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The Blowhard

04-09-2002, 09:35 PM

I do. And I call the freezer "the icebox". I recently had a friend ask me out for "cocktails", but I prefer "highballs" or possibly a "nightcap". Am I alone here?

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nickeye

04-09-2002, 09:39 PM

My first remote control really was a "clicker"... the remote emitted a sonic "click" that was picked up by the TV. The control was as big as a brick (and twice as heavy), and the TV would turn off whenever someone shook their keys.

nickeye

04-09-2002, 09:42 PM

But more to the point, I occassionally say that I got "proofed".

jamesdiggy

04-09-2002, 09:43 PM

My parents had me late in life. So my father would have a "Tumbler " of scotch. A stomach ache would need some "Bicarbonite Soda" or that "Broshci" stuff. I'm sure I spelled that wrong. And my mother would shop at the "Five and Dime"

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erinmoran

04-09-2002, 09:49 PM

My mom still calls a record player...."tHE VICTROLA"

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Gvac

04-10-2002, 02:21 AM

I also refer to the remote control as a "clicker", and when I order a decaf coffee in a restaurant, I always say "I'll have a SANKA."

When a musical artist puts out a new CD, I always call it an album. I feel this is still correct, however. It's a collection of songs, whether it's on CD, Tape, or vinyl, thus the term "album" is acceptable, I feel.

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Tall_James

04-10-2002, 05:38 AM

I still call my new digital camera "the thing from hell that captures and steals my soul".

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fatty

04-10-2002, 07:04 AM

[quote]I do. And I call the freezer

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Zipgun

04-10-2002, 08:18 AM

Once while keeping an eye on a friend's kid (no jokes please, I already thought of them all), we were watching Nickelodeon, and when it went to commercial, the announcer said "Don't touch that dial!". She turns to me and says "What's a dial?".

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furie

04-10-2002, 08:43 AM

I still call the Jackie Robinson Parkway the Interboro... does that count?

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04-10-2002, 11:25 AM

My father calls it a clicker only because hes has a horrible vocabulary and doesnt know what else to call it, now my stepmother calls it a clicker only cause its easier than saying remote

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The Blowhard

04-10-2002, 09:02 PM

CD's are still albums.
I even call the "R" train the "Double R", and the "N" train "The C Beach Express". I guess it's a Brooklyn thing.

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cheezeemee

04-14-2002, 03:25 PM

I call soda pop, Box = tv or radio.

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The Blowhard

04-16-2002, 06:06 AM

I still call my toilet "The Ol' Half Moon". Well, not really.
But I do wipe with the Sears Roebuck catalog.

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Ryan the Great

04-20-2002, 05:49 PM

i call my remote the "channel changer". its specific and gets straight to the point. I call my refridgerator the "fridge". I often refer to the toilet as "the john" or "the shitter". thats about it.

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The Blowhard

04-21-2002, 05:11 AM

I often refer to the toilet as "the john" or "the shitter". thats about it.

Did you know that the guy who invented the toilet was named Crapper? You can look it up.

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The Blowhard

05-19-2002, 11:21 PM

Today I called the toilet "the terlet", and I called a soda "a soder"..damn Brooklynese!

DeltaPin

05-22-2002, 07:14 PM

I still call the WWE the WWF