"The Bubbler"..... What the flying fuck?

[RealSNR]

I had a student approach me after class on a lecture from last week today. She's from Wisconsin. As I'm finishing up my explanation and walking to the door, she goes, "excuse me, I'm just going to grab a drink from the bubbler."

I look blankly. "The bubbler?"

"Yeah. The bubbler. This thing." She leans over a drinking fountain and takes a sip.

"That's a drinking fountain. Where do you get bubbler from?"

"That's what I've always called it."


Now, I've done some research and apparently people from Wisconsin call drinking fountains "bubblers." Did you all know this? I think this is the most fantastically reeruned thing I've ever heard. There's absolutely nothing bubbly about a water fountain. Why would ANYONE call it a "bubbler" of all things?

I propose a massive deprogramming of all people in Wisconsin. This word must be removed from any trace of this country. Either that, or sell Wisconsin to Canada. Terrorists hate us BECAUSE of this word.

Who agrees with me?

[The Franchise]

What do you expect....they're all Packer fans.

[FAX]

Let's all just put on our Edgar suits and have some sugar water.

FAX

[RJ]

Originally Posted by smed1065

I refer them to them as the dent and ding makers!

I find nothing more annoying than people who won't put the effing carts where they belong and instead leave them rolling aroung the parking lot or in the middle of a parking space.

I found this to be worse in San Antonio than any other place I've lived, but that may be just because it was hilly there so they were more likely to start moving.

I've never called a water fountain a bubbler, but it makes just a much sense as fountain, I think.

[RJ]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

The only correct choice is Pop. This is factual, based on empirical evidence -- Jesus said so.

Link?

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by jidar

OMFG. god damned sourthern jackasses.

coke is a brand, not a drink.

What if you ask for a coke, and they bring you a pepsi? Or you asked for a coke, got a pepsi but wanted a coke?

Pop sounds ignorant.
Coke is a brand
soda is the best choice.
Thanks

Soda > Pop > Coke

I just moved back to MO from Dallas, I've missed being able to say soda or even pop, but usually had always said soda and been made fun of in TX. I'm with you, it's stupid, cause if I wanted coke, I'd ask for coke and then the waitress or waiter would ask what kind.

I can be a smartass so I would say, "What kind? The kind you drink not the kind you snort"

but here is another common exchange I'd overhear;
1) I want a coke
2) what kind?
1) Dr. Pepper

[Smed1065]

Originally Posted by RJ

I find nothing more annoying than people who won't put the effing carts where they belong and instead leave them rolling aroung the parking lot or in the middle of a parking space.

I found this to be worse in San Antonio than any other place I've lived, but that may be just because it was hilly there so they were more likely to start moving.

I've never called a water fountain a bubbler, but it makes just a much sense as fountain, I think.

In Atlanta it is crazy, they need the exercise but refuse to corral them. I have not bought a new car for 10 years, one reason is because when I moved here I had a new 1997 truck and within a month it was messed up.

Like sideways hail. I always park away from most cars (congested and downhill areas) but it did not matter.

[L.A. Chieffan]

Originally Posted by jidar

OMFG. god damned sourthern jackasses.

coke is a brand, not a drink.

What if you ask for a coke, and they bring you a pepsi? Or you asked for a coke, got a pepsi but wanted a coke?

Pop sounds ignorant.
Coke is a brand
soda is the best choice.
Thanks

Soda > Pop > Coke

I was specifically looking for a coke at that precise moment and that it why I used that term.
My grandmother, however, will call it a "pop" if it's a coke or a goddamn orange fanta.

DONTCHA WANTA WANTA FANTA??

[L.A. Chieffan]

Also, I noticed she refers to restaurants as resternts.
Hard to pronounce "au" in that midwestern twang I guess.

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by SNR

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Now, I've done some research and apparently people from Wisconsin call drinking fountains "bubblers." Did you all know this? I think this is the most fantastically reeruned thing I've ever heard. There's absolutely nothing bubbly about a water fountain. Why would ANYONE call it a "bubbler" of all things?

Plus, say pop instad of soohda, and bags instead beegs.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by smed1065

In Atlanta it is crazy, they need the exercise but refuse to corral them. I have not bought a new car for 10 years, one reason is because when I moved here I had a new 1997 truck and within a month it was messed up.

Like sideways hail. I always park away from most cars (congested and downhill areas) but it did not matter.

Bob Dole moved to Las Vegas back in 1996. Bob Dole arrived in town around 9pm and stopped at a Von's to pick up some chow before heading to the hotel. Came back outside and had a nice dent and gash to the metal from a runaway cart.

15 minutes in town, $750 worth of vehicle damage. Bob Dole should have left town right then.

[Iowanian]

All this talk about Blubber is going to make the Fatty-fans of the planet want to bend over a beefy gal and and buck out in the Kidney lard rodeo.

[mikey23545]

Originally Posted by jidar

OMFG. god damned sourthern jackasses.

coke is a brand, not a drink.

What if you ask for a coke, and they bring you a pepsi? Or you asked for a coke, got a pepsi but wanted a coke?

Pop sounds ignorant.
Coke is a brand
soda is the best choice.
Thanks

Soda > Pop > Coke

How many years did it take you to fill up such a huge reservoir of stupidity?

[Smed1065]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

Bob Dole moved to Las Vegas back in 1996. Bob Dole arrived in town around 9pm and stopped at a Von's to pick up some chow before heading to the hotel. Came back outside and had a nice dent and gash to the metal from a runaway cart.

15 minutes in town, $750 worth of vehicle damage. Bob Dole should have left town right then.

I lived in Laughlin for five years and your experience would have been "cheap" if you took the hint.

"Signs, signs everywhere a sign."

I loved it at first but then found out the only thing to do was drink and gamble (or in the summer the Colorado river-floating or fishing). I had to move after five years because I was getting nowhere in a hurry.

I was sucked in because I won $54,000 my first year, little did I know the future. I ended up with a new car the first year from the winnings but learned a valuable lesson.

Visiting is great but living there was different after 3 years of it.

[ChiefaRoo]

Skip calls radio the magic talkin' box and he gets upset and angry when he talks to his 'movin people box' and they don't acknowledge him.

[Redcoats58]

Originally Posted by smed1065

I lived in Laughlin for five years and your experience would have been "cheap" if you took the hint.

"Signs, signs everywhere a sign."

I loved it at first but then found out the only thing to do was drink and gamble (or in the summer the Colorado river-floating or fishing). I had to move after five years because I was getting nowhere in a hurry.

I was sucked in because I won $54,000 my first year, little did I know the future. I ended up with a new car the first year from the winnings but learned a valuable lesson.

Visiting is great but living there was different after 3 years of it.

I lived in the Bullhead City/Laughlin area for 16 years. You are exactly right, there isn't a thing to do there but gamble, drink, or do meth. Too many tweakers in that area.