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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:31 AM Original message |
What is the origin of "get off my lawn?" |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. I remember Letterman using it in the 80's.... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. So Gramps himself never said it, but it's used as a way of showing |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I don't think John McCain ever said it. NT |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. someone being angry that someone was on their lawn. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think it's just a stereotypical... |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. John McCain, circa 1897. n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. I always thought it was Mr. Wilson in the Dennis the Menace |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. Beats me. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. from me!! now dont just stand there! |
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livedemocarticordie (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. Dennis the Menace? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Yeah, that sounds about right |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. I thought EVERYBODY had an old fart in their neighborhood yelling at kids to get off their lawn |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Hehe my neighborhood, baby boom 60s era |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I lived in a neighborhood like that, too. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. My folks' neighborhood is more mixed now |
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Larry in KC (465 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Mine was an old woman. She actually DID come out and take our baseball! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. Dennis the Menace ~~ Mr. Wilson |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Precisely the same thing came to my mind, Go Figure, |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Thanks! I remember seeing reruns of that series as a kid |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. I've heard it from Grandpa Simpon from ... The Simpsons. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. I think it was Machiavelli |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I always wondered who invented THAT particular joke. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
19. My Grandma? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. :-) Is she McCurmudgeon's age or older? |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. She's no longer with us, but she was older than McCain when she yelled it. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. I always associate it with Letterman. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
25. Try "get off my lawn" without McCain's name in there |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. That does help. Reading DU I had it in my head it had specifically to |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
28. McLiar gave a big speech against a green screen several months ago |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
29. I have no clue where that came from...really. |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
30. My grandfather, who died 30 years ago |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. John McCain probably "keeps" all of the balls that come into his yards. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
32. The Bible |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. ROFL |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. ... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. The stereotype of the cranky old man chasing kids off his lawn goes back decades. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's way old. In the UK it's 'get off my land'. |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
38. PIC here |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. Here's a Dennis the Menace cartoon that is somewhat close. :) |
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