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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:38 PM Original message |
You may be a "Baby Boomer" if you've ever heard your mother say: |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Universal |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm a Midwestern Gen Xer... |
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sbj405 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Ditto |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 08:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Same here :) |
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alwynsw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Boop boop diddum daddum waddum CHOO! |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Flashback....My Mom was the only one I ever heard sing that song. |
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alwynsw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 01:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Blame swing, not me. |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. OMG -- I was singing that song to myself on my way into work today |
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Crowdance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. Confession: We have "good" scissors even now at my house |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Yeah. Don't Touch MY Scissors. MOM is marked on them. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. Certainly heard it in Mississippi in the 70s |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. My mom is from Mississippi |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Thats why you keep them in |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. You ever borrow the good scissors and forget to put them back? |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 05:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Shoot no! We weren't allowed to touch them! |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. All metal with red painted grips, |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. I am the child of a baby boomer and we always had one pair of |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, it's "don't use the good scissors!" |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Don't know if it's limited to the Midwest |
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C.C.D. (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hah! No, in the South as well (m) |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. My mom had the 'Good' scissors. |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yeah |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. I confess I say the same thing..............used to get mad..... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. I keep my good scissors hidden! n/t |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm a BB but I don't get it. eom |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. I frequently heard: |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've heard that, and I'm from Texas |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. George Carlin mentions this in one of his old routines |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. That WOULD explain some things then. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. No, it's not a colloquialism. |
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WMliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm only 22, but I've BOUGHT a pair of "good scissors" |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. Probably a midwest thing. |
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PartyPooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
31. I remember that saying. And, a lot more! |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
32. I asked for a pair of "good scissors" for Christmas. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
33. Don't shoot your eye out with that BB gun! |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
35. That's not a boomer thing. Everyone has good scissors, |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
36. My Mom had special sewing scissors |
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