Jersey'isms (best, drive, sidewalk)

[wileynj]

Originally Posted by shannybannany

Never heard that one wiley but dear old dad would tell us he was gonna pull into the police station and have the cops arrest my brother and me if we didn't stop arguing in the car.

I think I would have preferrred the "cops" to Mrs Medici : )))

[stmaarten]

Originally Posted by wileynj

we never had a fruit man but I do remember the beer delivery man! That was short lived but fun while it lasted : )) What about the NJ Devil? Did he live in your neighborhood as well or was that just a northwest jersey thing? What about the hooker man..lol

Originally Posted by newtothis

LOL "the Jersey devil"
The Italian ice guy and Mr. Softee were right around the corner knowing damn well that us kids were eagerly waiting their arrival. Not the Fruitman.
What was the hooker man ?

HOOKER MAN!!! OMG! I still can't drive through some of those tunnels through Byram/Stanhope at night, for fear of seeing "Hooker Man" at the other end of the tunnel! That was especially scary during foggy nights!

To add another Jersey-ism: My husband never calls his mother "mom"...he says: "Hey MAH."

[wileynj]

Originally Posted by stmaarten

HOOKER MAN!!! OMG! I still can't drive through some of those tunnels through Byram/Stanhope at night, for fear of seeing "Hooker Man" at the other end of the tunnel! That was especially scary during foggy nights!

To add another Jersey-ism: My husband never calls his mother "mom"...he says: "Hey MAH."

See..the hookerman does exist! : ))) I still have scratches on my car from going through one of those scary tunnels..lol : ))) Too funny!

[shannybannany]

Originally Posted by stmaarten

HOOKER MAN!!! OMG! I still can't drive through some of those tunnels through Byram/Stanhope at night, for fear of seeing "Hooker Man" at the other end of the tunnel! That was especially scary during foggy nights!

To add another Jersey-ism: My husband never calls his mother "mom"...he says: "Hey MAH."

OMG! Okay I know this is weird but my brother and I both say Mah! Unless we are talking about her to each other then she is called: Mommy.

Shanny: "Did you call mommy today?"

Shanny's brother: "I talked to mommy today and she said..."

[newtothis]

" I ain't goin' in dat warder it's JELLY FISH season."
" OMG look at the size a dat HORESHOE CRAB. "

All the boys use to think it was hysterical to pick those two dead items out of the shore and scare the crap out of us girls!

[NewHomeHappy]

Originally Posted by CuCullin

jeat? (did you eat)

you stole mine !!!!

now I have to go back and read 10 pages !!

BTW: Tahiti : How the hell did you rack up 10 pages on this thread in just 4 days????

Geeez I sure feel like I missed alot on CD when I took a few days off for detox. I actually had to unplug the 'puter to trick myself....

OKOK I got one !!!!!!!
I DON'T GIVEAH RATS A$$ IF HE DIES TOMORROW.
pretty strong huh? Well, yes I have said that. You could put the "rats a$$" line into any sentence.

[NewHomeHappy]

Originally Posted by wileynj

Pennsylvania... more like Pennsyltucky : ))Oh and.."Blue Tags" - they always seem to be the worst drivers : )) And for some reason, their always attached to a Saturn.

For some reason I remember Bachi' (Our Hungarian or Polish Grandmother) saying she was going to Penn-sea for bingo. Now I hear the letters Pee Ahy you know PA. But growing up Pennsey was the word we used. Oh an them Blue Tags !! Arrgghh

point for you from me - good post

[EB2]

Originally Posted by wileynj

Wild West City still exists : ))) So does Land of Make Believe. What was that one place up near West Milford? The one you could drive through to see the animals??? Turtle back Zoo?

That would be Jungle Habitat. Turtle Back Zoo is still operating, but can't be driven through.

[wileynj]

Jungle Habitat..that's the one : ) Our big day out when we were kids. I can't help but wonder how many of these Jersey'isms are actually Brooklyn'isms? I meet so many people here who's parents or grand parents originated from Brooklyn - mine did. Anyone else?

[NewHomeHappy]

Originally Posted by mr.man

We had none of those but we did have the italian ice guy, rainbow,coconut,lemon,watermon, and of course Mr Softee now a cone is about $ 5.00

I still remember not too long ago being a snot nosed 20sumthin, standing on the sidewalk with my best friend. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted the Mister Softee truck. It was like a Visa commercial. She was sipping her soda as I yelled "Hey Lisa, here comes your boyfriend"
and pointed towards the truck. People around us stopped to look....

Mister Softee Cone $5.00
New sunglasses $25.00
Soda squirting from your best friends nose=Priceless