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42. Much like the term "tuna fish."

Reply to surrealAmerican (Reply #41)

Sun May 19, 2013, 08:56 AM

May 2013

I was once having an absolute conniption over the way people are always saying "tuna fish," and I discovered that it is actually listed in the dictionary!

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"Conniption fits"! Did you ever have one? Apparently I gave them to my mother! [View all] ohiosmith May 2013 OP

Yes. Yes I have. annabanana May 2013 #1

So,.....I'm a carrier! ohiosmith May 2013 #2

Yes, but I give as good as I get. nt Still Blue in PDX May 2013 #3

Hahahaha! ohiosmith May 2013 #7

Apparently there was pipi_k May 2013 #4

My mother would always say that .... Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #6

I didn't! ohiosmith May 2013 #8

Understandable! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #10

HEY! ohiosmith May 2013 #11

You did say you gave your poor mother conniption fits... Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #12

I had to end the horror! I was like the typhoid Mary of conniption fits! ohiosmith May 2013 #13

Oh! You don't appear to have turned out so badly! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #14

I have to wrap myself in cellophane if I want to go outside! ohiosmith May 2013 #15

Really? From head to toe? Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #16

That's just silly! All appendages are individually wrapped! ohiosmith May 2013 #17

Silliness is my metier! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #18

So as to not infect others with the conniption fit virus! ohiosmith May 2013 #19

A prophylactic! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #20

Safety first! ohiosmith May 2013 #21

Really? Safety? Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #22

I prefer an old vine zin! ohiosmith May 2013 #24

Now that you mention it,.....so do I. Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #25

Pickled! ohiosmith May 2013 #26

Yes! With sour cream and onions! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #27

Oh yea! Now you're talking! With sliced cucumbers and a pumpernickel or Russian rye! ohiosmith May 2013 #28

Russian Rye ( Black) bread! Absolutely! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #30

I'll book a flight! ohiosmith May 2013 #32

The old proverb is still true... Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #33

I thought it was Atlanta! ohiosmith May 2013 #34

No, sorry Atlanta is the route to,....... Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #35

Huh! I thought that was Houston! ohiosmith May 2013 #36

No! Houston is the right,.....buttock! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #37

So that would make Mississippi,....... ohiosmith May 2013 #38

The route to the outhouse! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #39

Bwahahahaha! ohiosmith May 2013 #40

I didn't either! a la izquierda May 2013 #29

Yeah, they are. Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #31

if the kids throw a hissy fit, the mother must in turn throw a conniption fit Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #5

Classic! ohiosmith May 2013 #9

Yep! In_The_Wind May 2013 #23

Isn't that redundant? surrealAmerican May 2013 #41

Much like the term "tuna fish." Still Blue in PDX May 2013 #42

And... pipi_k May 2013 #43

My daughter appears to give them to herself, elleng May 2013 #44

: ohiosmith May 2013 #45