We always referred to things being kitty-corner from one another. "East Podunk" and "East Elbow" are regional expressions for one-horse towns. My grandmother likes to say, when referring to someone or something she approves of: "Well, that's just the berries!" She also says "more trouble than you can shake a stick at." When encountering someone who's not intellectually gifted: "not the brightest crayon in the box now are you?" or "Not the sharpest tool in the shed." Can anyone explain the following: "God returning on a shingle." One of my history professors said it once, and it struck me...it means someone returning to great apllause and praise, but does anyone know where the heck it came from?