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Black Cadillacs
Some people travel by Black Cadillacs ... (meaning?)
(DENISE ... I thought of you first! ) |
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Gotta get this book...
This book is in-friggen-sane ...EVERYONE should have a copy...but don't let the kids read it!:
"Canadian Sayings 3" 1,000 Folk Sayings Used by Canadians Newly Collected and Annotated by by Bill Casselman Well ... is everyone IGNORING me today? What's yore problem anyways? Doesn't ANYONE know what Black Caddillacs refers to? |
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Not unlike a Stalwart, then ? Richard |
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NEXT.......... PS: that book has a lot of really truly funny sayings and such ... but its got an over-abundance of very off colour and explicit expressions, body parts and such ... I ignore those. |
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Expressions
Did the Canadians appropriate some of the US expressions like FUBAR (pron "FOOBAR") and SNAFU?
They've found their way into our language, most people not knowing the true meaning or even that these are acronyms. There are polite ways to explain these such as "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition" and "Situation Normal, All Fouled Up" but military people generally substituted one of the words.
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Old Army Saying: "By Two Stroke Black Cadillacs"....meaning on your feet (the Cdn Combat Boots being black leather)...... Cheers
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KEEFY ... I'll leave the FUBAR and the SNAFU to answer to someone who knows |
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ooops... sorry Marko ... I couldn't afford the cigars too! |
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