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Arkansas Granny

(31,536 posts)
1. I am reminded of a saying I heard from an old man I knew as a child.
Mon May 11, 2020, 03:40 PM
May 2020

"If you don't stop that, I'm going to put my nose between your teeth and I won't let go."

Runningdawg

(4,526 posts)
3. Now is the time for the sane people lock themselves down.
Mon May 11, 2020, 03:42 PM
May 2020

Let these idiots workout, go to the spa, get drunk and laid. Don't follow them off the cliff and the problem will solve itself.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
11. Unfortunately life doesn't work like that.
Mon May 11, 2020, 09:16 PM
May 2020

It would be nice if it did, lots of problems would get solved.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,922 posts)
6. If I were a funeral director I'd be handing out advertising flyers at these protests.
Mon May 11, 2020, 04:12 PM
May 2020

While wearing a mask, of course.

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Tanuki

(14,926 posts)
7. Funeral homes used to pass out paper fans to churches before air condtioning
Mon May 11, 2020, 04:26 PM
May 2020

was common so that people could fan themselves during the services in the sweltering summer heat. There was usually a picture of Jesus on one side and advertising on the back. Maybe it was just a southern thing, but I can vaguely remember it as a young child. Something old could be new again!

Different Drummer

(7,658 posts)
9. Can't answer the question of whether or not the fans were a regional thing since...
Mon May 11, 2020, 06:41 PM
May 2020

I'm from Georgia, but I definitely remember them.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
12. I am from Florida, I remember them. My mom used to bring one home on occasion. Often they were
Mon May 11, 2020, 09:19 PM
May 2020

handed out to parishioners to take home.

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