Wendy's chicken from the 1980's...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTzLVIc-O5E
Entirely topical to the current theme of the thread...sort of.
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Wendy's chicken from the 1980's...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTzLVIc-O5E
Entirely topical to the current theme of the thread...sort of.
Has anyone else seen the "Red Roof Inn" banner ad up top yet? i just caught one, and for sick sick reasons, it made me laugh out loud.
It said, in part, "Pet friendly rooms starting at $39.99," and then had a big, red, call-to-action button stating, "Get a Room!"
Now maybe it's just me, but when someone says, "get a room!" it's because there's some serious PDA going on. But pet-friendly pda? Ewww... :D
Did anyone notice that Drew Carey is in this commercial? (I didn't, but the YT commenters pointed him out.)
Wendy's had some excellent commercials back in the day. My family and I still quote this one -- "very nice":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWAKtYGJZSM
Drew Carey, really? I can't tell, you only see a very small part of his face...
I'm getting a puppy for father's day! A chocolate lab, she's 7 weeks old, and we pick her up next week. I love puppies!!! She's the only one in her litter, so she's had all of Mommy's milk she wants, and she's a little rotund. But once she starts running with me, she'll trim right down.
Now I need to name her? Cameron is a great name, but maybe too obvious.
Yay puppies! Choco lab puppies are adorably cute.
Hmm, since it's a little female: Duchess? :p;)
Then Duchess Cameron it is...
Poor foxes...
I had a great uncle who bred English Springer Spaniels. He loved his dogs and was very selective about who he would sell them to. Anyway, his only real topic of conversation was his dogs. He would politely sit and listen to conversations at family gatherings, to a point, then, inevitably, during a break in the conversation, he would say, 'Speaking of dogs' and start in on his favorite topic. Usually no one was, in fact, speaking of dogs. That expression has remained in my family. Whenever someone wants to change the subject, they interject with 'speaking of dogs' before starting a new topic.
Anybody else have some family expressions that outsiders just wouldn't understand?
Some of my family's other expressions - 'Get a rope and push that car' and 'Frinkles'.
My dad used to joke around with me about doing well in school, saying, "That book report/science project/etc. is important. You don't want to end up at a McDonald's drive-through 20 years from now going, "Want some fries?"" Only he said it in this absurdly redneck, drawling kind of way so it comes out, "Woooan some friiiies?"
So now that's a standard expression for "Wow, that was really dumb." as in, "Oh my gosh, Daddy, you drove off with the coffee on top of the car? Geez, woooan some friiiies?"
My husband is the king of ridiculous expressions with complex derivations. For instance, our child's name is Emmet. My husband has no fewer than 10 nicknames for him including Greek, Ormort, Orms, Babeler, Grimmet, Grim, and Floombler. He calls Sasha the cat Soon and Biscuit the cat Boon and I have no idea why. (this is, of course, skating over the fact that he named the cat Biscuit in the first place) It sure keeps you on your toes when you generally have no idea what he's talking about.
I'm not sure how the phrase really started, must have been lost at some point, but Dad always used "no sense going down a dirt road". Didn't have to be a dirt road involved.
Frinkles are the wrinkles your skin gets when you've been in the water too long. To explain the etymology of that particular expression would take way too long, but that's what it means in my family today.
One expression I use all the time is 'butt-naked slow'. I stole it from someone else though. When Carl Lewis attempted to make his 4th Olympic team, he finished last (8th) in the finals of the 100 meters at the trials. There was talk of placing him on the relay team anyway so he would have a chance at winning his 10th gold medal. The champion, I think it was Tim Montgomery but I'm not positive, was interviewed about this possibility. He responded with something like 'Look where he finished, butt-naked last.'
Ha!
I didn't say it had to make sense!
I'm probably faster when naked too, but, I still like the expression.
By the way, did I brag that I beat my 5th grade son's entire little league team in a foot race at the last practice? I challenge the little league teams to a race around the bases every year. I love it when I win.
Note that this is post #2417 in this thread. I am not sure, but my mental math seems to indicate that 2417 is a prime number! :)