Covid-19

[raratt]

Pittsburgh area slang for an empty brown paper bag.

As in, "just throw it in a poke and take it to your grandma."

How do you fit a pig in there? Edit: I remember the saying as "a pig in a poke."

 

[tangerinegreen555]

How do you fit a pig in there? Edit: I remember the saying as "a pig in a poke."

I remember that too, but there were 'petes/peats' in pokes too.

There's no one alive I can ask any more, unfortunately

 

[cannabineer]

I remember that too, but there were 'petes/peats' in pokes too.

There's no one alive I can ask any more, unfortunately

Urban Dictionary is refusing to load. I think my phone has the covfefe-19

 

[greg nr]

Dunno about pete, but the phrase buying a pig in a poke was meant to convey buying sight unseen. Risky in any time period.

 

[cannabineer]

Urban Dictionary is refusing to load. I think my phone has the covfefe-19

Lol one of the definitions is “a male slut”

 

[tangerinegreen555]

Urban Dictionary is refusing to load. I think my phone has the covfefe-19

Might need a Rural Dictionary for that one, lol.

I'll ask some older friends later today.

 

[cannabineer]

Might need a Rural Dictionary for that one, lol.

I'll ask some older friends later today.

Rural Dictionary would be a great site

 

[BarnBuster]

"small sack," early 13c., probably from Old North French poque (12c., Old French poche) "purse, poke, purse-net," probably from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *puk- (source also of Old English pohha, pocca "bag, pocket," Middle Dutch poke, Old Norse poki "bag, pouch, pocket," dialectal German Pfoch), from PIE root *beu-, an imitative root associated with words for "to swell" (see bull (n.2)).

 

[raratt]

Rural Dictionary would be a great site

I think a southern one would be much more colorful...Edit: list of colloquialisms.

 

[tangerinegreen555]

Lol one of the definitions is “a male slut”

My wife is taking groceries to her 97 yr. old mom. I texted her to ask what a pete in a poke was, but she lived 16 miles away where they had a different dialect.

A pete could be something Hungarians said also, now that I think about it. It came from the Hungarian section of town.

Every ethnicity used to be segregated by choice when I was a kid. Hungarians, Ukrainians, etc. All seemed to live beside each other.

 

[cannabineer]

I think a southern one would be much more colorful...Edit: list of colloquialisms.

One of my favorite regionalisms comes from Appalachia. “I don’t endorse that” becomes “I don’t hold with that.”

 

[cannabineer]

My wife is taking groceries to her 97 yr. old mom. I texted her to ask what a pete in a poke was, but she lived 16 miles away where they had a different dialect.

A pete could be something Hungaians said also, now that I think about it. It came from the Hungarian section of town.

Every ethnicity used to be segregated by choice when I was a kid. Hungarians, Ukrainians, etc. All seemed to live beside each other.

Those Magyars spoke weird speak.

 

[tangerinegreen555]

Those Magyars spoke weird speak.

I still remember my uncle telling me how to say fuck you in Hungarian. And my dad got mad at him and said don't say that. Ever.

 

[Sunbiz1]

I was able to locate 36 rolls of toilet paper the other day at Giant Eagle.

We kept 12. The other 24 of Angel Soft were divided up between our 2 daughters and my 97 year old mother in law.

The shelves were empty again last night.

If somebody told me at Christmas we'd be dividing up toilet paper in March, I would have suggested they need psychiatric help.

This is some crazy shit though, even without the psychiatric help.

From what I've been reading:
People panic buy things they don't need b/c they feel helpless, and buying TP gives them a sense of security and control.
It's one of the reasons I'm in the middle of building a home fitness center, only I truly need exercise; my ass can be wiped with paper towels and kleenex.
However, it also gives me a sense of control over government decisions; in case this happens again.
Thankfully I work from home, in a recession proof(and now legal)field of cannabis production.
Business is booming!

 

[cannabineer]

I still remember my uncle telling me how to say fuck you in Hungarian. And my dad got mad at him and said don't say that. Ever.

I still boggle at the whole Austro-Hungarian political arrangement. I cannot imagine two more different oxen in the same yoke.

 

[mysunnyboy]

Let’s see, how many idiots can you get on one stage during a contagious viral outbreak?

 

[BarnBuster]

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[Metasynth]

I bought extra toilet paper simply because I like wiping my ass with it. I did not panic buy, but you KNOW that if you wait till you actually need it, there won’t be any on the shelves.

The problem compounds itself. Other people panic buying means that I need to purchase those things too if I want any of it when I need it.

Also, I was at the grocery store the other day, waiting in the line for “self check out”, when I saw someone purchase about $11 worth of stuff.

He then proceeded to put a $50 bill on the scanner and walk out, telling the attending clerk “that’s to pay for my groceries”, and walked out before anyone could say anything

I mean, seriously bub? How scared are you? He refused to touch the touchscreen or anything, so I guess he didn’t get his Ralphs card discount...lol

 

[Metasynth]

Let’s see, how many idiots can you get on one stage during a contagious viral outbreak?

No shit, we were just talking about those geriatric boomers standing shoulder to shoulder, preaching “social distancing”

Good to see our nations leaders setting the example

 

[ColoradoHighGrower]

Denver traffic volume is back down to 1990's level. What a joy to run errands this morning! I still managed to get cut off by a CA driver though... :/