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Alas. All the world's a second-grade playground.
Not quite that young in my case. But I'm happy that a piece of my 12-year-old self survives to this day. Makes it easier to be around kids, for sure.
Alas. All the world's a second-grade playground.
Not quite that young in my case. But I'm happy that a piece of my 12-year-old self survives to this day. Makes it easier to be around kids, for sure.
And the "H", of course, stands for "Howard". "Our Father, who art in Heaven, Howard be thy name."I hear it, and use it, with great frequency. Among my favorite variations is Jesus H. Christ. Gotta get that H in there.
This song by Blind Andrew Jenkins on this 1930 record for W.K. Henderson's KWKH radio in Shreveport, Louisiana has the line, "just join the good old MMM, like the boys of '76." I have never been able to figure out what the MMM stood for in that context. Does anyone around here happen to know what he's referring to?
That's most likely a reference to the "Methodist Minute Men," an informal association of Methodist laymen popular in the South around the 1910s-20s. They were trained as speakers and evangelists, and would appear at picnics, funerals, and other such gatherings to give short inspirational talks. They were named after the Revolutionary War-era Minute Men, hence the "boys of '76" reference -- the idea was that like Minute Men being ready to fight on a minute's notice, an M M M would be ready to preach on a minute's notice.
That's most likely a reference to the "Methodist Minute Men," an informal association of Methodist laymen popular in the South around the 1910s-20s. They were trained as speakers and evangelists, and would appear at picnics, funerals, and other such gatherings to give short inspirational talks. They were named after the Revolutionary War-era Minute Men, hence the "boys of '76" reference -- the idea was that like Minute Men being ready to fight on a minute's notice, an M M M would be ready to preach on a minute's notice.
People don't say "Jesus!" or "Jesus Christ!" to express excitement or disapproval anymore because it's not PC to do so.
Are children still admonished to "Mind your Ps and Qs?"
Are children still admonished to "Mind your Ps and Qs?"
Stormy said: ↑
People don't say "Jesus!" or "Jesus Christ!" to express excitement or disapproval anymore because it's not PC to do so.
Sadly I hear it all the time, and I've never understood why anyone would consider it appropriate, regardless of one's beliefs. That's one I'll be glad to hear the last of.
True. Decline of general manners disguised as 'informality'.People don't say "I beg your pardon" anymore. In fact, I haven't heard "Pardon me" in quite some time.
A term I haven't heard for years is "kopasetic". Does anybody know where that came from?