Jersey'isms (move, school, stores)

[wileynj]

Originally Posted by fischfan13

We call that a WASP.

A WASP? Well I guess that would make me a great candidate for office then : ))) Mom was a prody but dad came from a very strict Irish Catholic background! So I guess that would make me a WASCP?

[marye711]

Originally Posted by wileynj

And those hanging statues in a cage with water dripping down fish line material that makes up the cage bit : )) I'm of Irish decent and my grandparents and aunts all had plastic on their furniture - might be a brooklyn thing : )))

And it seems like the Italians always had statues all over and lampshades with gaudy beads hanging off them... but thier houses smelled so good with all that food cooking

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by fischfan13

Geez, I used to walk into Wexler's on Broadway in Bayonne as a kid and wished that I had the cash to buy one of those dripping lines for my parents!

*O*M*G* - me too!!! We'd park in front of there to go to Adele's or somewhere and I'd be like "MOOOOOOMMMM, PLEASE can we buy one of these????". She's like "Uh, dear, it really wouldn't match our decor"...

Wexler's!! What a rush! And wasn't the dripping line actually oil?

[wileynj]

Originally Posted by tahiti

*O*M*G* - me too!!! We'd park in front of there to go to Adele's or somewhere and I'd be like "MOOOOOOMMMM, PLEASE can we buy one of these????". She's like "Uh, dear, it really wouldn't match our decor"...

Wexler's!! What a rush! And wasn't the dripping line actually oil?

I think it was oil..lol - my aunt had one - I never liked it but I also couldn't stop staring at it..lol : )))

[fischfan13]

Originally Posted by tahiti

*O*M*G* - me too!!! We'd park in front of there to go to Adele's or somewhere and I'd be like "MOOOOOOMMMM, PLEASE can we buy one of these????". She's like "Uh, dear, it really wouldn't match our decor"...

Wexler's!! What a rush! And wasn't the dripping line actually oil?

Yes, it was oil.
I used to have a huge crush on their daughter...another reason to go into the store.

And I used to go into the Broadway Nut Shoppe 'cause I had a crush on one of his daughters....well, maybe it was two of his daughters.

[beowulf7]

Originally Posted by tahiti

don't bother. i like drew carey and thought he was a good choice, but when I saw an episode...blech. he's so monotone and lifeless. it's a shame.

That's a shame. But he's still a better choice than Rosie O'Donnell, who apparently was being seriously considered.

[marye711]

Originally Posted by beowulf7

That's a shame. But he's still a better choice than Rosie O'Donnell, who apparently was being seriously considered.

Then I would have never watched it again, her attitude makes my skin crawl.

[beowulf7]

Originally Posted by marye711

Then I would have never watched it again, her attitude makes my skin crawl.

And she makes my blood boil.

I heard "Price is Right" was on prime time last Fri. evening, but I missed it.

[nicolem]

OK- I am going to twist this back to "Jersey'isms". Does anyone remember eating Chocodiles as a kid? "It takes a while to eat a Chocodile". I loved these and cannot find them anywhere. I look in NJ, NH, FL but they are no where. I thought I read they are still carried on the west coast a while back-guess I should research that a little.

My husband grew up in northern NJ and does not remember them. I grew up in Ocean County and loved them and remember kids always bringing them in their lunchboxes. People up here in NH that I ask do not recall them.


Do you guys remember Chocodiles?


Nicolem

[wileynj]

Originally Posted by nicolem

OK- I am going to twist this back to "Jersey'isms". Does anyone remember eating Chocodiles as a kid? "It takes a while to eat a Chocodile". I loved these and cannot find them anywhere. I look in NJ, NH, FL but they are no where. I thought I read they are still carried on the west coast a while back-guess I should research that a little.

My husband grew up in northern NJ and does not remember them. I grew up in Ocean County and loved them and remember kids always bringing them in their lunchboxes. People up here in NH that I ask do not recall them.


Do you guys remember Chocodiles?


Nicolem

OMG!!!! I loved chocodiles! They were only 25 cents remember! I'm always asking people if they remember but no one else does. Chocolate covered twinkies. If you find any, let me know or mail me a few hundred please : )