tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184989.post7565190449127893291..comments2023-12-27T09:10:12.642-05:00Comments on SOCIAL ZYMURGY: THE CULTURE OF BEER: The Things You OverhearJenny Jenny Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621715431584059448noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184989.post-16206955429332397062008-09-26T07:51:00.000-04:002008-09-26T07:51:00.000-04:00My brother in law once at a schmancy restaurant sa...My brother in law once at a schmancy restaurant saw my brother picking at something in his teeth. He loudly called out 'Good idea! Waiter!! Toothpicks for everyone!!!'. Maybe we're all related? <BR/><BR/>For the tally - I've never heard the expression either.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769930056412752986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184989.post-62869684360148995302008-09-25T11:53:00.000-04:002008-09-25T11:53:00.000-04:00I think I'd get along with your father-in-law just...I think I'd get along with your father-in-law just fine. I, too, am going to start using that expression. Hard to believe I'd never heard it before.Some Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899082993897012313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184989.post-29379332799174893652008-09-24T18:05:00.000-04:002008-09-24T18:05:00.000-04:00Serves her right. What did she expect at a Cracker...Serves her right. What did she expect at a Cracker Barrel restaurant?GETkristiLOVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873004576844292852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184989.post-52129203194807089022008-09-24T13:30:00.000-04:002008-09-24T13:30:00.000-04:00Classy!Like Skylersdad, that's the first time I've...Classy!<BR/><BR/>Like Skylersdad, that's the first time I've heard that expression. For some reason I'm more familiar with "blow ballast", "drop a deuce" or "burn a mule".Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09747874295331152779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184989.post-17082808074481733682008-09-24T11:19:00.000-04:002008-09-24T11:19:00.000-04:00This is the first I have ever heard of that expres...This is the first I have ever heard of that expression.SkylersDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184989.post-45095503715590300092008-09-24T11:15:00.000-04:002008-09-24T11:15:00.000-04:00Oh, yeah; your in-laws were down South.Oh, yeah; your in-laws were down South.Cuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00306848986781193911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184989.post-52813310437084282542008-09-24T09:01:00.000-04:002008-09-24T09:01:00.000-04:00I can just picture Flann-Dad telling this story, h...I can just picture Flann-Dad telling this story, his soft voice suddenly rising at the DIDJA' DROP YER MUDD? line and Flann-Mom putting her hand over her eyes and bowing her head (while simultaneously smiling at the whole thing).<BR/><BR/>There's a wonderful book of palindromes (words spelled backwards and forwards, like "racecar" and "massive Levis, Sam!") where one of the phrases is "DUMP MUD."<BR/><BR/>I shall never be able to read that book again without thinking of this story.<BR/><BR/>(and as tempted as I might be to ask this question of Spooky, I know better-- she'd bash my Tommy helmet with her Pin of Righteousness so very flat that you couldn't use it for a piepan. No doubt I'll THINK it, though)Cap'n Ergo "XL+II" Jinglebollockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843124493633147728noreply@blogger.com