Two Dots and a Dash
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06/06/13 07:44 AM
06/06/13 07:44 AM
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Decipher these diner lingo food orders. The lingo isn't used much anymore with some exceptions. Some of these are pretty amusing.
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two dots and a dash are two eggs and bacon a cup of mud with yum yum is coffee with sugar
-1. a stack of Vermont / -------- ---- ----- ----- -2. the first lady / s---- ---s -3. birds in a nest / ---- -- ----- -4. bloodhounds in the hay / --- ---- ---- ---------- -5. Battle Creek in a bowl / ---- ------ -6. Adam and Eve on a raft and wreck 'em / --- --------- ---- -- ----- -7. burn the British / ------- ------- ------ -8. checkerboard / ------ -9. cowboy with spurs / ------- ------ --- ----- -10. hot blonde in sand / ------ ---- ----- --- ----- -11. cops and robbers / ------ --- ------
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Re: Two Dots and a Dash
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06/06/13 10:38 AM
06/06/13 10:38 AM
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Yes to all of you! Thanks, Remi. I heard some diner lingo on a radio commercial this morning that gave me the idea. " Noah's boy and a raft." or a piece of ham with toast.
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Re: Two Dots and a Dash
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06/06/13 01:29 PM
06/06/13 01:29 PM
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6. two scrambled eggs on toast
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Re: Two Dots and a Dash
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06/10/13 04:51 PM
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That's it! Too funny. Good solve niteowl.
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