Nold and Conklin went out for their daily constitutional.
“Life’s short, you know,” Nold averred.
“T’ain’t so, McGee,” offered his companion.
“That’s just my point,” replied the former.
“We’ve got more of those obsolete lines accumulated between us than Carter has liver pills.”
“Every time we blurt out a bygone bromide we’re reminded of just exactly how ancient we really are, old fellow.”
“Let’s wallow in them!” Conklin demanded.
“From ‘Don’t touch that dial!’ to ‘Film at eleven’. We’ll go door to door announcing dead rabbits!”
That’s the spirit, y’ole crow!” his friend cajoled him. “Now let’s get moving.”
Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff~Fields for leading us every week in our Friday Fictioneers. This week’s photo prompt is provided by Sandra Crook.
Dear Larry,
There are hundreds of them aren’t there? Always good to the last drop.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle, I wrote this one because conveniently I just very recently found a list of eight virtually obsolete catch phrases
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Those are always fun.
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Announcing dead rabbits? Did you make that one up?
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The question of whether a woman was pregnant was decided, until a few decades ago, by injecting a woman’s urine into a female rabbit, then examining the rabbit’s ovaries a few days later. The error rate was less than 2%
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Wow!
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Well done. You had me at Nold and Conklin. With character names like that, anything is possible. I also picked up a new term: Bromide. Many thanks for the education. 🙂
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Thanks. They’re names of two of the buildings on the campus of the State University of New York at Farmingdale but there’s no rule that says they can’t be used elsewhere.
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Even better. Great use of unusual names.
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Now I found myself wanting to look up more! Great job, Larry!
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Thanks Dale I always really like to put those kinds of twists into my stories.
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You do it so well!
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A good story full of nostalgia, Larry. I’m waiting for those old phrases to become retro and come around again. There classics now. Well done. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thanks Suzanne I live for nostalgia
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A nice little paddle in the pond of reminiscence. Good fun.
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Thanks I always like to take a lot of advantage of nostalgia
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Great story… all of those lovely catch-phrases 😉 Enjoyed this immensely!
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Thanks
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My pleasure, Larry 🙂
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