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Scruffy Rumbler

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6. Damn Skippy!

Reply to MrScorpio (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 19, 2014, 01:15 PM

Feb 2014

Now that one I have used! lol

My use of the phrase, more specifically, the word straight, has been evolving over the years. For a couple of decades now, when giving directions when driving, I use the phrase "gaily forward" to mean continue going in the direction you are heading instead of "go straight".

I think it was in the mid eighties, I was a young gayling at the time and said, "go straight" to a gay friend driving the car. He responded with an emphatic, "NEVER! We shall proceed gaily forward" It has been gaily forward ever since!

Peace,
Scruffy

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"Damn straight!" [View all] Scruffy Rumbler Feb 2014 OP

The phrase "damn straight" is now used as a way to emphatically agree with a statement Ptah Feb 2014 #1

That was me. Aristus Feb 2014 #2

Hey Aristus! Scruffy Rumbler Feb 2014 #4

Oh, okay. Aristus Feb 2014 #7

Except that the word "straight" has other meanings other than as the opposite of gay. MrScorpio Feb 2014 #3

Hey, Scorp... i'm a "Damn Skippy"ite as well... Rhythm Feb 2014 #5

I'm more of a Fuckin' A kind of guy. Iggo Feb 2014 #8

Damn Skippy! Scruffy Rumbler Feb 2014 #6