I'm in the blue and I say "loyer".
Me.
Yup, potato bug. Never even heard roly-poly.
It blows my mind that the rest of the country doesn't have a word for sunshowers.
you think washington gets sunshowers?
(http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/pics/sneakers.jpg)ok gonna have to side with least coast here.
It's so fucking weird to hear pop
Yup.
"Do you want a Coke?
"Sure"
"What kind?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh"
It's so fucking weird to hear pop
Wife and I had no idea we were moving to POP COUNTRY. Our biggest adjustment to life in the Pacific Northwest.
(http://www.jascii.org/share/rolypoly.png)
Potato bugs, bitches.
True, but replace "Dr. Pepper" with "Uhhhhhhhhhhhh" and you had my summers growing up.Yup.
"Do you want a Coke?
"Sure"
"What kind?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh"
Silly Steve, no one in Texas would ever ask you that. It goes like this:
"What kind of Coke do you want?"
"Dr. Pepper."
"Okay."
I met a group of Texans while in Egypt back in the late 90s. We ended up going to dinner with them and was given a lesson on everything being "a Coke."Yup, potato bug. Never even heard roly-poly.
My wife and I are showing our geographic differences with these little guys. I was out in the yard the other evening with our daughter looking at bugs in the garden and a bunch of potato bugs were walking around in the dirt. I told Addie they were Potato Bugs, and Em looked at me like I was high on crack, since they're clearly Pill Bugs according to her Nebraska upbringing.
On line :holeup
Who are these perverts?
Roly Poly? :wtf
People should be offended by such nonsense.
"Is dat a armadilla?"
"Nah, dats a giant Roly Poly"
It's so fucking weird to hear pop
Wife and I had no idea we were moving to POP COUNTRY. Our biggest adjustment to life in the Pacific Northwest.
It took my wife a long time to switch over to pop from soda.
so those pace picante commercials were an accurate description of texans
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actually, I take that back. I will ask for a pop if I'm being served by a middle-aged soda jerk at a Walgreens soda fountain offering "real chock'lit malteds"
"The City" is fucking stupid - other than NYC dunno why Chicago and Boston got called out.
"Gee, it turns out people use 'the city' to mean the city nearest to them. WHO KNEW"
actually, I take that back. I will ask for a pop if I'm being served by a middle-aged soda jerk at a Walgreens soda fountain offering "real chock'lit malteds"
???
actually, I take that back. I will ask for a pop if I'm being served by a middle-aged soda jerk at a Walgreens soda fountain offering "real chock'lit malteds"
???
The entire city of San Jose refers to SF as "the city" despite being the largest in the Bay.
so those pace picante commercials were an accurate description of texans
And what's that?
The entire city of San Jose refers to SF as "the city" despite being the largest in the Bay.
That's because there is nothing there.
just found out wife says roly poly instead of the correct potato bug.
we had a good run.
Yup, potato bug. Never even heard roly-poly.
I say roly poly :( I never heard of "potato bugs" before this site. Are they called that because they infest potatoes or look like potatoes?I DONT HAVE TO EXPLAIN SHIT TO YOU
"tennis shoes" is the dumbest shit imaginable
hey if it's called pop, why is there no such thing as a pop jerk who serves you from the pop fountain at the pop shop
riddle me that
hey if it's called pop, why is there no such thing as a pop jerk who serves you from the pop fountain at the pop shop
riddle me that
Have you ever had pop-pop in the attic?
actually, I take that back. I will ask for a pop if I'm being served by a middle-aged soda jerk at a Walgreens soda fountain offering "real chock'lit malteds"
???
(http://sodadispenserdepot.com/pics/soda-fountain-461b.jpg)
Rolly polly makes a helluva lot more sense than "potato bug". Someone please explain "potato bug"?
Potato Bug 4 Lyfe
Do you say Kitty or Catty Corner (or one of the weird variations)?
You've never heard the term Kitty or Catty Corner to refer to something diagonal to you?
My Grandma always said "catter corner" which is close to the original. There's some weird ones though. Kitty-Wumpus?
You've never heard the term Kitty or Catty Corner to refer to something diagonal to you?
What always trips me up is when someone inserts a random r into the middle of a word. Like hollerday instead of holiday.
What always trips me up is when someone inserts a random r into the middle of a word. Like hollerday instead of holiday.
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Pretty sure it's a Bronx thing
Seriously, I've been to and lived in numerous states and have never heard of kitty/catty corner and California is like my second home!
But it's not across from you, it's kitty-corner. In some places, you can get a ticket for "Jaywalking".
Whatchyamacallit or Thingymajig?
I feel like a lot of terms have just gone away and all people do is point or gesture but you still understand what they're getting at.Like our ape-ancestors.
Caddy corner
also i say gym shoes; fuck all of you freaks who say it different
also i say gym shoes; fuck all of you freaks who say it different:paul
also i say gym shoes; fuck all of you freaks who say it different
Gym shoes is worse than tennis shoes because it suggests all sneaks worn in the gym. :derp
They're sneakers.
And "the city" is Toronto!
I've always said "gym shoes"
I've always said "gym shoes":what
They're pill bugs. What the hell is a roly poly? Do you name everything like some kind of derpy child's description? Are you Australians or something?
They're pill bugs. What the hell is a roly poly? Do you name everything like some kind of derpy child's description? Are you Australians or something?
They're pill bugs. What the hell is a roly poly? Do you name everything like some kind of derpy child's description? Are you Australians or something?
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leper pls
(http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/pics/sneakers.jpg)
Dr. Pepper is a type of coke (it's like saying "googling" when you mean to use a search engine)When someone tells me to google something, I fucking google it. I can't remember the last time I used a non-google search engine.
Wtf. It's not.What always trips me up is when someone inserts a random r into the middle of a word. Like hollerday instead of holiday.
terlet
idear
Pretty sure it's a Bronx thing
That's fair; but you could use Yahoo or Bing or whatever...
my understanding is that in the south, coke did for a very long time.
The most shocking thing so far in this thread is that pill bugs are actually terrestrial crustaceans.Yeah, they're all arthropods. By which I mean insects and all other bugs. Lobster, shrimp and crabs are basically sea bugs. Disgusting creatures.
Grinder is popular in Utah(http://messengerandadvocate.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/tom-green.jpg) grind 'er? I grind 'em all.
Interesting that the Cascade mountain range is the dividing line for Potato Bug and Roly Poly in the Republic of Cascadia.It blows my mind that the rest of the country doesn't have a word for sunshowers.
We just call it rain.