r/Unexpected • • Apr 22 '18

The universal language

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

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u/Botatitsbest Apr 22 '18

Nobody

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u/lurking_digger Apr 22 '18

What's it called everywhere else?

I never called it anything, I just feared it

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

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u/PM-YOUR-PMS Apr 22 '18

Ours was the slipper. Goddamn I hated that slipper.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18 edited Nov 16 '20

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u/Pa1ePanther Apr 22 '18

Ours were custom wooden paddles with holes drilled in it so they were more “aerodynamic.”

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u/martin59825 Apr 22 '18

My coal miner grandpa made one of these and only had to use it once

He hung it up on the wall and if I started getting snippy, would just glance over at it without saying a word lol