f you were here last Friday, you may recall that I’m delving into some 1920’s slang that simply MUST make a comeback. So today, we it’s time for our second language lesson…
When I initially read this phrase, I thought, “huh, I never knew that sardines had whiskers! You learn something new everyday!” I promptly went to Google, whereupon I found ZERO sardines with whiskers.
To be fair, Google obviously wasn’t around in the 20’s…and I think most of the images I saw were modern sardines. How can I be certain? Well, for one, I didn’t see any sardines with whiskers. Painfully obvious clue, staring me in the face. Today’s sardines are more clean cut than the sardines of yesteryear. I’ve concluded that sardines of the present day just take shaving more seriously than their predecessors from the 1920s.
P.S. Apparently, today is the International Day of Happiness. So get out there and tell someone they’re the sardine’s whiskers. It will make them happy…or it just might bring about confusion. Either way, I’m pretty sure it will be worth it.
Grace,
You’re the sardine’s whiskers!
Maybe sardine’s with whiskers have gone extinct? They were just such a good thing in the 1920s people ate them all up! No, that’s too scary of a thought, maybe today’s sardines just shave.
Thanks for the update on confusing ’20s lingo! I’ll be sure to try and confuse someone with this at the next available opportunity. :)
I can only imagine the look on your students’ faces if you presented them with this compliment! Or maybe write it at the top of someone’s assignment? Ha, so many possibilities!