My sister Dale used to say
"Watermelon!!!" instead of
"Cheese!!!" when she smiled for a photo. It would result in a big, still cheesy, smile.
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WATERMELON!!! |
As for San Geraldo, this is his idea of lunch. A bit of egg salad and a little slice of watermelon.
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NO CHEESE. |
TOO FUNNY!
ReplyDeleteAre one of you stalking us? We had the exact same lunch today.....watermelon slices and egg salad sandwiches!! SG has great taste I see.......
Say WATERMELON!
Jim:
DeleteCheese!!! But did you have watermelon SLICES or one quarter of a watermelon? I think you guys are more rational eaters than we are.
Slices for us.....but we could easily devour half a one!
DeleteLovely photo
ReplyDeleteGosia:
DeleteI inherited all my father's slides from the 50s and 60s. A great collection of memories.
Ooooh, that looks tasty :)
ReplyDeleteJudy:
DeleteIt was delicious and way too much. But I of course ate it all.
I love the top photo!
ReplyDeleteCranky:
DeleteSo do I. That was around 1957.
Dale had a great smile! What were you looking at?
ReplyDeleteCarole:
DeleteOh, I'm sure I was contemplating the future.
I used to grow watermelons called 'moon and stars'. Have you ever seen/had one?
ReplyDeleteSpo:
DeleteI've never heard of that. Jerry recently bought "sandia negra" (black watermelon). The pink was much richer/darker and it's supposed to be juicy and sweet (it was).
I used to say SWISS when asked to say CHEESE.
ReplyDeleteanne marie:
DeleteI never cooperated. But I remember Dale also sometimes saying, "Limburger!!!"
I use to hate smiling for pictures.
ReplyDeleteTravel:
DeleteI still do. I first would smile too big. Then not at all. Then I developed "camera smile" (a smile I never exhibited in real life). I still hate it but I've gotten better at it lately./
As a 'cheese' substitute we'd run the gamut of the product ('Gorgonzola' was a favourite), though our vocabulary was then nowhere near as extensive as in Monty Python's cheese shop sketch.
ReplyDeleteRaybeard:
DeleteThe only word I would ever cooperate with was when I was told to "smile and say 'shit'."
is that where the phrase "cheesy smile" came from? I could get into some watermelon right now, looks good.
ReplyDeleteWilma:
DeleteWell, if that's not where cheesy smile came from, let's say it did. (I'm so clever.) We have been having watermelon or canteloupe just about every day with lunch. Perfect. (Today was canteloupe.)
I eat a lot like that in the summer...it's too darn hot to fire up the ovens. What a cute child.......
ReplyDeletemistress maddie:
DeleteWasn't I though (a cute child)?!? Oh, and my sister was, too.
Kitchen-challenged as I am, there is never a good time of year to fire up the ovens.
Watermelon isn't a word that produces a smile, but Dale still managed to have a cute smile.
ReplyDeleteStephen:
DeleteI agree. It had nothing to do with watermelon. She would yell, "WATERMELON!!!" Then she'd smile.