More English confusion

2LaneCruzer · Aug 29, 2021

Frankenkubota said:
Jethro took granny to a drug store in Beverly Hills.

Boy was she pissed!

They didnt sell any of the ingredients she was looking for.

From that point on, granny made everyone call-it a What Not store and she smacked you if you called it a drug store.

Well, you can't find possum gizzards at just any old drug store.

tallyho8 · Aug 29, 2021

Possums have gizzards?

2LaneCruzer · Aug 30, 2021

tallyho8 said:
Possums have gizzards?

Sorry. Crow gizzards and Possum innards.

Jstpssng · Aug 30, 2021

2LaneCruzer said:
Sorry. Crow gizzards and Possum innards.

Collard greens and possum innards...
I just happened to watch that last night

the old grind · Aug 30, 2021

Jstpssng said:
Collard greens and possum innards...

I thinking about getting a second job so I can afford spinach and hot dogs ...

2LaneCruzer · Aug 30, 2021

the old grind said:
I thinking about getting a second job so I can afford spinach and hot dogs ...

Been there; done that. We used to save for a month so we could have a couple of T-bones on the grill. They were about .99 cents a pound in those days.

kenmbz · Aug 30, 2021

Waiting to see when bank booths show up in checkout lines for quick loans :-(

And do any of you know what rocket is

PILOON · Aug 30, 2021

My favorite has always been 'outside cut of a rare roast'.
Dark and spicy one side and pink on the other.
LOL, U have to get there early to order that!

bunyip · Aug 30, 2021

kenmbz said:
Waiting to see when bank booths show up in checkout lines for quick loans :-(

And do any of you know what rocket is

I think you call it aragula (sp), peppery flat leaf green, we like it, we call it rocket and it has another name too but can't recall what it is.

ponytug · Aug 30, 2021

Rocket, aka arugula, aka eruca. Relative of kale and broccoli...
Eruca vesicaria - Wikipedia
Apparently, it is also called "ruchetta", "rucola", "rucoli", "rugula", "colewort", and "roquette".

Aren't dialects wonderful?

I remember a story about a kidnapper who was located because he used a very local word for the strip of earth between opposite lanes of traffic in a city. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503012/12-regional-idioms-‘highway-median-strip’

All the best,

Peter