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To: atomic_dog

One day I used the term ‘two bits’ with a young engineer.

They were about 25 years old, and did not know what that meant.

So I did explain it. Utterly news to them.


5 posted on 08/01/2025 3:31:17 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: Scrambler Bob

Duh. Did they look at you with the Gen Z Gaze?


9 posted on 08/01/2025 4:42:16 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Scrambler Bob

I guess you mean to ‘him’, or ‘her’


12 posted on 08/01/2025 6:27:34 PM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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To: Scrambler Bob; atomic_dog

Well, as an old engineer I did not know where the origin of “two bits” came from! Thanks!!


16 posted on 08/02/2025 9:29:32 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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