[Ads-l] XYZ revived

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I recall this acronym for “examiner your zipper” being used in the 1970s
> to mean “your zipper is open.”
>

It's brand-new to me. Back in button days of the '40's, we said,

"It's [number of buttons unbuttoned] o'clock in Petersville"

                                        or

"Your barn-door's open (and your horse is getting out),"

which also works for zippered flies.


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-Wilson
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