The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-21
CONCH
CHOWDER
By RAYMER

To feel old age creeping up on
you, you don't have 70 have hard
ening Of the arteries or 60 out with
an octogenadian. Just look back
over q roaring 20s high school an
nual. Besides the MILDLY hlouses,
the marceled fluffed hair hobs on
girls and pompador haircuts for
boys, the days of yesteryear are
definitely dated by the pet slang
expressions or sayings. In our high
school Tiger" year book I note
the following killers, which were
then supposed to be smart or wise
cracks. the latest In slang or indi-
yidual expressions used most fire.
quently by the seniors. ] was only
q junior at the time. To gather
material for the Chronology"
column / went around with q note.
book jotting down ''favorite expires.
sions." Here are . few Of the
choice ones:
'Hootinanie. oh you Grand.
mother!. No kiddin'. Apple
Sauce. Banana Oil. Dumb Do
"a. Wouldn't that eat cha. !.
Heaving. .Jumpin' Jupiter
Beans. For conscience sake. :.
What ] mean. .Snickleivet Is
that nice, / ask you. Not really.
Horse collar .Yoshki. My
heart. Listen, sweetness. Hot.
cha. Collegiate. :" and finally a
mysterious IL. E. p" which
was used by the girls on the basket
ball team and they never revealed
what it meant
As Personal Editor, collected
jokes, too, or made them up. If
you think you know some corny
ones, try these on your ear.
Why is getting up at Z q. m. like
q pigs tail? It's twirly.
Teacher to John Andrews caus.
ing q disturbance in rear Of room,
John, I've looked back there three
or four times and / should think
one of my looks would be suffi-
Gent" Frank Chambers, "I'n say
So"
Prof. Ackley In physics class,
"What did Archimedes discover
when he was in his bath? Bob
Haines: "Dirt."
ibid you hear that Fran and /
we're going to get married."
yeah, when?" well, as soon as
someone viii have u.s.
How this sneaked into q high
school book is something to won
der about: Essay On Pants
"Pants are made for men and
not for women. Women are made
for men and not for pants. When a
man pants for q woman and wo-
man pants for man that makes
a pair oil pants. are like molasses;
they are thinner In hot weather
and thicker in cool weather.
There has been much discussion as
to whether pants is singular or plu-
raj; but it seems to Us that when
4 man wears pants, it's plural;
but when they don't. it's singular. |
Pants is singular at the top and
are plural at the bottom. II you'll
want to make the pants last, make
The coat first"
HERE AND THERE: Julio Ca.
oanas, Jr., is back from vacation
cooking tan and fit. Capt. and
Mrs. Frank SeIby are leaving forI
Washington, D. c., and another
ldios is said to well-liked couple
Mrs. 10 Garland on vacation
IN the north (she's with our Cham
Der Of Commerce) sends a clipping
from . paper published at Shau-
lavon, Saskatchewan, Canada. IN
Ter the script banner of the paper
The Shaunavon Standard" is its
editorial policy proclaimed Liked
BY Many : Cussed BY Some :
Read By Everybody. The Key
West Players Summer Workshop
supper and scavanger hunt slated
FOR Tuesday night. July %. brings
up the fact that q scavenger hunt
las nothing to do with the city's
;cavenger trucks. Anyone with
bright ideas on verse making for
he clues should call Burt Garneh
at 2-5401. Armchaid applicants only
since those who provide the clues
IN rhyme aren't supposed TO go
gadding on the hunt, match. Well
.tally-hol Notice to skipper of
pr S7o hn eura In cat IN IN fhiQ