Do you recall the phrase <br />from yesteryear, called <br />'FENDER SKIRTS.' <br />Perhaps 'curb feelers' <br />or even 'steering knobs'? <br /> <br />Remember 'Continental kits? ' <br />They were rear bumper <br />extenders and spare tyre covers <br />and made cars look as cool <br />as any Lincoln Continental. <br /> <br />And how about the ride <br />with Dad on sturdy <br />'running boards'? <br /> <br />Or 'wall-to-wall' <br />it was a term <br />much used in our homes. <br />Those days we covered <br />hardwood floors, <br />with wall-to-wall carpeting! <br />Today we cover our floors <br />with hardwood to be 'in'. <br /> <br />If you were pregnant <br />you were in <br />a 'family way' <br />as the term 'pregnant' <br />was too graphic <br />or too clinical. <br /> <br />To be polite <br />you mentioned storks <br />you were 'expecting'. <br />And how about <br />'brassière' for bra <br />or 'unmentionables'? <br />A 'picture show', which <br />could show what they called <br />'ratfinks' which was so nasty <br />you would need a permit <br />just to think it. <br /> <br />You got up in <br />the morning to start <br />the 'percolator', <br />you watched the <br />'spectravision' <br />or listened to the <br />'wireless'. <br /> <br />Kids got 'castor oil', <br />there were those <br />'telethons' for all conditions, <br />such as 'lumbago'. <br />or the 'vapours', <br />you were sent <br />upstairs, <br />without your <br />'supper', <br />today it's 'dinner', <br />and 'political correctness'.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/are-we-getting-on/
