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zoobyshoe said:Eat squash through a picket fence?
That's a new one to me too. :rofl:
zoobyshoe said:Eat squash through a picket fence?
I can't figure out what this is implying... is it some old time pre-1960's slang, or is it something sexual?Evo said:And how many people would be able to eat squash through a picket fence without having spent years with braces on their teeth?
It means their teeth stick straight out and this enables them to chew things inbetween the narrow fence posts.ShawnD said:I can't figure out what this is implying... is it some old time pre-1960's slang, or is it something sexual?
Little Betty Jo Bobbie Sue was so bucktoothed she could eat squash through a picket fence. Of course in this case "squash" would be pronounced "squarsh". :tongue2:Huckleberry said:It means their teeth stick straight out and this enables them to chew things inbetween the narrow fence posts.
I think I first heard this joke from Jeff Foxworthy. "You know you're a redneck when..."
Oh, sorry, that could be read wrong. Ok, rephrased "And how many people would be able to eat squash through a picket fence if they hadn't spent years with braces on their teeth?ShawnD said:It's confusing because the sentence seems to imply that braces make your teeth stick out.
should've slapped your father. (they're his genes too) :tongue2:Ivan Seeking said:I was so ugly as a kid that when I was born, the doctor took one look at me and slapped my mother.
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