The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #26181   Message #318121
Posted By: Harold W
13-Oct-00 - 12:43 PM
Thread Name: Curious Expressions Three
Subject: RE: Curious Expressions Three
Back in my younger and sigle days of the early fifties, we used to go to a country club whose cook (nowadys refered to as chefs) at one time was a cook at Sing Sing. We used to bribe him with a bottle of wine to get something special, which we had to eat in the kitchen so that none of the other guests would see it. His favorite expression was, "Not even in Sing Sing do you get such service." I still use the expression today, but if I say it to someone who hasn't heard the story, I have to explain it.