Party Line
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
The best part of waking up is Maxwell in your cup
My bologna has a first name, it’s O-S-C-A-R…
Also: be kind, rewind.
I prefer to -walk like an Egyptian.
The record is skipping.
Phone’s ringing, wonder who it is?
Let’s book.
Let your fingers do the walking.
Dial M for Murder
Got it on tape
Change the ribbon
Whatch you talkin’ bout Willis?
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should.
In the good old day’s…
It’s raining. Put your rubbers on.
Maybe she’s born with it . . .
Eat it.
Floppy disk
Q: Who’s the last person to see Jimmy Hoffa?
A: Jacques Cousteau
I like Ike.
Forgot the big one: Duck and cover.
Carburetor.
Hang on, let me write that down…
can I have some more hamburger helper?
Where’s the video rental card?
Where’s my disc man?
There’s nothing to watch on TV?
Batteries
Is “You’ve Got Mail” from AOL sufficiently dated?
A horse apiece.
I pranged my wheels. ( I crashed my car)
How’s your face? (good morning)
Cut the soft stuff. (stop complaining)
My barber gave me a D A. (Tony Curtiss style haircut)
Probably much the same in all English speaking countries – very 1950’s – ’60’s. 🙂
I had a tee shirt with his bewildered look on the front;
Pat Paulsen for President.
Same era;
The devil made me do it.
Flying Finger of fate award.
Veeery interesting.
It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature (Parkay)
It rides like a boat (Pontiac)
We were not allowed to wear DAs nor Pompadours or Sister Helen Rose shaved behind your ears.
More Doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette.
Is “You’ve Got Mail” from AOL sufficiently dated?
Back in 2004 I handed a set of forms to a temporary employee in my office, a chap born in 1983, and told him to type them up. You should have seen the blank look on his face as he contemplated our Selectric. So, yeah, “You’ve Got Mail” will do.
Camels – the cigarettes with a photo of the factory on the packet. 🙂
CB radio slang – breaker one-nine, 10-4, what’s your 20 (location), watch out for bears (state troopers), etc.
“🎶I’ve got a brand new pair of roller skates, you’ve got a brand new key”
Participants – lace trimmed pant slip to wear under mini skirt. 60s take on bloomers.
Longline – strapless bra with bones down to the waist worn under a strapless evening dress with fitted bodice. 50s, 60s, 70s version of a corset.
“Little dab will do ya” Brill Cream
Ducktail- male hairstyle of 50s. Named after the curls on a drake’s tail.
Hamms, the beer that refreshes – from MN
National Bo, National Bo, bryewed on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay – No for Bohemian from MD
Sassoon and pixie short haircuts for females.
Shocking, My Sin, Je Revian, Stradivarius, Intoxication -all perfumes, old fragrances from French Fashion houses.
CB radio slang – breaker one-nine, 10-4, what’s your 20 (location), watch out for bears (state troopers), etc.
Smoky clocked me doing 80.
Try this one on for size the next time you pull over at a greasy spoon.
Burn one, take it through the garden and pin a rose on it. [A hamburger with lettuce, tomato and onion.]
:^)