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[–] NorthSouthPosition [S] 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Today I was talking to my grandmother about my fuckup younger brother who had stolen forty dollars from her and she said, "He would steal the quarters off a dead man's eyes" and I had to kind of smile because that's an awesome saying.

They used to put quarters over the eyes of dead people back in the day. Can't remember which culture or time period but I remember hearing about it or reading about it somewhere..

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[–] Chutney 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

It is a very old tradition to put coins over dead people's eyes, in their mouth, or in their pockets. I think it dates at least as far back as Ancient Greece, where the dead had to cross the Styx river in order to enter the underworld. The deceased would give the coins to Caron, who manned the boat that would get them across this river. If they didn't have a coin, they would be stuck on the wrong side of the water.

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[–] NorthSouthPosition [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

That is awesome dude. I forgot how much I loved reading about ancient Greek mythology. That stuff has interesting stories for days.

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[–] Kithsander 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

If I'm not mistaken, it's attributed to Assyrian burial customs that the Greeks adopted, but I could be wrong. Also, it's Charon or Kharon, typically.

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[–] Guide 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Back in the day! Haha! A few days ago...

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[–] Agitprop 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

My great-uncle referred to me as a "tall drink o' water." To this day I have no idea what it means.

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[–] Call_Me_Kelly 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I think that you are cool and refreshing.

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[–] Agitprop 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Thanks Kelly, that's the nicest thing anyone's said to me on Voat.

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[–] Icarus2 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

He thinks you're hot.

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[–] AlwaysSunnyInSeattle 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

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[–] just_signed_up 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Maybe he was being literal. Humans are made of like 70% water or something.

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[–] papervoid 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Every time someone asks my grandma when something will happen, she responds with "by and by." My grandmother is a very chill lady.

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[–] Gaud 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

"Go fluffle up a gumtree."

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[–] Wolfbeckett 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

My grandma is a Jehovah's Witness, I don't think anything she says was ever amusing, wise, or relevant.

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[–] NorthSouthPosition [S] ago 

I can't blame you there.

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[–] GeorgePBurdell 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

When the sun is out and it rains: "The devil is beating his wife behind the kitchen door." but with a thick southern accent.

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[–] IcerPro ago 

It's not a colloquialism, but my grandma always uses "what's her face" to refer to women whose name she forgets, or doesn't care to remember. "Felicia" is the term my friends and I use for names we forget, or don't care to remember.

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