"get off my lawn..."
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Do people in other parts of the globe, especially in UK, have a clue what the phrase means?
No idea. Perhaps it means "Don't poke your nose in my activities".
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Probably not, unless they are conversant in the American dialect of English. (AIUI, it's a reference to the grumpy old men that would chase annoying kids away from their property. The implication is that these old men hate anything that is new.)
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I don't know about hating anything new, more like being territorial and needing to find things to complain about.
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Do people in other parts of the globe, especially in UK, have a clue what the phrase means?
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Several years ago there was a discussion about, and I don't remember the actual title but it was an automatous, heat seeking intruder eliminator...I believe JSOP had something to do with it.
"Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator
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If I'm not mistaken, somehow that's what lead to the "lawn wolf" discussion... Speaking of JSOP, it's been many months I've read anything from him on here. Did he finally retire (and give up at the same time all communications with CP)?
dandy72 wrote:
If I'm not mistaken, somehow that's what lead to the "lawn wolf" discussion...
I think you're right.
dandy72 wrote:
Speaking of JSOP, it's been many months I've read anything from him on here. Did he finally retire (and give up at the same time all communications with CP)?
Don't know, sometimes people just get busy.
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I don't know about hating anything new, more like being territorial and needing to find things to complain about.
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.not really. When you finally get all of the kids out of the house and you can have a nice lawn... not sure that's territorial. Now, about the time this happens to me (I'm getting close), the elephanting moles move in and start shredding my yard... I know this is a gopher, but it's where I'm at: Carl vs the Gopher Part 3 - YouTube[^]
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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Do people in other parts of the globe, especially in UK, have a clue what the phrase means?
It's just a Google search away, guys: [You kids get off my lawn! - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You\_kids\_get\_off\_my\_lawn!)
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Several years ago there was a discussion about, and I don't remember the actual title but it was an automatous, heat seeking intruder eliminator...I believe JSOP had something to do with it.
"Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator
"Eliminator"?
Paul Sanders. If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Blaise Pascal. Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.
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I don't believe it!! (UK readers will get it.)
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I don't believe it!! (UK readers will get it.)
Obviously a reference to that one episode of Father Ted[^], and nothing else. :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Do people in other parts of the globe, especially in UK, have a clue what the phrase means?
We have, in the UK, a similar phrase. "Get orf my land" pokes fun at crimson-faced, shotgun-carrying farmers, who stereotypically loathe members of the public using perfectly-legal public footpaths across farm land. <°}}}>«<
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not really. When you finally get all of the kids out of the house and you can have a nice lawn... not sure that's territorial. Now, about the time this happens to me (I'm getting close), the elephanting moles move in and start shredding my yard... I know this is a gopher, but it's where I'm at: Carl vs the Gopher Part 3 - YouTube[^]
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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Do people in other parts of the globe, especially in UK, have a clue what the phrase means?
This is what came to mind... (Yes, I'm that old.)(Oh yeah, NSFW) [The Pope: Live at the Vatican - YouTube](https://youtu.be/WFPNDWsZc8Y?si=qXM3RwF-1UTug3MG)
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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Do people in other parts of the globe, especially in UK, have a clue what the phrase means?
I find some of the posts mildly entertaining , some "way off in left field" ( I am NOT going to ask for "opinio0ns" on that one) and "...vverry interesting, but s...." (look up that one under
Arte Johnson
), especially one with references or the one who had no clue, but could not resist to chime in. I would like to continue and my next one is "people who live in glass houses should not throw stones" "opinions" from cultures beside US or UK would be interesting .
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Do people in other parts of the globe, especially in UK, have a clue what the phrase means?
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Do people in other parts of the globe, especially in UK, have a clue what the phrase means?
My part of the globe Arizona my property has no grass. Not sure what to shout Majority of property is covered with pine & oak trees, gravel and flagstones Only intruders are occasional Black Bear Coyotes looking for continual invading Rabbits and Squirrels The Elk and Deer are fond of the 3 Apple trees Had a herd of beef cattle twice till the Apache fixed the fence across the street Guy that plows the snow with a Road Grader puts the blade 4 ft into my gravel drive way and drags the contents 10 ft down the black top road I tried shouting "get off my gravel" sure that would not work Just park the pickup at the end of the driveway
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I don't know about hating anything new, more like being territorial and needing to find things to complain about.
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.You might be careful mentioning this to Clint Eastwood, or you are going to hear "Make my day!" next... :laugh: Gran Torino Get Off My Lawn Scene - YouTube[^]
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We have, in the UK, a similar phrase. "Get orf my land" pokes fun at crimson-faced, shotgun-carrying farmers, who stereotypically loathe members of the public using perfectly-legal public footpaths across farm land. <°}}}>«<
seismofish wrote:
members of the public using perfectly-legal public footpaths across farm land.
In the UK those paths are historical based. In the US if one doesn't protect property rights from actual trespassers on their land (no existing historical public right of way) both of the following can happen. - The owner of the land can be held liable for injuries - The owner of the land can lose the right to the land, it becomes a public right of way.
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My part of the globe Arizona my property has no grass. Not sure what to shout Majority of property is covered with pine & oak trees, gravel and flagstones Only intruders are occasional Black Bear Coyotes looking for continual invading Rabbits and Squirrels The Elk and Deer are fond of the 3 Apple trees Had a herd of beef cattle twice till the Apache fixed the fence across the street Guy that plows the snow with a Road Grader puts the blade 4 ft into my gravel drive way and drags the contents 10 ft down the black top road I tried shouting "get off my gravel" sure that would not work Just park the pickup at the end of the driveway
where in Arizona? Spent 3 years in Tucson. The desert is incredibly beautiful in the morning and evenings and a hot $itch during the day :) Pretty sad what's happened to southern Arizona....
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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Do people in other parts of the globe, especially in UK, have a clue what the phrase means?
probably not, but the phrase resurfaced with the movie Grand Torino care of Clint Eastwood. As I recall, he had a rifle in his hand at the time, and the local bozos broke one of his yard gnomes.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
