Johnson Smith Catalog Item #25

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See, young'uns, before this here newfangled internet, you interacted face-to-face with folks, and when you wanted to call them out on a fib, you couldn't just tweet about it, you had to demonstrate your disbelief in some tangible, analog fashion.

But "chestnut bells"?!? In your hat!?! What the--?

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Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 03, 2012
Category: Humor | Headgear | 1930s | Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults

Comments

Face-to-face like Skype?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/03/12 at 10:50 AM

Expat, it's obvious you are truly a child of the 21st century!

Posted by Paul on 09/03/12 at 10:56 AM

I was stalling for time trying to find the connection between the "Old Chestnut" (which I knew/know/understood) and the bells. I couldn't find any connection but the calling an old joke or oft told tale a chestnut dates back to the late 1800s.
--- Later ---
Seek and ye shall find! "Ring a peal in (one's) ears" or "ring (a person) a peal"; to scold someone. This also seems to come from the end of the 1800s.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/03/12 at 11:05 AM

Good research, Expat!

Posted by Paul on 09/03/12 at 11:15 AM

DING DING (Off Topic)

Hopefully thanks to PETA and my comment we will have apple smoked bacon this year at our Johnny Appleseed Festival. YAY !!

http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/local/peta-to-johnny-appleseed-fest-go-vegan

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 09/03/12 at 01:43 PM

Y'all aught to put up a P.E.T.A. booth with some stools around a counter and serve some pulled pork or some such. Then, take pictures and put them on the bulletin board under your P.E.T.A. sign.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/03/12 at 01:47 PM

With the internet, it you could ring a bell every time someone told a lie the bell would never stop ringing!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/03/12 at 03:11 PM

My wife says the best chestnuts are those when getting a titt* fu**

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 09/03/12 at 03:27 PM

Mmmm, pulled pork, with crackling and apple sauce...

Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 09/03/12 at 04:31 PM

Ring my be-ee-ee-lll, ring my bell, my bell...ring-a-ling-a-ling

Posted by Jeff @ Upperatus on 09/04/12 at 03:04 AM

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