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The driver in the American Myth will go the way of surrey with the fringe on top. Back when my grandmother was still alive, I was doing a crossword with she an
by rabboRubble 10y ago
The driver in the American Myth will go the way of surrey with the fringe on top.
Back when my grandmother was still alive, I was doing a crossword with she and her friend. Crossword hint was "has a fringe on top". Her friend said "surrey", the correct answer, and followed up with "my family had a surrey with a fringe". My gobsmacked grandmother said dripping with envy "your family had one with fringe?!"
Two generations later, I drool over phones and gadgetry. So yeah, the driver will go the way of the fringe.
- bobbles 10y agoA surrey with a fringe for anyone else that had no idea wtf a surrey was http://www.berkeleyfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/surrey_fringe.jpg http://www.berkeleyfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/s...
- rz2k 10y agoNote that the crossword was almost certainly referring to the song from the musical Oklahoma. The pretend envy might have been about having something from the popular lexicon, rather than fringe being like a technological feature.
- rabboRubble 10y agoYou are probably right about the crossword clue. But the grandmother's envy was not pretend, but perhaps colored by surprise. I think the surrey with fringe was a luxurious status symbol, like having a Mercedes-Benz or something. The surprise would be like finding out that your plain Jane unassuming friend grew up in a fairly rich family.
- bitJericho 10y agoFor an example and lovely song: http://youtu.be/BIG_GVE-KiE http://youtu.be/BIG_GVE-KiE