Harpo’s House of Haphazard Happenings, Humorous Hilarity, and Heartfelt Hodgepodge

  • Quote of the Day - "I keep myself amused and others confused" ~ Benedict Cumberbatch

Those dentists with advanced laser scanning with the back of the teeth can detect how you water floss your teeth
 
I managed to stop myself sounding like a grumpy old man and saying 'they don't make em like that anymore'... but, well, they don't... 🤷‍♂️
 
I got completely water drenched from the rain in So Cal yesterday after my dentist visit.
I always have each and every continuous horrible experience whenever I go to the dentist.
Whether my car have a scary breakdown issues going there or after or if my dentist added
more work and expenses in addition after my dental cleaning.

I have never been drenched in the downpouring rain like this in decades.
 
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(and in case any of you loosers wondered where the h*ck the expression came from, there is this from Google AI)

"Suffering succotash" is an exclamation of surprise or dismay, famous as the catchphrase of Sylvester the Cat from Looney Tunes. It is a euphemism for the mild profanity "suffering savior," created to avoid saying a blasphemous word. The "succotash" part of the phrase refers to a corn and bean dish that was popular during the Great Depression for its low cost and high nutritional value.
  • Origin as a euphemism: The phrase likely originated in the mid-1800s or earlier as a way to express frustration without using profanity, especially when religious exclamations were considered taboo. It's similar to "cheese and rice" for "Jesus Christ" or "dangnabbit" for "God damn it".
  • Popularization by Looney Tunes: The phrase was popularized by the Looney Tunes cartoon character Sylvester the Cat, who frequently sputtered it out in frustration.
  • The meaning of succotash: The word "succotash" comes from a Native American term for a dish made of corn and beans, which was a staple food during difficult times like the Great Depression.
  • Double meaning: The combination of the mild profanity substitute and the name of a humble food dish created a humorous and memorable catchphrase.
 
Why is it a horrible experience every time it's dentist related to me?
The rain storm drenched me big time Thursday afternoon/evening.
 
fromcal said:
Why is it a horrible experience every time it's dentist related to me?
The rain storm drenched me big time Thursday afternoon/evening.
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But I always heard that "... it never rains in Southern California... Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before... "
 
What do you call a shoplifted traditional German Christmas bread?

(Of course, probably only SFOC will get that terrible pun.)
 
I had to pick up a few sundries at the grocery store this morning and found this to be a very odd addition: they now have many everyday (and inexpensive) items under lock and key. Since when did toothbrushes (or is the plural "teethbrushes"?), disposable razors, and deodorant become such hot ticket items on the Black Market?

(Sheesh! When I was a kid, we were just happy to settle for shoplifting candy bars and Playboy magazines.)
 
Cal Berkeley vs Stanford never ending academic rivalry
 
HarpoSF said:
Still have not heard back from those d*mn Autobots. Even if I do successfully "appeal" their "Suspension", I doubt I will really ever find out the exact cause of it. They never really let you know their mistakes.
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Sounds like they did that in error and yes, they won't admit to their mistake. Hopefully you can get back on, Harpo.
 
St*pid, useless cunning linguist (see this afternoon’s “Love Our Sox Corny Joke Thread” post for this reference) Anecdote of the Day:

While I was eating breakfast out this morning, I happened to notice there were a few transoms on the front of the restaurant: one above the door and a couple on the upper windows. (For those of you that don't know what a "transom" is, please watch any old Three Stooges shorts from the 30's. A transom is the little window above the door that Moe would always have Curly shimmy through to bypass a locked door.)

I was once told that the French word for transom is "(le) vasistas". This word possibly comes from the German phrase "Was ist das?" (pronounced: "vas is das"), which simply means "What is that?".

As the apocryphal story goes… during the signing of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I, one of the German diplomats pointed up at a transom above a doorway and said "Was ist das?" never having seen one before (apparently in 1919, these were still a relatively new ~ if simple ~ means of ventilation in stuffy buildings). One of the French diplomats, not knowing the actual technical term for it either, took it to mean that this was what it was called and it seems to have stuck (the word, not the window, Knucklehead).

(Sorry, but I don't know what the word for transom is in German. "Das kleine Fenster über der Tür", peut-être?)
 
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