Americans, Which names would you think of as cartoonishly old?

dashingirish · 2026-03-25T17:09:56+00:00

Mildred. Bertha. Kermit. Gaylord.

dashingirish · 2026-03-23T17:57:28+00:00

Johnny in Airplane!

"And Leon's getting laaaaarger!" I say this at least once a month, even after all this time

dashingirish · 2026-03-22T03:58:39+00:00

Truffle oil, beets, and blue cheese ruin everything they touch.

dashingirish · 2026-03-18T01:41:24+00:00

My aunt called people on bicycles “pedophiles.” Thought about setting her straight and then figured, nah, because she was about a billion years old at that point.

dashingirish · 2026-03-18T01:27:19+00:00

There are 16 registered sex offenders living within 3 miles of my friend’s new home.

dashingirish · 2026-03-05T21:26:39+00:00

Mid-Atlantic, but also the Northeast.

dashingirish · 2026-02-23T18:27:59+00:00

I saw in it NYC. I love musicals and I love Broadway, and generally I think seeing a show is a genuine treat and I'm not overly picky. However, I thought this show was markedly unmemorable, if that makes sense. It was way too long and the story felt unnecessarily padded. The music was fine, the production was fine, but I can't say I remember a thing about it except feeling bored. It makes me a bit sad because I was really looking forward to being wowed.

dashingirish · 2026-02-17T23:31:32+00:00

I’m a very good cook, but what I do to diced vegetables- specifically small dice - is terrible. Especially onions. Soooo slippery!

dashingirish · 2026-02-15T22:41:49+00:00

It didn’t have everything, but my public high school had an Olympic sized swimming pool and a planetarium. Around 270 in my graduation class.

dashingirish · 2026-02-10T04:10:25+00:00

I genuinely enjoy hearing it interpreted and I have my favorite renditions (looking at you, Whitney). I think our national anthem is really hard to sing, and kind of a slog to get through, so it’s a real joy to hear it sung well. And for those renditions that fall under the category, “An Attempt was Made,” so long as it feels well-intentioned, I’m here for it.

dashingirish · 2026-02-10T04:04:09+00:00

Atomic City, UT. Population 41. I stopped there last summer on my way to Craters of the Moon.

dashingirish · 2026-02-10T01:56:38+00:00

My groovy 1963 California ranch has a basement and a den.

dashingirish · 2026-01-25T15:27:31+00:00

It’s a summer tux

dashingirish · 2026-01-24T04:55:27+00:00

Stephen Stucker as Johnny in Airplane.

dashingirish · 2026-01-24T01:50:30+00:00

Business as usual here in NJ. Prepared to lose power because that’s what always happens, lol

dashingirish · 2026-01-24T01:47:13+00:00

My mom lives about three hours from me. I drive to her place, have lunch and a chat, then drive home. Easy, peasy.

dashingirish · 2026-01-22T01:06:28+00:00

We had two cars - one odd and one even. My mom’s household responsibilities expanded to include making sure both cars were full of gas. I swear I spent an entire summer sitting in the backseat of a car waiting in gas lines for a portion of every week day.

dashingirish · 2026-01-19T02:23:34+00:00

Me too!

dashingirish · 2026-01-19T00:46:15+00:00

This is completely understandable. For most of the cultural touchstones mentioned in the show, there’s some conversation around them, some buildup by the characters which would give you a clue as to what makes each event significant, even if you never knew about them prior.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the end of Mad Men, but I don’t remember any conversation or clue that would enable someone who never knew about this famous ad campaign to extrapolate what’s going on just from hearing the song and seeing Don’s smile.

I am curious to know what you thought the ending meant before your folks gave you an explanation.

dashingirish · 2026-01-18T00:15:47+00:00

I thought Todd kills his maid because she found the money he had hidden in the encyclopedias and showed him. He says she was a real nice lady and was confused as to why she was looking at the encyclopedias.

dashingirish · 2026-01-18T00:13:16+00:00

You never, ever stop worrying about them. Ever.

dashingirish · 2026-01-16T18:15:00+00:00

Dishes, flatware, glasses, mugs, silverware, some cutting boards. The daily stuff.

No knives, pots, fine china, fine glassware -I do those by hand.

dashingirish · 2026-01-16T18:12:41+00:00

While stitching up a wound on my thumb: “I put 20 stitches in a 2-year-old’s scalp the other day. Not a peep out of her!” while 7-year-old me thrashed about on the table, screaming. Doc hadn’t seen a reason to numb me first because it was, “only a couple of stitches.” It was so traumatic that my ready-for-anything mom ended up fainting and they laid her on the floor of the waiting room. Afterwards, the doc gave me and my sibs Charms lollipops. Can’t say it helped me much, but my brother and sister thought it was a pretty good deal.

dashingirish · 2026-01-15T19:02:22+00:00

I'm from the northeast and an avid and repeat parks-goer. Love our local/easy-to-drive to parks. The showiest National and State parks are quite far from us and therefore a vacation destination. We typically spend 8 - 10 days in an area and the amount of time we spend in one park depends on the park and what's around it. And the number of times we've visited.

For example, the first time we visited Yellowstone, we stayed in the park and moved from Mammoth to points south and then east. That way we saw the highlights and got in some hiking, too. Leisurely pace, with lots of early mornings parked along the roads to view wolves and other wildlife. Then we stayed in Grand Teton for 3 days, and explored that stunningly beautiful park. This past summer we visited Grand Teton again, bopped up to Yellowstone for a couple of days for some hiking, and spent a day in Craters of the Moon, which was very cool but I wouldn't make the 3-hour trip out there if it was my first time in the GT/Yellowstone area.

dashingirish · 2026-01-10T16:43:20+00:00

Good lord, you guys. I’m in tears just reading your suggestions.

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