paden cash, post: 397676, member: 20 wrote: Actually at the same time I found a stray can of Mandarin Oranges dated 2005 that was at the "maypop" stage. The can was swollen to its full extent. That went directly to the trash. I opened the sardines and gave them my best (and highly scientific) nose test. They smelled like canned sardines...so I grabbed a couple of saltines and did what I do best just to say I did it.
Of course my wife swore up and down if I needed to go to the ER I would have to drive myself.
I just had to add that to my bucket list. Once when I was six years old my granny cleaned out her cellar of home canned products and made some peach cobbler from a dusty stash she found. The dates written on the jars were before I was born. 😉
I bought some "fresh" salsa several months ago. When I got home and was unpacking things I noticed that the plastic "tub" container seemed "round". While I was wondering if it was okay the darn thing started hissing and then exploded! When I took it back to the store the manager accompanied me to get a replacement. 4 of the 5 remaining were also "round." He looked at me me kind of funny and said "We've sold about 30 since yesterday and you're the first one to return one... He offered me the one that wasn't "round" but I politely declined.
Holy Cow, post: 396933, member: 50 wrote: Is anyone who saw that commercial when it first came out able to say, "and I helped" without the Southern accent? I can't help myself. It just comes out that way. Which makes those who never saw that commercial look at me wondering why I said it that way. Oh, well. Those who know me well, understand. Those who don't, need to visit the link Paden offered up overnight in response to bad behavior by FrancisH in that huge thread.
I have about as pronounced Southern accent as you will find and I wince at that "attempt".
Andy
Andy,
That's because there are about 50 different slight variations of that so-called Southern accent.
Holy Cow, post: 397724, member: 50 wrote: Andy,
That's because there are about 50 different slight variations of that so-called Southern accent.
There are key words that can help determine a more specific region than merely a "southern accent". "And I helped" could, as HC pointed out, be pronounced a number of different ways, all "southern".
I'm going to assume Andy being from Georgia he would pronounce "helped" as "hepped" with what I consider a true "southern accent".
Someone closer to the proverbial "Okie-Arkansas" drawl might pronounce "helped" as "hey-upped".
And of course Texas is in a class of its own. If a Texan were in the original TV ad, the reply would be more along the lines of "we don't like chicken down here.." 😉
I thought it was "ah happed"
