TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1721arrow-down19
arrow-up1712arrow-down1image"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksTriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squaredukeofdummies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up119arrow-down1·1 day agoYeah it was bench seating so one guy had the reins and the other had a shotgun. Hence the name.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up64arrow-down3·1 day agoits interesting the slang that persists… “i call getting to shoot people!”
minus-squarecatgames@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 hours agoThe modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoI mean, it’s still America. I guess the location of the shooting has changed though. It should mean having your desk at the front of the classroom by the teacher’s desk now.
minus-squarejawa21@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoThe amount of naval terminology that has stuck around in English is mind boggling.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 hours agoAhoj! I’m Czech. We don’t even have any access to sea…
minus-squareRavuAlHemio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·22 hours agoNo direct access, but “jump into the Elbe and wait” is still a valid strategy…
minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours ago… And hope no German bridge crushes on you!
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-21 day agoGringo explaining a horse carriage: Imagine a gun
minus-squareVaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoAnd the kids have been shouting shotgun from then on.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoIn the time of horse drawn carriages, wouldn’t the rifle be a more common weapon?
minus-squareJerb322@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·19 hours agoEasier to aim a shotgun went bouncing around on the stagecoach, running from bandits.
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agooh I thought it was from the moonshine age, I guess horse buggies make more sense lol
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoWhenever someone says “Shotgun” I can only think of the drive-by scene in Boyz 'n Da Hood.
Yeah it was bench seating so one guy had the reins and the other had a shotgun. Hence the name.
its interesting the slang that persists…
“i call getting to shoot people!”
The modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
I mean, it’s still America.
I guess the location of the shooting has changed though. It should mean having your desk at the front of the classroom by the teacher’s desk now.
The amount of naval terminology that has stuck around in English is mind boggling.
Ahoj! I’m Czech. We don’t even have any access to sea…
No direct access, but “jump into the Elbe and wait” is still a valid strategy…
… And hope no German bridge crushes on you!
And other shit.
Gringo explaining a horse carriage: Imagine a gun
And the kids have been shouting shotgun from then on.
In the time of horse drawn carriages, wouldn’t the rifle be a more common weapon?
Easier to aim a shotgun went bouncing around on the stagecoach, running from bandits.
oh I thought it was from the moonshine age, I guess horse buggies make more sense lol
Whenever someone says “Shotgun” I can only think of the drive-by scene in Boyz 'n Da Hood.