On 2/13/2021 6:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/12/2021 4:05 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 11/02/2021 21:29, Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> My father was more French than English oriented. He went to the US
>>> once for his work. An American asked him how he liked Americans. My
>>> father replied "They're very friendly and ***".
>>>
>>> ("Gai" means cheerful in French.)
>>>
>> It used to mean that in English, too.
>>
> I watch a lot of old movies (circa 1930's and '40's) where they are
> often describing a party as "everyone is having a *** time!"

The old Flintstones cartoon theme song...

"Flintstones, meet the Flintstones...
and ended with,
"We'll have a *** old time."

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