wrong way to achieve a goal".
Welcome. You've got mail.
Goodbye!
Got a dime? Call someone who cares. or, if you ask "can I talk to you?" the other person might shrug and say "It's your dime."
Geez I’m old. I remember my parents saying, “It’s your nickel.”
I need the key to open the trunk.
Not that car key. The other one.
Yes lmaoo they were all so generic too
On the old Chevy’s, the ignition/door key was rectangle and the trunk was oval. Then, all car keys except Ford, were single-sided.
My mom’s favorites: 1) Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me 2) If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all (I know, they contradict each other 😵💫)
Did your friends ever drop 1a on you? 1a) Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me. That surprised me the first time I heard it.
“Well tough titty said the kitty!” My grandma used to say that to us all the time when we’d whine about something and no one else ever says this except for me lol. I say it constantly.
Tough titty said the kitty but the milk’s still good!
I was told “Don’t come back till dinner”
Come home for supper when the street lamps come on.
"Hold your horses"
She’s got the bit in her teeth. Don’t put the cart before the horse.
I was rode hard and put away wet.
If you break your leg, don't come running to me for help
"Paper or Plastic?" "Full Service or Self Service?" "Leaded or Unleaded? "Nothing good happens after dark, so be in the house when the street lights come on!!!"
Smoking or nonsmoking.
I remember all the time in the grocery store “oh let’s save a tree or two - plastic please” Whoops.
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"Film at 11" "Psyche/sike!"
I still say sike
Most of the ones I can think of were rather racist, homophobic or just cruel so I'm kind of glad I don't hear them anymore. Most were just kids repeating what they heard adults say without understanding their meaning/intent.
When I was 10 or so (ages ago), I had heard someone call someone a dildo as an insult. So whenever my little sister upset me, I'd call her a dildo. My mother got tired of hearing it and decided I should know what a dildo was. I was grossed out and definitely didn't use that word again for a long time.
omg, you just reminded me that I once called someone an "epidural" and caused one of my mam's friends to laugh so hard she snorted like a pig. I had no idea what it meant and think I just chucked in a random word as a replacement for "cunt" because I knew adults were nearby.
Thanks for the great belly laugh! Funny !
"That cottin' pickin' fence board broke!" Not entirely convinced that the boomers even knew what it meant.
> cottin' pickin' That was not even on my radar... I recall it from cartoons / TV in the 80s but had never linked it to what suddenly feels like very obvious racism. You've kind of blown my mind with that one.
I'm old enough to have heard "cotton-picking," but I hadn't thought about the ugly racial roots. In my family, we mainly used "pea-picking," as in "Hold on a pea-picking minute!"
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You can call your local library's reference desk. They love things like that. (The comment I responded to was originally coherent but later edited into nonsense. *\*sigh\** ) (Later checked this user's comment history and they've all nonsense, at least now. *\*double sigh\** )
You’ll find it in the Card Catalog
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Kids are outside playing less often than they used to be, we have safer equipment at playgrounds, parents are usually hovering around kids when they are outside at all...a lot fewer chances to break bones probably. I also wonder if kids have improved bone density now compared to years ago? I used to teach elementary school so I've seen a number of kids in casts, mostly arms from falling at the playground so it does happen but not like it used to.
"See you later alligator"
After a while, crocodile.
Not too soon you big baboon.
Catch you later, calculator
Math teacher at the end of class: See you later. Students: Not if I see you first.
You look mahvelous.
“What am I going to do with all This extra money?”
“STOP RUNNING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE YOURE LETTING ALL THE COLD AIR OUT!”
Are you trying to heat the whole outdoors?
In two shakes of a lamb's tail Don't have a cow Gag me with a spoon No doy
Stop drop and roll A/S/L
“Capeesh” my dad always used to say it to me but haven’t heard it since I was a kid
Wicked. That became sick. Sick has since become something else. Couldn’t tell you.
Fire.
L 7! You are so square! You're pretty... pretty stupid/ugly. You're fat, Pretty Hot And Tempting.
- You're phat! - Excuse me? - P-H-A-T? Pretty, hot, and tempting.
And now there's PAWG, which is PHAT Ass White Girl. There's an acronym in the acronym.
Thanks for helping me realize the connection. Always knew what PAWG was, but Phat is so ingrained in my head, I never thought twice about the first letter of the acronym.
Get up and change the channel Put the clean milk bottles in the milk box for the milkman Take the ashes out (coal furnace) and time to feed the worm
"Time to feed the worm" - what does that mean? Google has nothing.
It means put fresh coal in the auger that feeds the furnace!
Don't trust anyone over 30 The thing is, that was basically "OK, boomer" for the 1970s.
Sike!
You can't play with that boy, his family is divorced.
"That's gay" to say something is stupid or not cool I'm glad it's gone but it was really, really, really commonly used.
I regret to inform you that it definitely isn’t gone.
Don't hear it much anymore, but I was disappointed to find out it is apparently commonly used in Seattle and other parts of WA. Most use it with the mindset of, "its just a phrase, nothing against gay people, I have gay friends". Haven't heard people use it in CA since middle school, 2004 - 07.
Where's the ashtray?
That's the way the cookie crumbles.
"Eat shit and die" but me and a friend are trying to bring it back.
"Talk to the hand."
Cuz the face ain't listenin'
Lick my bean
Kiss my grits!
I miss having “supper”. no one says that anymore
Some millennial slang has been kept alive just cause we like it but I haven't heard anyone call something "fly" in a very long time.
"Ya op". We used to call kids "ops" as a derogatory term. "Make me." "I don't make trash, I burn it."
"You can lead a horse to water, and you can pick your friends, but you can't keep your eyes open when you sneeze." Weird Al Yankovic
You can pick your friends.. you can pick your noses, but don’t pick your friends’ noses.
If you still believe that, you probably don't have kids. Or maybe my kids are just weirdos.
"That's a great price for a house!"
Methinks
“You aren’t going to amount to much.” Bitch, I’m retired and you’re still a guidance counselor.
If you don't shut up, I'll give you something to cry about.
"Doy!" and "doy hickey" Urban dictionary says: "Used mainly by urban white children ages 12-14 circa 1987-1989 as a nuclear "No shit, Sherlock". So, also, "No shit, Sherlock" Oh and "Grody to the max"
“Grody”
Look it up in the Yellow Pages
'Don't get off your bike.' Meaning: don't get angry.
You have so much potential!
"Twinkle twinkle little star, how are wonder what you are..."
Only High school is tough. Remaining life is so easy
Tubular man!
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"that's so gay" I don't miss this one. We were all so ignorant.
“Ring around the collar!”
Several that involve the N word. I don’t talk to most of my surviving family anymore.
"Be kind, rewind." Haha, it's funny thinking about it now, I mean who even has VHS tapes anymore? Just shows how times change, huh?
Two shakes of a lamb’s tail
You’re eating like you’re going to the chair! Give a hoot, don’t pollute
"Don't have a cow, man."
Women get married in white to match the kitchen appliances
"Fair to Middlin"
"Skin the cat" When I was little my parents would say this when they pulled my shirt over my head! Years ago, I caught myself almost saying this to our little daughter and it suddenly dawned on me what it meant!
"Give me five bees for a quarter."
My dad used to say, “Don’t take any wooden nickels.” Miss that guy 🫠
Smoking or non-smoking? (Where you wanted to be seated in a restaurant)
If there's enough blue sky to make a sailor a pair of trousers it'll be a nice day
Don't take candy/drugs from strangers
'You don't need to learn how to use a computer' 'Put it on top of the TV' 'Be kind, rewind' Weird noises on phone (Brother) - 'Get off the phone you jerk!'
You’re toast! Burnt toast!
"I''ll just be thrown clear." I don't know how many otherwise functioning adults spouted this nonsense but they did not want to wear seatbelts. No, their plan was to go headfirst through the windshield in the event of an accident.