"Hot enough for you?" (1876, 1878, 1880)

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 8/1/2006 10:12:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Bapopik at AOL.COM writes:
>I  found it in NewspaperArchive ("The Daily Miner," Montana (quoted  from
Boston "Journal"), 1882). Seems a cliche there  too.
Scot
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>From American Historical  Newspapers:
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29 June 1876, Wheeling (WV) Register, pg. 3:
IT is  bad enough to have the thermometer in the nineties, without being
obliged  to answer on every corner the imbecile greeting: "Is it hot enough
for
you  to-day?"
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Make that 28 June 1876.
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28 March 1915, Dallas Morning News, pg. 4:
_WAITERS' SLANG._
_Oddities of Restaurant Talk._
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"Mutton broth in a hurry," says the customer. "Baa-baa in the rain! Make  him
run!" shouts the waiter.
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"Beefsteak and onions," says the customer.
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"John Bull! Make him a ginny!" shouts the waiter.
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"Where's my baked potatoes?" asks a customer.
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"Mrs. Murphy in a sealskin coat!" shouts the waiter.
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"Two fried eggs. Don't fry 'em too hard," says a customer.
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"Adam and Eve in the garden! Leave their eyes open!" shouts the  waiter.
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"Poached eggs on toast," says the customer.
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"Bride and groom on a raft in the middle of the ocean!" shouts the  waiter.
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"Chicken croquets," says the customer.
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"Fowl ball!" shouts the waiter.
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"Hash," says the customer. "Gentleman wants to take a chance!" shouts the
waiter.
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"I'll have hash, too," says the next customer.
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"Another sport!" shouts the waiter.
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"Glass of milk," says the customer.
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"Let it rain," shouts the waiter.
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"Frankfurter and sauerkraut, good and hot," says the customer.
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"Fido, Shep and a bale of hay," shouts the waiter, "and let 'em  sizzle!"

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