RetroRomper wrote:Hey Paul, don't worry!
I've had the same exact thought and you know what? 2016 ain't over yet!
A common sentiment. Both ways.
In the movie
City Slickers, Billy Crystal hears about the character of Curly, the role Jack Pallance is playing, who has a big reputation as a fierce man. Nervously he tries to play nonchalant and says, "Morning Curly. Killed anybody today?" to which he responds, "Day ain't over yet."
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The following conversation takes place in the 1989 book
Nevada, by Clint McCollough between Reese, a new visitor to Las Vegas, and Smitty, a life-long Nevada resident:
"First time in Vegas, huh?" Smitty said.
"A wide‑eyed innocent."
"Stick around me, boy," Smitty chuckled. "Maybe, some of my experience will rub off."
"You been here long?"
Lighting a cigarette, Smitty shook out the match. "Eighty‑nine years," he said. "Long enough to know apples from oranges."
"No kidding?" Reese said. "I wouldn't have taken you for over sixty."
"We're goin' to get along just fine," Smitty grinned, eyes crinkling. "I know it's all bullshit. Some mornings I look in the mirror and wonder how come I ain't dead."