FW: Antedatings for BBC List

[Sam Clements]

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From: "Michael Quinion" <wordseditor at WORLDWIDEWORDS.ORG>
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Subject: Re: FW: Antedatings for BBC List


> Bill Mullins wrote:
>
>> What does "something for the weekend" mean???
>
> It's the murmured question by the barber, "Something for the weekend,
> sir?", as he's finished cutting your hair or shaving you, asking you
> discreetly if you'd like to buy a condom (though he wouldn't have
> used that word and indeed might not have known it in pre-HIV days).
> The cultural implications of the phrase are considerable.
>
> --
> Michael Quinion

I once purchased in a coin deal a small tin, about one inch by two inches,
that had a picture of a Goodyear Airship on it(I live in Akron, OH. home of
Goodyear).  I would say from the graphics it was from the 1930's.  Inside
were two worthless coins.  The poor little 80-something lady who brought it
in had hoped the coins were worth something.  So I gave her $10., not
telling her that the coins were worthless.

Inside the lid of the tin it said something like "This tin contains two
'tourist tubes' made from Goodyear rubber."  I wonder if that ephemism
appears anywhere?

Sam Clements