Heavens to Betsy

[froy]

Who's Betsy and why is she in Heaven?

[LordofDaRing]

I bet she lives in BFE

[froy]

I bet she lives in BFE

Golly Gee Wiz

Who is Golly? and whats all this about his Gee Wiz?

[LordofDaRing]

See the pretty deer
Does the pretty deer have a little doe?
Yeah about two bucks (nyuck nyuck)

[styxfanNH]

See the pretty deer
Does the pretty deer have a little doe?
Yeah about two bucks (nyuck nyuck)

Official Joke writer for Dennis.

[froy]

See the pretty deer
Does the pretty deer have a little doe?
Yeah about two bucks (nyuck nyuck)

Official Joke writer for Dennis.

For Pete's sake

Who's Pete and what are we doing for him.?

[Jodes]

I believe that is a biblical reference to Peter..

[froy]

I believe that is a biblical reference to Peter..

Well burn my britches never knew that

Why are we burning britches?
What the hell are britches anyway

[Jodes]

Britches are pants.. or "breeches"

Breeches are an item of male clothing covering the body from the waist down, with separate coverings for each leg, usually stopping just below the knee, though in some cases reaching to the ankles.The breeches were normally closed and fastened about the leg, along its open seams at varied lengths, and to the knee, by either buttons or by a draw-string , or by one or more straps and buckle or brooches. Formerly the breeching of a young boy, at an age somewhere between six and eight, was a landmark in his childhood.

The spelling britches reflects a common pronunciation, and is often used in casual speech to mean trousers or "pants". Breeks is a Scots or northern English spelling and pronunciation.

[Jodes]

Yes, I'm back into teaching.. how can you tell...

From Mark Lord: “I am looking for the origin and meaning of the phrase Heavens to Betsy.”

[A] The meaning is simple enough: it’s just a mild exclamation of shock or surprise. It is almost exclusively an American expression, associated in my mind with mature females of the Prohibition era or earlier (though this may just be a reflection of my recent reading). As to where it came from, nobody has the slightest idea. It seems to be one of those traditional sayings that have been around in the language for generations, but which only latterly have come to be recorded in print. The big Oxford English Dictionary has a first citation from 1914, but I’m told it can be found as far back as 1891. Some have tried to trace it to the Revolutionary War and to Betsy Ross, but have failed; others think it may have something to do with the frontiersman’s rifle, often called Old Betsy, but there’s no evidence that saying and name are associated. Charles Earle Funk, who in 1955 used the phrase as part of the title of a book about curious phrases, said that its origins were “completely unsolvable”. We have to leave it as one of the great mysteries of lexicography, along with the similar heavens to Murgatroyd. Unless someone reading this knows different?

[ChicagoSTYX]

See the pretty deer
Does the pretty deer have a little doe?
Yeah about two bucks (nyuck nyuck)

Official Joke writer for Dennis.

For Pete's sake

Who's Pete and what are we doing for him.?

Mr. Tork

[froy]

Britches are pants.. or "breeches"

Breeches are an item of male clothing covering the body from the waist down, with separate coverings for each leg, usually stopping just below the knee, though in some cases reaching to the ankles.The breeches were normally closed and fastened about the leg, along its open seams at varied lengths, and to the knee, by either buttons or by a draw-string , or by one or more straps and buckle or brooches. Formerly the breeching of a young boy, at an age somewhere between six and eight, was a landmark in his childhood.

The spelling britches reflects a common pronunciation, and is often used in casual speech to mean trousers or "pants". Breeks is a Scots or northern English spelling and pronunciation.

Find out why we are burning pants ok.