This was drawn probably in the 20s…people spoke vastly different then. Some of the expressions they used would get a rise out of people today. Back in before WWII, the word “blow” had a number of meanings…one meaning was “to pay for” someone. A friend of mine’s mother announced to us one evening that “Janie’s blowing Russell tonight”. Needless to say there was a lot of nervous laughter and red faces…the mother said, “Did I say something wrong?” I know I didn’t do any of the explaining on that one. Somebody once said, "The Americans & the British are two nations divided by a common language. A friend of mine was in Ireland as a teenager. He was visiting relatives on a farm where he noticed they had a few bicycles . At the dinner table one evening he asked one of his female cousins if she wanted “to go for a ride” after dinner. Once again, nervous laughter at the table. His uncle pulled him aside and explained that that meant the same as “a roll in the hay”…he was quite embarrassed…
Sherlock Watson almost 7 years ago
Jeff is just smart enough to be a politician.
BTW, I don’t think the dialogue re-writer was someone whose first language is English — otherwise, Jeff would have said, “So I mailed it to you!”
Sherlock Watson almost 7 years ago
Happy Holidays, y’all!
cubswin2016 almost 7 years ago
What good would that do, stupid?
Number Three almost 7 years ago
Oh, Brilliant.
Merry Christmas everybody!
xxx
brklnbern almost 7 years ago
Jeff the genius.
etighe Premium Member almost 7 years ago
This was drawn probably in the 20s…people spoke vastly different then. Some of the expressions they used would get a rise out of people today. Back in before WWII, the word “blow” had a number of meanings…one meaning was “to pay for” someone. A friend of mine’s mother announced to us one evening that “Janie’s blowing Russell tonight”. Needless to say there was a lot of nervous laughter and red faces…the mother said, “Did I say something wrong?” I know I didn’t do any of the explaining on that one. Somebody once said, "The Americans & the British are two nations divided by a common language. A friend of mine was in Ireland as a teenager. He was visiting relatives on a farm where he noticed they had a few bicycles . At the dinner table one evening he asked one of his female cousins if she wanted “to go for a ride” after dinner. Once again, nervous laughter at the table. His uncle pulled him aside and explained that that meant the same as “a roll in the hay”…he was quite embarrassed…
And those are my stories for the day…