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Forecast: rain, rain, and rain for the foreseeable future
G-son came over this morning to say there's a water leak coming down his living room wall. OMG - leak has been there a long time, so we have a mold problem too. I couldn't find any obvious damage on the roof, so a phone call to our friendly "Bob, the Builder". "Bob" says he'll be right there to fix it... sometime tomorrow G-son and landlord are going to have a friendly discussion about reporting problems promptly. |
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I vaguely recall that Tonto is Spanish for "stupid." I'm guessing it means "completely mental." |
ahh thank you kemo sabe ^
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For us old folk, tonto has only one meaning... the Lone Ranger's sidekick.
So here's some folk lore in that vein about it meaning "fool" Quote:
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Interesting stuff lamp
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I had no idea that tonto really meant fool.
We say tonto simply to mean someone going fruitloop or doing their nut. Or mental, mental, chicken oriental. Wolf - if it's not rude or crude you probably won't find it in the Profanisaurus :) |
I have never said "Tonto" or "mental, mental, chicken oriental"
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I will confess to having said 'mental mental chicken oriental' once or twice :P Though that has now become shorthanded to mental oriental.
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If I were walking the streets there and I heard grown women saying that, I would not be able to not grin like a tonto.
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Why, why, chicken thigh or ya know what? chicken butt, that's what.
Never chicken oriental. |
only sushi.
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One of the shorthand terms we use is CCFCP. (Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs) |
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I'd definately risk it for a biscuit.
I suspect that the advert that started that whole 'mental mental, chicken oriental' thing went out after monster left the uk. Early -mid 90s as i recall. |
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