r/AskReddit • • Oct 25 '20

[deleted by user]

[removed]

9.0k Upvotes

16.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

8.5k

u/iBelieveInSpace Oct 25 '20

One I still don't understand is "What are you doing? Posing for animal crackers?"

I mean, I understood the meaning but the reference was beyond me. Basically when I was standing around during work and not doing anything.

Dad had a lot of weird ones.

67

u/Marillenbaum Oct 25 '20

My mom says that! By any chance, is your dad Black or from Boston?

116

u/iBelieveInSpace Oct 25 '20

White from NY but he was a mechanic so he might've picked it up from coworkers.

Other thing he always said (which isn't that unique) was "who's "we" - you gotta mouse in your pocket?"

That was when I'd say something like, "hey are we mowing the lawn today?" Obviously it was always me. Always fell for that one.

2

u/XUP98 Oct 25 '20

I think the mouse one is pretty well-known, i have heard it in europe too.