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OK thanks for the clarification. Where did that word originate? I was hoping it was an original from Gypsy so we could claim it here as being the
origin for the "Gringo" directory. | Quote: | Originally posted by Kgryfon
"Crickets" means no reply (usually because what was just said was truly absurd, really stupid, insulting, or otherwise not worthy of a response). As
in dead silence so all you can hear are the crickets chirping in the background. 
(edited because I have fat fingers..)
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Hey check this out. Pretty funny definition of "crickets" on the Internetslang.com site.
http://www.internetslang.com/CRICKETS-meaning-definition.asp
back to opsonization and interleukin-1. Oh will the studying never end?
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Yeah, I think they missed the boat on that one... 
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I sort of thought it was a similar definition, no?
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Crickets...not new. Most commonly used by entertainers, usually comedians, who, when performing, say a joke that the audience doesn't find funny,
hence no laughter - just silence.
It's embarrassing to the performer, and when the performer describes that scenario, he says something like "when I said that joke, the room/audience
was so silent that the only thing you could hear were crickets chirping outside".
That descriptor has been used since the early days of Johnny Carson. Ensenada Dr., are you familiar with Johnny Carson? Did you see much of his
show? How about Robert Klein? Alan King? Don Rickles?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
Ensenada Dr., are you familiar with Johnny Carson? Did you see much of his show? |
Start here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m_dT0wsrGI
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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It's no secret that Mexicans love TV, same for other cultures as well. My wife is always blown away by the presence of TVs in banks and various
government offices.
Also, my wife is "impressed" when she sees my neighbor, an abanil, who doesn't have a cistern system nor plumbing with even a tinaco on top of the
house (I don't know how he flushes his toilets or if he even has a way to take a shower). I see his wife scoop out water from their ground level
tinaco all the time. When I first moved their, she used to do all her cooking outside...where the water was. They still have no washing machine or
dryer and his wife does all their laundry by hand. Has his home stuccoed but not painted, just bought an older 4wd Ford bronco fully restored
(beautifully, I might add), has a beat up panga...and...has a 56 inch flat screen TV!
Priorities!
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Very cool, Dennis.
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Haha yes I remember those guys...I was pretty young when they were around but never heard them say crickets or if I did I didn't understand what they
were referring to especially Don Rickels, he was the one who would talk a mile a minute and was manic, though hilariously funny. | Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
Crickets...not new. Most commonly used by entertainers, usually comedians, who, when performing, say a joke that the audience doesn't find funny,
hence no laughter - just silence.
It's embarrassing to the performer, and when the performer describes that scenario, he says something like "when I said that joke, the room/audience
was so silent that the only thing you could hear were crickets chirping outside".
That descriptor has been used since the early days of Johnny Carson. Ensenada Dr., are you familiar with Johnny Carson? Did you see much of his
show? How about Robert Klein? Alan King? Don Rickles? |
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He didn't say "crickets" though. was the referral to the movie, Bob and Ted and Carol and Alice because they were all movie actors and Democrats?
The plot of the movie was practically non-existent unless you are into wife swapping and cheating, but I guess that's what it was all about in the
late 60's "free love".
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Don Rickles, very funny guy, treated everybody the same...he insulted everyone equally and often right to the core. Sort of like a portrayal of
Archie Bunker on steroids.
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This is classic, filmed in 2012. Going to be 88 years old this May. Don Rickles getting the Johnny Carson comedy award.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiHHsq5AAyA
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Don Rickles, very funny guy, treated everybody the same...he insulted everyone equally and often right to the core. Sort of like a portrayal of
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Couldn't resist this one, a much younger Don Rickles with Frank Sinatra on the Johnny Carson show, hilarious!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5_V9RT8aR8
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I don't get the price of potatoes either, and it's just Baja and possibly Sonora... in Jalisco they're everywhere and even the fancy papas cambray are
just a few pesos a kilo... every afternoon people set up puestos all over GDL and fry papitas to order. (They also have puestos that boil vegetables
to oil, something I've yet to see in Tijuana.)
Next time you see her, EnsenadaDr, tell her, "Vecina, vecina, this time you cut off the punta of the papa and you put it in water, then you plant it.
Soon you'll have enough papas to feed the whole city."
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Mama Vecina thinks she sings like Jenny Rivera. Every afternoon I have been there about 3 pm for 30 minutes straight she starts in singing at the top
of her lungs, I believe she is hoping to be discovered. I go in the other room and turn on the fan so I don't have to listen. I don't like the
sound of hounds singing their swan songs.
Old Lady Vecina: Senora, you can't use my washing machine anymore. It broke down last week.
Me: That's ok as soon as the plumber fixes the drain in mine, I will have my own.
Old Lady Vecina's son (the landlord): There is a lavanderia up the hill you can use (he has one right on the property but doesn't offer me use of it,
even though the electricity and water is included in my rent)
Old Lady Vecina: Senora, would you pick me up some pan at the tienda? You know the ones with canela on them. Here is the money. (Old Lady Vecina
always pays for herself).
One hour later.
Me: Here are your cinnamon rolls..
Old Lady Vecina: Gracias.,,,shhhh....as soon as my son leaves you can use my washer. You know how men are!!
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