"Back in his day it was just a nickel to go to the picture show" Back in the day we called nickels bees so someone would say, 'give me five bees' for this quarter.
I’m trying to keep the language nice and clear, they don’t use that term “son of a gun” they use another term
Yes, why just the other day, I saw a supercut of all the times Jimmy Cagney and Edward G. Robinson said "motherfucker" in gangster movies. It was a lot!
I mean, sure they *sounded* like Samuel L. Jackson. But really it was them.
I loved when they 86'd toast, because we had to do our own toast and it was a pain. Unfortunately, it was more often 86 biscuits, because they tasted better, but you could just plop them on the plate.
Incidentally, another President who couldn't tell the difference between reality and movies (and who really should have known!) was Ronald Reagan, who, after inauguration, was being shown around the White House, asked to see the "War Room", and had to be gently reminded that the film 'Dr. Strangelove' was, in fact, fiction, and that there was no "War Room".
And that was at the beginning of his first term - from a guy who was not only a professional film actor, but also President of the Screen Actors' Guild (A union, by the way) and might have gathered some idea of 'movie magic' along the way. Not later after his own brain went all mushy.
"Eighty-Sixed" is a novel about gay men during the early years of the AIDS epidemic. AIDS made them all disappear/vanish. That's what 86 means, not assassinate.
Comey wanted to feed Trump to a Carnivorous Plant!
Wikiquote (Little Shop of Horrors):
Audrey II: [asking Seymour what he wants] "Money? Girls? One par-ticu-lar girl! How 'bout that Aaaaauuuudrey? Think it over! There must be someone you can 86 real quiet-like, and get me some LUNCH!!!"
"Trump doubled down on Truth Social last night, when he should have been sleeping,"
Trump untruths during prime day time hours, Moscow time. That's when he checks in with his handler.
"Back in his day it was just a nickel to go to the picture show" Back in the day we called nickels bees so someone would say, 'give me five bees' for this quarter.
Per wonkette community guidelines, I believe Chuck Grassley is the oldest man who ever lived.
FIFY
I’m trying to keep the language nice and clear, they don’t use that term “son of a gun” they use another term
Yes, why just the other day, I saw a supercut of all the times Jimmy Cagney and Edward G. Robinson said "motherfucker" in gangster movies. It was a lot!
I mean, sure they *sounded* like Samuel L. Jackson. But really it was them.
Has the possibility that Comey was only thinking of promoting Trump to Maxwell Smart's long vacant position in CONTROL not been considered.
would you believe …
23 skidoos is a lot of snowmobiles. Just saying…
The Cat's meow!
I think reviving old slang is swell, but using it in this way is lousy.
(A childhood memory finally becoming useful!)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C6BI0SZgvnU
Speaking as someone who waited tables in the 70's and 80's .... we used '86' to mean "we're all out of that."
I never once heard it used as a death threat.
Same here, heard most frequently during the breakfast rush. By 9:00AM it was usually "86 on the home fires"
I loved when they 86'd toast, because we had to do our own toast and it was a pain. Unfortunately, it was more often 86 biscuits, because they tasted better, but you could just plop them on the plate.
Incidentally, another President who couldn't tell the difference between reality and movies (and who really should have known!) was Ronald Reagan, who, after inauguration, was being shown around the White House, asked to see the "War Room", and had to be gently reminded that the film 'Dr. Strangelove' was, in fact, fiction, and that there was no "War Room".
And that was at the beginning of his first term - from a guy who was not only a professional film actor, but also President of the Screen Actors' Guild (A union, by the way) and might have gathered some idea of 'movie magic' along the way. Not later after his own brain went all mushy.
There wasn't even a 'big board'. *sigh*.
"Eighty-Sixed" is a novel about gay men during the early years of the AIDS epidemic. AIDS made them all disappear/vanish. That's what 86 means, not assassinate.
"And his brain is expired." What perfection of phrase.
I think Trump’s brain runs on Windows 3.0.
DOS ftw …
Oh, you kid!
Has anyone asked Comey what he's got against Tom Glavine, who wore that number for the entirety of his major league baseball career?
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/glavito02.shtml
I remember my Vietnam-era sailor husband telling me back then that to 86 something meant to shitcan it. That's how I've used the phrase since.
Yep. They also use that in kitchens of restaurants.
Comey wanted to feed Trump to a Carnivorous Plant!
Wikiquote (Little Shop of Horrors):
Audrey II: [asking Seymour what he wants] "Money? Girls? One par-ticu-lar girl! How 'bout that Aaaaauuuudrey? Think it over! There must be someone you can 86 real quiet-like, and get me some LUNCH!!!"
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(film)
My wife told me to "take Muffin for a ride."
How was I supposed to know she didn't mean to kill the dog and dump her body in the river?