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Jan 9, 2021
2:29:55pm

Blue Print All-American

Want to guess where the slang term “shake down” originated?

Yep. They stole it from preping mercury thermometers.

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Originally posted on Jan 9, 2021 at 2:29:55pm

Message modified by Blue Print on Jan 9, 2021 at 2:30:52pm

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Blue Print

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So how many of you have attempted to shake down a digital thermometer?

Blue Print

1/9/21 1:55pm

Shake down? Like what a crooked cop would do in an 80s movie?

wabluecoug

1/9/21 1:56pm

I bet you don’t remember slide-rules either.

Blue Print

1/9/21 2:01pm

Yeah, mine finally gave me $2. It claimed it was its lunch money.

John Doe

1/9/21 1:59pm

Want to guess where the slang term “shake down” originated?

Blue Print

1/9/21 2:29pm

Wait, it wasn't Nelson Muntz?

John Doe

1/9/21 3:36pm

Since the thermometer is digital, did it pay up in Bitcoin?

Hoopster

1/9/21 2:38pm

Thermometer protection racket?

Hoopster

1/9/21 2:01pm

Seriously, this is like watching a teenager try to use a rotary phone.

Blue Print

1/9/21 2:26pm

During the pandemic I have been very very thankful for digital thermometers.

1/9/21 5:08pm

So have I, but I have to catch myself from shaking it down before use.

Blue Print

1/9/21 6:41pm

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