"Stump the Yankee"

[Jim Page]

(01-28-2013 06:07 PM)BettyO Wrote:  I've also heard "By Cracky!" and "Tarnation!"

Hah! This could turn into a parlor game! Betty, both of those are very familiar to me, as is "gol-darnit!" and "dagnabit!" I also used to hear, "Well, dog my cats!" which made no sense to a seven-year-old.

I used to hear my Dad say, "What in the Sam Hill?!?!?" and I had a bandmate here in Maryland use a variant, "What in the Sam Hell?!?!?"

My favorite uncle still uses "dawg-gone" about every third word, especially when discussing current politicians.

Roger, you can electronically wash my mouth out with Octagon Soap whenever you see fit!

When the discussion the other day was about stuff teachers used to do that would be felonies today, that's one I'll never forget: Port Arthur, Texas; Tyrell Elementary School; my third grade teacher. She caught me calling a classmate in the lineup for entering class "stupid." I also suffered the in-the-coat-closet treatment and many raps across the knuckles with a wooden ruler.

But I deserved them all, dagnabit! BOY HOWDY!!!

--Jim, the cusser