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Did Cooking Really Give Us The F-Word?

Alway intrigued me that in German, VW is pronounced “Fow-Ve.”
 
Rexedgar said:
Alway intrigued me that in German, VW is pronounced “Fow-Ve.”
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There was a time when I thought the Germans were imitating actor Conrad Veidt, or suffered from some sort of speech impediment. (I should have stayed in bed, too late now that I've embarrassed myself.)
 
OldFatGuy said:
There was a time when I thought the Germans were imitating actor Conrad Veidt, or suffered from some sort of speech impediment. (I should have stayed in bed, too late now that I've embarrassed myself.)
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My first thought was this guy/show. Hans Conried. We watched on a 12” b&w, embarrassed here, too.

Fractured Flickers - Wikipedia


Say the show title real fast multiple times....:mrgreen:
 
Rexedgar said:
My first thought was this guy/show. Hans Conried. We watched on a 12” b&w, embarrassed here, too.

Fractured Flickers - Wikipedia


Say the show title real fast multiple times....:mrgreen:
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As I face palm myself, I recall watching fractured flickers with my grandfather as he chuckled and I didn't understand the humor, also on a 12" B&W in a huge cabinet. My grandfather would sit there munching on walnuts he cracked with one hand. He'd stick one in my hand, telling me I could eat it when I cracked it with both hands. I never could crack one walnut with my hands, until I learned he cracked his with his wedding ring. Not that I wore a wedding ring as a boy. He later told me the best thing about a wedding ring was cracking nuts. It was years before I understood the double entendre.
 
OldFatGuy said:
As I face palm myself, I recall watching fractured flickers with my grandfather as he chuckled and I didn't understand the humor, also on a 12" B&W in a huge cabinet. My grandfather would sit there munching on walnuts he cracked with one hand. He'd stick one in my hand, telling me I could eat it when I cracked it with both hands. I never could crack one walnut with my hands, until I learned he cracked his with his wedding ring. Not that I wore a wedding ring as a boy. He later told me the best thing about a wedding ring was cracking nuts. It was years before I understood the double entendre.
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Alright, that was a great story. My grandparents did the same thing, with us grandkids: watching TV while cracking and feeding us nuts. Maybe it's a Euro thing (they were immigrants).

But oh, the joys of an extended family growing-up in a two flat. It was great for the grandkids, but not so sure how appealing it was for their progeny's new spouses.
 
Chomsky said:
Alright, that was a great story. My grandparents did the same thing, with us grandkids: watching TV while cracking and feeding us nuts. Maybe it's a Euro thing (they were immigrants).

But oh, the joys of an extended family growing-up in a two flat. It was great for the grandkids, but not so sure how appealing it was for their progeny's new spouses.
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Grandparents were cheaper than a baby sitter. My mother often took advantage of her parents. :) Gave her an excuse to force my dad to take her out dancing. Not that he needed an excuse. My wife and I did the same.
 
Tim the plumber said:

Bit unlikely. The F word was there, as well as all the other f's, long before we started using forks to eat with which is when the over bit became the norm. Pre eating irons our teeth met together all the way around not only at the sides.
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Have you ever looked at fossils of early man. They often had overbites, and didn't know about forks.
 
OldFatGuy said:
Grandparents were cheaper than a baby sitter. My mother often took advantage of her parents. :) Gave her an excuse to force my dad to take her out dancing. Not that he needed an excuse. My wife and I did the same.
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It was a great way to enjoy one's early childhood, my friend. The interaction and contact of grand kids and grand parents is priceless.

And of course, the grand-kid/grand-parent bond is facilitated by their having a common enemy ... :2razz:
 
Chomsky said:
It was a great way to enjoy one's early childhood, my friend. The interaction and contact of grand kids and grand parents is priceless.

And of course, the grand-kid/grand-parent bond is facilitated by their having a common enemy ... :2razz:
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I thoroughly enjoy spoiling my grandkids to the chagrin of their parents. :) My grandkids thoroughly enjoy being spoiled, to the chagrin of their parents.

There are few pleasures that equal sharing an orange with a young grandchild.
 
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