What d'ya call it?
God, it's beautiful outside today!
From cakmpls; this is fun.
I was raised in Vermont; my parents are from New York City and Pennsylvania, and I now live in New York.
What do you call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
13. Putting a room in order.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
19. What's the evening meal?
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Stream
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Shopping cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Frying pan or skillet, depending on whether or not it's electric or made of cast-iron.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Couch
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
We didn't have that. You mena gutters?
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda. I'm likely to stare blankly at someone who asks for 'pop.' Doesn't even register.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake. And while we're on the subject, it's served with sur-up, not see-rup. (or mayo-- I'm looking at your wife, 2ndavemusic!).
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Now I call it a sub, but growing up we called them grinders.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimming trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers
13. Putting a room in order.
Whiz-banging, but that may just be my family
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
I don't know what that is.
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
Teeter-totter
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Flat, by hand, and pointy-end first. Is there another option, aside from folding it?
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale or Garage sale, depending on if it's in the yard or (gasp!) in/in front of the garage.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner now, but a lot of my childhood friends had supper. Or supper was what I call lunch and dinner was at night. I think?
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Water fountain. Like 'pop,' I never heard 'bubbler' until college, and I thought the girl was crazy.
From cakmpls; this is fun.
I was raised in Vermont; my parents are from New York City and Pennsylvania, and I now live in New York.
What do you call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
13. Putting a room in order.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
19. What's the evening meal?
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Stream
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Shopping cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Frying pan or skillet, depending on whether or not it's electric or made of cast-iron.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Couch
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
We didn't have that. You mena gutters?
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda. I'm likely to stare blankly at someone who asks for 'pop.' Doesn't even register.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake. And while we're on the subject, it's served with sur-up, not see-rup. (or mayo-- I'm looking at your wife, 2ndavemusic!).
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Now I call it a sub, but growing up we called them grinders.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimming trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers
13. Putting a room in order.
Whiz-banging, but that may just be my family
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
I don't know what that is.
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
Teeter-totter
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Flat, by hand, and pointy-end first. Is there another option, aside from folding it?
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale or Garage sale, depending on if it's in the yard or (gasp!) in/in front of the garage.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner now, but a lot of my childhood friends had supper. Or supper was what I call lunch and dinner was at night. I think?
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Water fountain. Like 'pop,' I never heard 'bubbler' until college, and I thought the girl was crazy.