You'd make a better door than a window!

old I am).

"Dad, can I have fifty cents for the movie, popcorn and soda?"

Him: "Tell ya what. Hold one hand out to me and your other hand under your ass and see which one gets filled first."

I would always get the .50 because Saturday matinee would also be matinee time for him and mom.


or ------

"you get the .50 when your rich uncle gets out of the poor house."


Dad always had a good sense of humor. I miss him.

Walked to the neighborhood movie.
15 cents admission, nickel for popcorn, nickel to take the bus home (dark).
I spent the other nickel on a Coke or a candy bar and walked home.
There were streetlights.
1940s

20 cents each for the Sat. movie and 5 cents each for candy. We walked both ways.

This was during WWII - Movies included News reels, mostly about the war, previews of coming attractions, and a cartoon.

My father owned a penny arcade across from the Greyhound Bus station for a year or two during WWII, so we always had pennies to roll into paper circles after he went to empty them each week.

must've been good to be around.

Said it to my son today

"Six of one; half-dozen of the other."

Never heard your version.

Meaning "We're talking about the same thing."

and "half of one, six dozen of the other" doesn't make sense, especially when both the grandparent and I winkingly know that what DOES make sense is "six of one, half a dozen of the other." It was said as a joke.

Hustle your bustle!
Aaaand we're off like a herd of turtles! (before a drive)
If everyone kept a pickled turd in a mayonaise jar under their bed,
would you want one, too? ("But everyone's doing it! &quot
No matter how well they make cars, it's a single nut behind the
wheel that can ruin everything.
Two, four, six, eight...let's all transubstantiate! (in church)

We need a like function

My favorite as he hit his golden years when asked how he was doing: ‘I’m in pretty good shape for the shape I’m in’ always said with a smile in his voice.

Fair to middlin'.

After a burp.

OK, I knew it meant 'fast'.
But where the hell did THAT come from?