Common Sparrow on Nostr: nprofile1q…p2uaj Loved reading all these family words and phrases! We had a lot of ...
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We had a lot of catch phrases in my family. Used to collect them under the heading "family dictionary". Two of them just crossed my mind now.
"Walking the invisible dog". Originated when we were kids with a stiff fake leash with an empty dog collar on the end, given to one of us as a novelty toy. The phrase hung around in our family as a metaphor for taking an aimless walk with no particular end goal. ("I'm going out for a walk". - "Where to?" - "Oh, just walking the invisible dog".)
"A girl scout cookie scam". Originated in a loopy conversation we had as kids, about how it might be possible to fake cookie orders and keep the cookies, without being on the hook for coming up with the money. It was a purely theoretical exercise, as none of us would do such a thing. But the plot became more and more elaborate, and wackier and wackier, until we wore it out. Ever after, "a girl scout cookie scam" has been used to refer to any crooked scheme which is way more trouble than it's worth, and usually incredibly stupid. ("Did you see this thing in today's paper?" - "Ha! What were they thinking? A regular girl scout cookie scam!")
We had a lot of catch phrases in my family. Used to collect them under the heading "family dictionary". Two of them just crossed my mind now.
"Walking the invisible dog". Originated when we were kids with a stiff fake leash with an empty dog collar on the end, given to one of us as a novelty toy. The phrase hung around in our family as a metaphor for taking an aimless walk with no particular end goal. ("I'm going out for a walk". - "Where to?" - "Oh, just walking the invisible dog".)
"A girl scout cookie scam". Originated in a loopy conversation we had as kids, about how it might be possible to fake cookie orders and keep the cookies, without being on the hook for coming up with the money. It was a purely theoretical exercise, as none of us would do such a thing. But the plot became more and more elaborate, and wackier and wackier, until we wore it out. Ever after, "a girl scout cookie scam" has been used to refer to any crooked scheme which is way more trouble than it's worth, and usually incredibly stupid. ("Did you see this thing in today's paper?" - "Ha! What were they thinking? A regular girl scout cookie scam!")