Expressions That Would Not Be Used or Understood Today

Feb 5, 2021 23:09:54 GMT @opus said:

Here's a dime, call someone who cares.

For inflationary purposes, it was upgraded to "Here's a Quarter - call someone who cares".  Just ask Travis Tritt.  One of my favourite songs of his has this title.

Now, it would be "Here's 50 Cents - call someone who cares".  Just doesn't have that same ring to it. 

For you old-time gamers, this may ring a bell:

Press Play On Tape

Back when the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore 64 were prevalent in the 80s, before the disk drive, one had to physically load a game into the computer with a tape drive.

Load "Tapper"

Press Play On Tape

Then we would have to wait 5-10 minutes for the game to load into the computer.

Joker's Wilde