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CRUISIN' FOR A BRUISIN'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD 105
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
MOVE IT OR LOSE IT.
Submitter comment: THIS STATEMENT IS MADE WHEN SOMEONE IS IN YOUR WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; SOUTH QUAD 109
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-04-1971
FULL HOUSE
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A RESPONSE MY DAD WOULD GIVE IF SOMEONE STARTED TO GO
INTO THE BATHROOM WHILE HE WAS ON THE TOILET.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PEORIA
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
THAT IS ABOUT AS FUNNY AS A BUBBLE GUM MACHINE IN A LOCK JAW WARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
LITTLE PITCHERS HAVE BIG EARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
THAT'S A HOLE IN THE GROUND OR THAT'S A DEEP SUBJECT.
Submitter comment: THESE WERE USED BY MY FATHER IN RESPONSE TO "OH WELL!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS "WELL...", ANSWER, "THAT'S A DEEP SUBJECT
FOR SUCH A SHALLOW MIND."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, "HEY" OR "HEY YOU", ANSWER, "STRAW'S CHEAPER,
GRASS IS FREE; IF YOU LIVE ON A FARM YOU GET ALL THREE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
WHAT DO YOU THINK-MY HEAD'S A YOYO?
Submitter comment:
USED WHEN A PERSON FEELS THAT SOMEONE ELSE THINKS HE IS
COMPLETELY STUPID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; WEST QUAD
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?
Submitter comment: USED WHEN SOMEONE IS TOO QUIET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; WEST QUAD
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW OUT TOO FAR, IT MIGHT COME HOME IN
ANOTHER CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
YOU FELL OFF AN OAK TREE.
Submitter comment: MEANING DID YOU FALL OFF YOUR ROCKER?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
RIGHT ON LIKE A BULLET THROUGH THE FENCE.
Submitter comment: MEANS NOT RIGHT ON
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
MAY A DUCK KICK YOU YET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
THERE AIN'T THAT MUCH WALKING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS USED IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FREQUENTLY
BETWEEN 1969 AND 1971 AS A REPLY TO A QUESTION OR COMMAND. IF
AN INDIVIDUAL WAS ASKED OR TOLD TO DO SOMETHING WHICH HE FELT
TO BE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK OR, AT THE TIME, WAS TOO LAZY TO DO,
THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD REPLY THE ABOVE. OTHER TERMS WERE
SOMETIMES SUBSTITUTED FOR WALKING, SUCH AS: THINKING, DOING.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
WHEN A PERSON APPROACHES YOU AND SAYS "HI", YOU ANSWER THEM
BY SAYING "I WISH I WERE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING WITH WHICH YOU DON'T AGREE, THEN
A COMMON RESPONSE IS FOR THE HEARER TO SAY "BULLSHIT..." AND
THEN AFTER A PAUSE ADD "MAKES THE GRASS GROW GREEN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-21-1971
ON ENTERING A ROOM OR HOUSE THE PERSON ENTERING SAYS "HI".
THE PERSON SITTING THERE RESOPNDS, "I WISH I WAS."
Submitter comment:
THE REFERENCE IS GENERALLY MAKE IN TERMS OF INTOXICATION OF
ANY FORM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-24-1971
"NICE PLAY SHAKESPEARE; WHEN'S YOUR NEXT ACT?"
Submitter comment:
THIS PHRASE IS USED WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING COMPLETELY OUT
OF PLACE OR HAS A MINOR ACCIDENT; LIKE SPILLING MILK, ETC.
MY BROTHER USED THIS LINE ALOT, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND VERY
CLUMSY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-12-1971