Since today got Very Philosophical on CoSo, let's end with something sillier.
In my house growing up, to make light of oneself after saying something intelligent, we'd point to our heads and say "kidneys".
What's an expression that only makes sense to your family / local in-group?
@MLClark throw rocks. It came from “boys are dumb throw rocks.”
😅 And now it just floats in the ether, context-less!
@MLClark it was pretty self evident at the time, mid 90s.
I'm familiar with the original context, but my preference was the follow-up context: brains are dumb, throw rocks at them. :) Now I guess "throw rocks" is universal!
@MLClark @LaurelGreen The first way I heard the point-to-head and go "kidneys" thing, it was part of a very offensive joke about nazis and Polish people!
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I heard it as a school for developmentally delayed kids, and one of the kids was in front of the class reciting for a parents day event. The teacher asked him the location of his eyes, ears, mouth, hands, etc, and he got them accurately. She then moved on to stomach, heart, lungs, larynx, spleen, liver, and the kid was right for every one. One of the parents exclaimed, "My goodness, how can you know all those organs?" And he taps his head and says, "kidneys."
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I much prefer your version!
@AlphaCentauri
Oh, I LOVE that I asked this question.
I had no idea about the deeper provenance of this family habit!
Not a fan of its use in hateful jokes, mind you! But it was *never* used that way at home - always for self-deprecation, so we didn't sound like we were boasting. What a history!
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