scottyrocks
I'll Lock Up
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In my neck of the woods, a twerp was a little guy, usually un- or less athletic than the other guys.
Yes. I've always taken that to mean if you lag behind or don't take care of your business you're on your own, or every man for himself.The Devil take the last of them"
How about something being "on the fritz" as in broken or not working.
"Call me. I'm in the book."
"Why would I need a book? If I need a phone number I can look it up with the app on my phone."...These days people -- the younger ones, anyway -- might not know what "book" is being referenced...
A variation I used to use whenever a person threatened legal action was "Sue me, I'm in the book."
One mantra of mine, going back a decade or two, was never to hire a lawyer or a plumber who buys the back cover of the phone book.
Don't you miss the days when lawyers couldn't advertise? It seems like half of the commercials on tv now are for ambulance chasers.
And the other half are for corporate drug pushers.
Don't you miss the days when lawyers couldn't advertise? It seems like half of the commercials on tv now are for ambulance chasers.
It's even more "fun" when the corporate drug pushers advertise their latest and greatest miracle cure complete with it's list of potential negative side effects that are usually worse than whatever you're taking it for in the first place, then four or five years later the ambulance chasers are looking for people to join their class-action suit because that miracle cure killed or permanently damaged so many people. "Take Solvitol if you're suffering from..." *fast forward* "If you took Solvitol and died or are nearly dead..." It's all one big money grab and everyone has their hand out, usually preying on the people who can least afford to lose it.And the other half are for corporate drug pushers.
Considering the fees lawyers and law firms charge, if they have to advertise they can't be good at whatever they do.We are all subject to greed and suggestion on some level I suppose, but the majority of the television scum shysters should be found guilty of taking advantage of the mentally deficient. Anybody of average intelligence can easily see what they are and stay away from them, so who is their clientele?
For a while, I was working a 10:30-7 shift, so I'd get up and have time to watch some TV. I usually watched "Community" on one of the cable channels as it was one of my favorite shows ever.Don't you miss the days when lawyers couldn't advertise? It seems like half of the commercials on tv now are for ambulance chasers.
And the other half are for corporate drug pushers.
At lunch today with my parents I had to break out my pocket knife as the one provided to me was as dull as dishwater. I actually said this out loud.
I hear that one uttered quite often by Mrs. Slocombe on Are You Being Served? but most of that show's run is about 40 years old by now.
We still watch an episode every weekend. Some random cable channel broadcasts them.
Hey, there's another word that no longer applies to television, anyway - broadcast. Radio still does, however. But I never hear anyone using the word anymore.