Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!topaz!josh From: josh@topaz.ARPA (J Storrs Hall) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Sayings Message-ID: <136@topaz.ARPA> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 00:21:57 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.136 Posted: Fri Jan 4 00:21:57 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 01:55:13 EST References: <1879@burdvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 14 > from Ronin: ... > She had two sayings that I never heard before: > > 1) That's the thing. > 2) Close the lights (meaning -- turn off the lights). "That's the thing" is pretty common-- it occurs in the first Star Wars movie, for example (in the bar scene). I've never heard "Close the lights" but "Shut the lights" was occasionally heard where I grew up (Mississippi). --JoSH