Edna-isms, Part Seventeen

1.  "Put a pin in it." When we were interrupted during a conversation (phone might ring, someone else enter the room), Mom would say, "Put a pin in it" meaning to remember what we were saying and we'd come back to it after the interruption.

2.  "For cryin' in the beer!"  This was a cuss phrase.  My husband says I should not use it because it seems to endorse alcohol consumption . . . . so I don't but that was never my urge when Mom said this.  :0)

3. "Good gravy!"  This was also a cuss phrase, like "good grief" which Mom also said a lot.