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RETORT
YOU'RE ONLY A PEBBLE ON THE BEACH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN FERNDALE, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
RETORT
YOUR TASTE IS ALL IN YOUR MOUTH.
Submitter comment:
TO CUT SOMEONE DOWN, SAY WHEN THEY WEAR A BRIGHT
ORANGE SHIRT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 07-00-1967
RETORT
THAT'S THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES.
THAT'S THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
TO BE SPOKEN WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT
THE SAME TIME:
WHAT COMES OUT OF A CHIMNEY?
SMOKE.
MAY YOUR WISH AND MINE NEVER BE BROKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
INSULTS AND WISECRACKS
RAY: HE REMINDS ME OF WHISTLER'S MOTHER
STANDING UP.
KAY: HE DOES, WHY?
RAY: HE'S OFF HIS ROCKER.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULTS AND WISECRACKS
CLARA: WHENEVER I'M IN THE DUMPS, I GET A NEW HAT.
SARAH: SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
WHEN YOU SEE THE FIRST STAR AT NIGHT SAY:
I SEE SPECKS, SPECKS SEE ME,
I'LL SEE SOMEBODY TOMORROW
I DON'T EXPECT TO SEE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
TABOO?
RAY ROWLAND AND HIS DATE WERE ATTENDING A CONCERT AT
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MEMORIAL BUILDING ONE
SATURDAY (?) NIGHT. HE WAS DOUBLING WITH SOMEONE.
AT INTERMISSION THEY ALL TOOK A WALK DOWNSTAIRS.
POOR RAY HAD TO PERFORM ONE OF THOSE BODILY FUNCTIONS,
THE NAME OF WHICH IS SORT OF TABOOED BY CONTEMPORARY
SOCIETY. WHEN THEY REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS,
HE CAME OUT WITH SOMETHING LIKE: "SAY, DO YOU GIRLS
HAVE TO POWDER YOUR NOSES OR SOMETHING?" THE ANSWER
WAS, "NO." THEN HE SAID, "WELL YOU'LL HAVE TO
EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE I HAVE TO POWDER MINE!" HE
WAS GONE LIKE A FLASH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
HANG LOOSE
INFORMANT INTRODUCED ME TO THIS TERM WHICH I HAVE
SINCE FOUND TO BE QUITE WIDELY USED AMONG TODAY'S
YOUTH:
"HANG LOOSE!" MEANS TO WAIT PATIENTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
PROVERB OR PREDICTION TOLD A SMALL CHILD WHO WILL NOT
STOP PICKING HIS NOSE: "IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT
MUCH LONGER, YOUR NOSE WILL FALL OFF."
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM OTHERS, ALSO.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
PROVERB FOR SNEEZING-SAID IMMEDIATELY AFTER ONE
SNEEZES BY SOMEONE IN HIS COMPANY: "BLESS YOU."
THE REASON GIVEN IS THAT WHEN ONE SNEEZES, ALL OF
YOUR BODY ACTIONS OR FUNCTIONS MOMENTARILY STOP
(IN EFFECT, YOU'VE DIED) AND THE ACCOMPANIER SAYS
THE PHRASE JUST IN CASE THE PERSON WHO SNEEZES DIES
AT THAT POINT, THUS WISHING HEAVEN UPON THE SNEEZER.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001950S
GOOD LUCK
IN CONVERSATION, WHEN AN UNPLEASANT OCCURRENCE
HAS BEEN MENTIONED, ONE SAYS "KNOCK ON WOOD" AND AT THE
SAME TIME DOES JUST THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS
UNPLEASANT OCCURRENCE FROM HAPPENING.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
FRIENDSHIP
WHEN A BOY AND GIRL ARE WALKING TOGETHER HAND-IN-HAND,
IF THEY SHOULD MEET SOME OBSTACKLE WHICH FORCES THEM
TO BREAK THEIR GRIP, THEY SAY "BREAD AND BUTTER,"
SO THAT THEIR FRIENDSHIP WON'T ALSO BE BROKEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
MILITARY CUSTOM
A REPLY TO AN OFFICER IS ALWAYS ENDED WITH "SIR."
Where learned: KANSAS ; FORT RILEY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
RETORT
HE SUFFERS FROM DIARRHEA OF THE MOUTH AND
CONSTIPATION OF IDEAS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TELEPHONE ANSWER
THIS IS HEAVEN, WHICH ANGEL WOULD YOU LIKE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
TELEPHONE ANSWER
CITY POUND, WHICH DOG WOULD YOU LIKE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001966 FALL
REBUKE TO THE GREEDY
WHAT DO YOU WANT, A MEDAL...OR A CHEST TO
PIN IT ON?
Data entry tech comment: REBUKE TO A BRAGGART
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001966 FALL
THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE
ONE DAY, AS I SAT MUSING, SAD AND LONELY
WITHOUT A FRIEND,
A VOICE CAME TO ME FROM OUT OF THE GLOOM
SAYING, "CHEER UP, THINGS COULD BE WORSE."
SO I CHEERED UP, AND SURE ENOUGH, THINGS GOT WORSE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN