Edna-isms, Part Twenty-five

1.   "My Posey-etamie."  This was a pet name Mom would call me when I was little.  Maybe she called us all that; I don't know.  She wasn't one to use a specific silly nickname name for a specific child other than my brother was always, "Our James" (when talking about him to someone else) or "J.O." or "J.O.G."

2. "Chubby Checkers."  This was usually said when referring to a baby.  "He's/She's a little Chubby Checkers."

3. You know how it is when you're talking but someone interrupts and then when you have a chance to finish, you cannot remember what you were saying so you ask, "What was I talking about?"  Mom's reply (with a laugh along with it) was always, "I don't know.  Were you talking?"