|
Why would old ladies need this help anyway? Just wait for the light and cross. If some rear end in a top hat runs the red and smashes into you being near a Boy Scout isn't going to help. Maybe it was a thing before traffic lights were invented and somebody more agile could help them navigate the speeding horses and buggies and poo poo? It is or at least was commonly used in a humous way to denote over the top chivalry. And maybe it always was because it's a pretty useless gesture. But I get the feeling it was a real thing at some point. So what's the deal with that poo poo?
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 19:57
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 15:41 |
|
|
If there's somebody else crossing the street, I try to stick to them. If some gently caress is gonna car murder me, he's getting at least two of us and going away for life.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:00
|
|
|
AKA Pseudonym posted:Why would old ladies need this help anyway? Just wait for the light and cross. If some rear end in a top hat runs the red and smashes into you being near a Boy Scout isn't going to help. Maybe it was a thing before traffic lights were invented and somebody more agile could help them navigate the speeding horses and buggies and poo poo? Why *wouldn't* they need help OP?
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:02
|
|
|
When i was in america some lady helped me cross the street for some reason. Maybe people just wanna repay the favor.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:04
|
|
|
There is nothing like seeing a decrepit old person slowly and arduously moving through the crosswalk at a speed so slow it seems farcical, somehow still being in the road as the incredibly long pedestrian sign stops blinking, trudging on as if every slow step represents the accumulated pain and weight of a life time... ... to make you think "being old must loving suck lol" as you speed away.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:08
|
|
|
you're supposed to carry them and their groceries across as a feat of strength people will see it on your achievement board at your funeral
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:17
|
|
|
There are no streets to cross on foot. Maybe a stretch of parking lot. Everything is traversed by car, here, in the sprawl. The old lady is king.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:20
|
|
|
AKA Pseudonym posted:Why would old ladies need this help anyway? Just wait for the light and cross. If some rear end in a top hat runs the red and smashes into you being near a Boy Scout isn't going to help. Maybe it was a thing before traffic lights were invented and somebody more agile could help them navigate the speeding horses and buggies and poo poo? 1. They're loving slow, if they have someone to lean on who can usher them forward, they'll move faster 2. They're scared, so they need someone there for encouragement to even attempt the cross 3. They might collapse in the middle of the road otherwise, causing gridlock
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:23
|
|
|
there should be an app where old ladies can swipe on hunks to indicate they're interested in being escorted or carried across the street
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:25
|
|
|
I like going up to old folks in my parents' neighborhood, especially if they got a walker or are just moving really poorly. Get right up next to 'em and yell "RACE YA!" and then just sprint back to the town house. Makes me feel like a big man.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:28
|
|
|
Das Boo posted:If there's somebody else crossing the street, I try to stick to them. If some gently caress is gonna car murder me, he's getting at least two of us and going away for life. people think that's double points but it's actually triple
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:31
|
|
|
Bad Purchase posted:you're supposed to carry them and their groceries across as a feat of strength It is kind of funny how perception of strength/fitness changes with years. I did the literal "help old lady carry groceries once". She lived next door to me on the second floor of an apartment building. On top of being old she clearly had some kind of back issue and walked with a hunch. She had a little walker cart with 3-4 bags of groceries and instead of taking the bags out I just hoisted the whole contraption up and carried it up the stairs. This is not a boast. I actually wasn't in great shape at the time, most grown men could have done it. But to her it was like Hercules had just shown up and lifted a giant boulder over his head lol. She remarked out loud "you're so strong!!!" and thought I must to go the gym a lot (I didn't at all). Even my mom who isn't even that old and doesn't have health problems now regards acts which are common for adult men to perform to be incredible feats of strength.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:32
|
|
|
It's a euphemism. Just cus they're old doesn't mean they don't like to cross the ol' street once in a while
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:33
|
|
|
Meme Poker Party posted:It is kind of funny how perception of strength/fitness changes with years. I did the literal "help old lady carry groceries once". She lived next door to me on the second floor of an apartment building. On top of being old she clearly had some kind of back issue and walked with a hunch. She had a little walker cart with 3-4 bags of groceries and instead of taking the bags out I just hoisted the whole contraption up and carried it up the stairs. This is not a boast. I actually wasn't in great shape at the time, most grown men could have done it. But to her it was like Hercules had just shown up and lifted a giant boulder over his head lol. She remarked out loud "you're so strong!!!" and thought I must to go the gym a lot (I didn't at all). *lifts milk jug* NICHOLAS!!! You should fight crime! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uOV-lmyk-U
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:39
|
|
|
Meme Poker Party posted:It is kind of funny how perception of strength/fitness changes with years. I did the literal "help old lady carry groceries once". She lived next door to me on the second floor of an apartment building. On top of being old she clearly had some kind of back issue and walked with a hunch. She had a little walker cart with 3-4 bags of groceries and instead of taking the bags out I just hoisted the whole contraption up and carried it up the stairs. This is not a boast. I actually wasn't in great shape at the time, most grown men could have done it. But to her it was like Hercules had just shown up and lifted a giant boulder over his head lol. She remarked out loud "you're so strong!!!" and thought I must to go the gym a lot (I didn't at all).
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:39
|
|
|
Jelly posted:When girls tell you your dick is super big do you believe them? OP I made it quite clear in the post that it was a mundane act and nothing impressive on my part.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:42
|
|
|
all the neighbors swooning as i lift the chewy box with 40 lbs of cat litter and a month's worth of canned food into the house wish they would stop packing it all into one box though, gotta be hell on the delivery driver 
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:43
|
|
|
My first real job was bagging groceries at a supermarket. I still remember several bizarre customers from like 30 years ago and one was a little old lady mad that one of her bags was too heavy and she kept telling me to make it lighter. It had one item in it. It was a half gallon of orange juice so it's not like I could split it up. It was also double bagged to make the handles easier to hold.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:45
|
|
|
should've opened it up and taken a few big gulps
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 20:46
|
|
|
Bad Purchase posted:should've opened it up and taken a few big gulps lmao
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 21:08
|
|
|
I never help anyone outside of my immediate family with anything, ever. My loyalty is to the tribe and only the tribe.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 21:11
|
|
|
c r o n e
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 21:12
|
|
|
I'm 6'2" and harmless looking so I get asked to help shorties get stuff from high shelves in stores sometimes. If my wife is with me they never ask me directly, instead they ask her if they can borrow me for a minute. I figure it's because they don't want Mortal Kombat to break out by talking to someone else's man or something but it's always really weird. I'll help you get the tall thing, yes. No, it won't threaten my wife's dominance over me.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 21:16
|
|
|
Another fuck8ng call out thread Just STOP
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 21:53
|
|
|
In the older years... 1920s thru 1960s, you had old people living in apartments in cities. Often on the second, third, fourth, fifth, etc floors. As you get old, into your 70s, 80s, and 90s. Your strength dimishes substantially. 20-40 lbs as an young adult isn't much of an issue. But once you get to that age it certainly is. Moving around in general, can just be exhausting. For the OP, to answer the question of literally crossing the street... NYC and other East Coast drivers used to be notoriously bad for speeding thru red lights. And yeah it takes the eldery some time to get across the street. Hence the expression "little old lady crossing the street." You don't do it as a white knight kind of thing. You do it to punish the Goombah NYC drivers. **Edit This is... for basically a slang term that would have originated in your grand parents time. Very pre and post-war centralized. But in short: -City drivers are poo poo -The eldery move slow because getting old loving sucks. Senor P. fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Aug 4, 2022 |
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2022 23:56
|
|
|
The phrase may come across as a joke but the basic idea of helping someone who can't repay you is a good one.
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 01:09
|
|
|
It’s so you can dip your hand in granny’s purse and grab those crisp Lincolns while you’re crossing OP
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 01:24
|
|
|
When the old lady is killed in this way the person assisting them becomes their slave in the afterlife.
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 02:54
|
|
|
It ain't a euphemism when it comes to me and my desires. 
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 03:00
|
|
|
Senor P. posted:In the older years... 1920s thru 1960s, you had old people living in apartments in cities. But they're still slow even if you walk next to them. Now it's just two slow people. And the cars can still run you over. 
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 03:01
|
|
|
It's probably a sex thing maybe??
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 04:05
|
|
|
Depends on Phyllis’ attitude.
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 06:08
|
|
|
Oy! Who's got the glint in this scenario?
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 06:17
|
|
|
I would just simply put granny on my shoulders while giving death stares to opposing traffic. Who's gonna hit both of us?
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 06:33
|
|
|
Devils Affricate posted:But they're still slow even if you walk next to them. Now it's just two slow people. And the cars can still run you over. As you are walking the old lady you gotta put your hand out to the cars like you are Chris Pratt in dinosaur movie
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 13:10
|
|
|
https://youtu.be/u2zgr_Gg11U
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 13:44
|
|
|
You might be the only human contact that person has all day, god forbid you try and help someone that society has basically deemed useless.
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 14:21
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAl0gEo-0dI
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 14:31
|
|
|
A Fancy Hat posted:You might be the only human contact that person has all day, god forbid you try and help someone that society has basically deemed useless. They sound like they might be Patient Zero
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 14:53
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 15:41 |
|
|
A few summers ago I tried to help this visibly weak old guy get down his stairs and helped prepped his walker. Instead, I got the vibe he would've shot me if he could've. I guess what I'm trying to say is gently caress em.
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2022 15:02
|
|
