Head pattern anyone?

[rjdankert]

For some reason I'm not getting the mouse thing! And that sucks because it's probably something funny

Actually, it's probably more corny that funny. I think you have to be a certain age (i.e. old) to get it and then it is adolescent humor. When I was a kid and someone said "we" to a person that didn't want to be included in the "we" they would reply is there a mouse in your pocket. It was just a cute way to say I'm not included in the "we", you and the mouse must be the "we" because I'm not. It was used in a joking way and never derogatory in my experience. If I haven't explained it, don't worry about it.

Bob

 

[Hickory n steel]

Actually, it's probably more corny that funny. I think you have to be a certain age (i.e. old) to get it and then it is adolescent humor. When I was a kid and someone said "we" to a person that didn't want to be included in the "we" they would reply is there a mouse in your pocket. It was just a cute way to say I'm not included in the "we", you and the mouse must be the "we" because I'm not. It was used in a joking way and never derogatory in my experience. If I haven't explained it, don't worry about it.

Bob

I know ( my dad says that often ) but I must've had a brain fart or something

 

[vcbvcbvcb]

It's a plumb.

 

[Old Axeman]

rjdankert explained the mouse thing perfectly. Yes, it is an old guy saying. I haven't heard it in a long time. Thanks, it brought a smile to my face.

 

[300Six]

rjdankert explained the mouse thing perfectly. Yes, it is an old guy saying. I haven't heard it in a long time. Thanks, it brought a smile to my face.

I ain't no youngster but it's a new expression on me. Gonna have to use it on self-righteous public servants who invariably use 'we' when questioned individually or over the phone. Why 'mouse' and not 'rat' or 'weasel'?

 

[Hickory n steel]

I ain't no youngster but it's a new expression on me. Gonna have to use it on self-righteous public servants who invariably use 'we' when questioned individually or over the phone. Why 'mouse' and not 'rat' or 'weasel'?

Probably because they would be big enough that you wouldn't have to ask if they have a large rodent ( that you can clearly see ) in their pocket.

 

[vcbvcbvcb]

I too am not a spring chicken either. My parents used the phrase, my brothers still do and so do I. I've heard it all my life. I'd always thought it was a spinoff from "Of Mice and Men" published in 1937. However, I read that W.C. Fields was using the phrase a decade before that. So Operator, does the fact that the ax is a Plumb tell you anything?

 

[Hickory n steel]

I too am not a spring chicken either. My parents used the phrase, my brothers still do and so do I. I've heard it all my life. I'd always thought it was a spinoff from "Of Mice and Men" published in 1937. However, I read that W.C. Fields was using the phrase a decade before that. So Operator, does the fact that the ax is a Plumb tell you anything?

How'd you determine that it's a plumb ? ( just curious )

 

[300Six]

I too am not a spring chicken either. My parents used the phrase, my brothers still do and so do I. I've heard it all my life. I'd always thought it was a spinoff from "Of Mice and Men" published in 1937. However, I read that W.C. Fields was using the phrase a decade before that. So Operator, does the fact that the ax is a Plumb tell you anything?

Apparently Plumb featured some 500+ axe versions before WWII and pared that down to about 80 by the end. Your's is unconventional enough therefore to qualify as pre-war. Looking forward to hearing more about this.

 

[vcbvcbvcb]

There is a very very faint makers mark.