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INSULT
BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GET, YOU COULD GET
SOMETHING YOU DESERVE!
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
I NEVER FORGET A FACE, BUT IN YOUR CASE, I'LL MAKE AN
EXCEPTION.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
WHEN YOU WERE BORN, YOUR MOTHER LOOKED AT YOU AND
SAID, "OH, WHAT A TREASURE," AND YOUR FATHER SAID,
"YEH, LET'S BURY IT."
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
I'D LIKE TO HELP YOU GET AHEAD, YOU NEED ONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A PUN ON AHEAD-A HEAD. I FELT IT COULD
BE CLASSIFIED AS AN INSULT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
IF YOU HAD A BRAIN, YOU'D BE ARRESTED FOR STOLEN
PROPERTY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
YOU'RE ABOUT AS SHARP AS A MARBLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT TO EITHER SEX
NOBODY CAN CALL YOU TWO-FACED, IF YOU WERE, YOU'D BE
WEARING THE OTHER ONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS AN INSULT, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE CLASSIFIED
AS A PUN ON WORDS-TWO-FACED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT TO EITHER SEX
BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GET, YOU COULD GET SOMETHING
YOU DESERVE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SLOGAN
WE DO AND SAY THE NASTIEST THINGS IN THE NICEST WAY.
James Callow comment: (USED TO FOLLOW UP AN INSULT, SAYS COLLECTOR)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TAUNT
JUST BECAUSE YOUR HEAD IS SHAPED LIKE A HUBCAP, DOESN'T
MEAN YOU'RE A BIG WHEEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
HE'S OKAY IN HIS OWN LITTLE PLACE, BUT NOBODY HAS
DUG IT YET.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
YOU'RE ABOUT AS BRIGHT AS A BURNT OUT LIGHTBULB.
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBERED THIS FROM A CONVERSATION WHERE A BUNCH
OF GUYS WERE JOKING WITH EACH OTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
HE'S GOT A FACE ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE, AND THEN (ONLY)
AT NIGHT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
HER TEETH ARE LIKE STARS, THEY COME OUT AT NIGHT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
HER FACE LOOKS LIKE IT WAS STRAPPED TO THE OUTSIDE
OF A TIRE AND DRIVEN 50,000 MILES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GOOD LUCK
IN JAPAN, IT IS A VILLAGE BELIEF THAT WHEN STANDING ON A CERTAIN
ROCK FOUND ON A BEACH, ONE SEES THE EMPEROR, GOOD LUCK FOR ONE
YEAR WILL BE HIS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
Keyword(s): JAPANESE BELIEF ; NUMBERS: ONE ; TIME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
BOURSCHE SOUP
THIS IS A UKRAINIAN BEET SOUP.
YOU MIX BEETS AND WATER TOGETHER. ADD CELERY, PARSLEY, CATSUP,
AND ONIONS. SOME PEOPLE ADD SOUR CREAM WHEN SERVING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Mixed preparation in liquid |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
SPAGHETTI TEST
IF YOU THROW SPAGHETTI ON A WALL AND IT STICKS, IT MEANS IT'S DONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE, BUT THE INFORMANT TOLD ME
IT WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process |
Date learned: 10-06-1971
RECIPE - AN UKRANIAN DISH CALLED PEROGIES
YOU TAKE ANY ORDINARY PIE CRUST PASTRY AND CUT IT INTO SMALL
SQUARES. YOU FILL THESE SQUARES WITH EITHER; MASHED POTATOES,
CHEESE OR SAUREKRAUT. YOU THEN PRESS ANOTHER SQUARE OF PASTRY OVER
THIS FILLING. THESE ARE BAKED AT 350 DEGREES FOR ABOUT FORTY-FIVE
MINUTES. THEY ARE THEN SERVED WITH SOUR CREAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
Keyword(s): SAUERKRAUT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation |
Date learned: 03-02-1971
AS FRESHMEN WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULDN'T USE THE
ELEVATOR WITHOUT A PASS, WHICH TELLER
CONVENIENTLY HAD EXTRAS OF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN