XYZ (anyone?) | TheaterFire

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JackWylder@reddit

XYZ PDQ
Examine your zipper before I do
(I don’t know why the threat of checking out someone’s zipper, but at least it rhymed)

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Regionally, the popular phrase was and still is “Kennywood’s open.” For those not in the Pittsburgh area Kennywood is a local amusement park opened in 1899. For my fellow Pittsburghers, how yinz doin n’at? 😁

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GingerA0712@reddit

Came here to say this!!! 🖤💛

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mounjaro-throwaway@reddit

Flying low.

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polkadotkneehigh@reddit

Superman is flying low.

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Sensitive-Question42@reddit

That’s what I would say too. I’ve never heard of XYZ.

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More_Law6245@reddit

Yep, this was the go to for me as I had learned it from my dad. Or is it feeding time for the ducks

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Exact_Fox9438@reddit

The barn door is open! The horse might escape

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MoeBlacksBack@reddit

XYZ PDQ

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Philip_Phil@reddit

You selling lemonade? No? The. Close up shop…

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LilaBeach@reddit

I still say it to my husband on occasion!

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HowDidFoodGetInHere@reddit

My favorite is still "Baby Jesus is out of the manger!"

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coffeethulhu42@reddit

You afraid of heights? Your zipper is

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NotAnotherThing@reddit

Nope, I need more explanation as to what XYZ means. Maybe it's a regional or your country thing.

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olivefreak@reddit

It means your zipper is down.

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NotAnotherThing@reddit

Definitely not heard it that way.

I have heard, button your fly, your fly is down

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BarracudaFar1905@reddit

It was 'flying without a licence' where I'm from (South West)

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ebjazzz@reddit

Examine your zipper

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Intelligent_Cry_8846@reddit

PDQ

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Fun-Outlandishness21@reddit

You beat me to it.

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ebjazzz@reddit

The Barn Door is open

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SubstanceNo1544@reddit

Its was xyz when I was a youngin.. turned into "hey bro ur selling hotdogs" by the late teens

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AngelHeart-@reddit

Absolutely.

XYZPDQ.

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ShouldersBBoulders@reddit

XYZASAP

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ST0IC_@reddit

I don't remember this at all. What does it mean?

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SunBelly@reddit

I'd never heard it before either. In Texas everybody has always just said your fly is open.

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kenai_at_the_helm@reddit

eXamine Your Zipper, pretty darn quick

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SummerBirdsong@reddit

I didn't hear that one growing up. It was mostly "Your cows are getting out".

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Intrepid_Practice956@reddit

My grandfather taught my mom and her siblings "5:00 at the zipper factory" eg, Closing time.

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holidayoffools@reddit

That's cute!

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Jellyfish2017@reddit

Nostalgic memory unlocked, thanks OP

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rahah2023@reddit

Tell him “XYZ PDQ”… I tell my family all the time

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ForeignRabbit1894@reddit

Yep, XYZ PDQ is the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the question about XYZ!

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furie1335@reddit

More YYZ

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spavolka@reddit

🤘

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PlantMystic@reddit

Barn door is open, and the horse is running loose!

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Happy_Machine_1@reddit

My mom still says this!

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davster99@reddit

You’d figure after all this time she wouldn’t have to remind you but here we are. /j

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Happy_Machine_1@reddit

She doesn’t say it to me. There are some men out there though….

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Chad_Hooper@reddit

I don’t think I’ve heard this since the 80s, honestly.

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Joe-_-Momma-@reddit

Lol, I say to most people. I talk to random people in the grocery. I flirt with women all the time.

I guess it is just you.

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KeepYourMindOpen365@reddit

“The barn door is open”

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VarietyHuge9938@reddit

Block inc.

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the3litemonkey@reddit

That's funny....I haven't thought of that in probably 35 yrs. Now that it's fresh in my head, hopefully I'll use it next time the situation warrants. 🙂

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SuchDogeHodler@reddit

You missed the ....PDQ

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All_names_taken-fuck@reddit

I need the PDQ to remember

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ExistingFun5496@reddit

Not Gen X. I was born in’65 and I heard a lot of people well older than me say it.

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Neat-Ad11@reddit

Wait. GenX starts at ‘65. Why aren’t you GenX?

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ExistingFun5496@reddit

Because Reddit said I was Generation Jones. lol

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ExistingFun5496@reddit

I just reply in both.

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iaMBictrochee@reddit

I have 3 older brothers, so I know the correct response (if you're confident that your fly is zipped) "ABC" (already been checked). My brothers liked to double-fist pummel the back of your head if you gave them the chance.

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dadsgoingtoprison@reddit

I used to have to tell my little brother this all the time.

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Adventurous_Art_69@reddit

Just said this yesterday to the guy at work. I had to explain.

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zoombie_apocalypse@reddit

Absolutely remember this.

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InDaFamilyJewels@reddit

Grew up in Pittsburgh where the amusement park is named Kennywood. So we would always say, Hey, Kennywood’s open.” There were a lot of weird sayings there.

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TheJokersChild@reddit

There was a whole undertone of weirdness there. I mean, fries inside sandwiches and on salads, chairs on the curb to hold parking spaces in winter...and "yinzers."

I was so disappointed to find out that Kennywood is not related to Dollywood.

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strongdon@reddit

I grew up and currently live in Pittsburgh and its still weird. Its and old town that needs younger people to influence it more. There are very cool and beautiful parts but there is still a societal feeling of being stuck in the 1950s. Which is nearly 100% not cool. Also- Kennywood kinda sketchy these days...

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Razor_Paw@reddit

I said it to my wife last week and she immediately looked down.

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Own_Celebration5462@reddit

If someone said that to me, I would automatically do a fly check.

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Fair-Wishbone-1190@reddit

Xyz? No I don't remember. What is it?

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GinormousHippo458@reddit

eXamine Your Zipper

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RedditSkippy@reddit

Thanks. I know I have heard this, but I forgot all about it.

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Fair-Wishbone-1190@reddit

Thanks!

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um_like_whatever@reddit

Im 57 and never heard that one

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G_rubbish@reddit

X.Y.Z.P.D.Q!

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tmmao@reddit

I used it with a 60+ yr old-he did NOT get it and I had to be more direct 😬

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brandrikr@reddit

We always said “your barn door is open”

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Apart-Cream-4940@reddit

That's what xyz means? Had no idea til your comment

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brandrikr@reddit

XYZ is a brand of zippers

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Oldebookworm@reddit

I did not know that. That saying makes more sense now

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strategicscientific@reddit

eXamine Your Zipper is how it was explained to me

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punkshoe8@reddit

I’d forgotten all about that one!

My favorite is one of David Letterman’s top 10 ways to tell someone their fly is open: “There’s been a security breach at Los Pantalones.”

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sebastianrileyt2@reddit

That took me a second to remember, but yes! Ha ha I haven't heard that in a long time.

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aran_maybe@reddit

It makes me think of Lisa from the Room telling Michelle’s boyfriend Mike to XYZ after he left he underwears on Lisa and Johnny’s couch that he had to retrieve before Claudette found them but he was too late but that’s ok because she got the test results back. She definitely has breast cancer.

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lilspark112@reddit

I’m sure it’ll be alright

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Squirrels_like_me@reddit

XYZ PDQ

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Formal_Plum_2285@reddit

Someone told me, my fly was open yesterday. And I was like “I’m very well aware of that. I’m the one who opened it. I needed to release this post menopausal belly fat”.

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AbsolutesDealer@reddit

Releasing it through the fly is gangster af.

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SpecialOil6869@reddit

I always tell people whether I know them or not.

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CommunicationNew3745@reddit

Reminds me of a couple yrs ago, when I was bartending part time at a friend's restaurant/bar - the place was packed, when an older patron walked in w/his rather sizeable 'business' hanging right out of his fly . . . I had no idea what to do or say, but the hostess caught him and tried to discreetly tell him that his 'pony was walking out the barn door' (difficult, as he was also stone deaf) With some help, they got his stallion corralled and everything was business as usual.

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Maleficent-Adagio150@reddit

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ExtraAd7611@reddit

The only person I have ever heard say that is my mother.

I would offer a non-judgmental "your fly is open" casually.

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Seven_bushes@reddit

I was at an airport last year waiting at my gate because I was early. There was an old couple across from me and the man was telling the story of a medical procedure he’d just been through. I noticed his zipper was down but he was old so I didn’t feel comfortable telling him.

The gate attendant came over to check on him since he was in a wheelchair and straight up told him to zip up his pants. He told her, “What can’t get up, can’t get out.” Anyone within earshot was cracking up. I’m a woman so I can’t use that line but men, please feel free to keep that in your mental bank of retorts.

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ElJefe0218@reddit

My grandma told me to always have an extra pair of underwear in case I get in an accident. I asked her 'You mean a car crash?' She said 'No you idiot, in case you shit your pants!' I miss you granny b.

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alwayssearching117@reddit

She sounds like a fun granny. My gran was a pistol when she was upset. She was hard of hearing and thought that she was quietly mumbling to herself, but everyone heard it. The things that came out of her mouth...

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UrsaMajor7th@reddit

Why doesn't he already know the end of the alphabet?

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Formal_Plum_2285@reddit

Æ Ø Å? The end of the alphabet here

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UrsaMajor7th@reddit

But not the end of the alphabet you're typing in.

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Formal_Plum_2285@reddit

It is indeed the alphabet I’m typing in. Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuwxyzæøå

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UrsaMajor7th@reddit

TIL! 🍻

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InvestigatorJaded261@reddit

My stepfather used to lead with “I know it pays to advertise, but…”.

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jbellafi@reddit (OP)

Never heard that one!!

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InvestigatorJaded261@reddit

He was gross, but funny.

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Formal_Plum_2285@reddit

Well it is the alphabet I’m typing in. Not the language but the alphabet

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Serious-Mongoose-387@reddit

XYZPDQ is what i always heard in school.

my mom would say “pony’s gonna get loose.” if i said “huh?” she’d say “barn door’s open”

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tultamunille@reddit

This is exactly what is wrong with everything now- with the advent of social media people are so adverse to talking to one and other that they wouldn’t even bother being so kind and courteous!

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jbellafi@reddit (OP)

True! It’s not that I didn’t want to bother, just afraid of his reaction honestly.

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tultamunille@reddit

I know! Crazy times

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ancientastronaut2@reddit

Sure, but does anyone remember "it's snowing down south" for when a woman's slip is showing? My mother and grandmother used that one often.

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Pedadinga@reddit

No, and it makes me think of white pubes, so, thanks for that. lol

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joemamah77@reddit

I’m not sure what part of my brain I need to stab with an icepick to make that image go away.

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Pedadinga@reddit

I never meant to spread terror, but I'm glad I'm not alone.

Also, the flair(?) after your name makes me think of that Mitch Hedberg joke, "all photos of you are old photos of you..."

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Historical_Monk_6118@reddit

New one on me. Funniest one I recall was we had this scrawny apprentice who seemed to be completely made of arms and legs. He had all the charm of a tub of margarine, would struggle to fight his way out of a paper bag and couldn't find his arse with both hands... top lad. Anyway, someone pointed out his fly was open one day and he uttered the immortal line...

Well the cage is open, but the beast is asleep 😂😂

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jbellafi@reddit (OP)

👏👏

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NoUniqueNameNeeded@reddit

That is AWESOME

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VerdantField@reddit

That’s the best omg 🤣🤣

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MeanMelissa74@reddit

Are you a hot dog salesman?

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lawstandaloan@reddit

Was he going commando or were his boys in a house?

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jbellafi@reddit (OP)

Crying 😭(in the house)

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MassCasualty@reddit

Also "You're flying low"

Always inform. Teeth, booger, fly.

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bcb1200@reddit

This is me now. https://youtube.com/shorts/6g0yxLdZm68?si=nr1sVKu3SpE83P7j

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jbellafi@reddit (OP)

😂💀😭

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Financial-Log-9670@reddit

Gotta tell em

Might save em from getting a ticket

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BertaRocks@reddit

I guess I’m a lunatic. I would have said it.

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jbellafi@reddit (OP)

😂

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Mugwumps_has_spoken@reddit

damn, i forgot all about this.

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Bookish_Gardener@reddit

It took all of 3 seconds and I was like daaaamn, I forgot all about that...lol

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jbellafi@reddit (OP)

I know, me too!!! I literally ran to this sub while I was still walking bc who better to share with.

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man_in_ict@reddit

Yeah that was really common and a couple times I heard someone ask someone if they were afraid of heights. Then say because your zipper is

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jbellafi@reddit (OP)

💀

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Ok-Street7504@reddit

I haven't heard that phrase in decades.

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jbellafi@reddit (OP)

Me either!!!! It literally popped in my head when I saw it.

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MaudieLebowski@reddit

YKK?

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jbellafi@reddit (OP)

Oooh. Fancy!

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TwoBitFish@reddit

PDQ

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Kind_Worry_9836@reddit

Cheaper than air conditioning.

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LuceLeakey@reddit

We said ABCXYZ - Always be careful, examine your zipper.

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Old-Kaleidoscope1874@reddit

We used ABC as already been checked to avoid the fake out XYZ attempt. So it was a response.

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LionessofElam@reddit

Last time I said that to a guy on the train, I got the stink eye. Clearly he had no idea, too young? Fine by me. Enjoy the draft.

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Capital-Tip-7890@reddit

But do you zip up immediately? I like to respond with either

Like what your see?

Or

Thanks! I'm going fishing

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SoCal7s@reddit

You might have seen me in Culver City at 1:04pm

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Sufficient_Stop8381@reddit

Taking old one eye to the optometrist?

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Aromatic_Revolution4@reddit

PDQ

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rushny2112@reddit

XYZ PDQ is what we used to say

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xczechr@reddit

Never heard of this is reference to someone's fly being open.

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diente_de_leon@reddit

eXamine Your Zipper

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dj_juliamarie@reddit

Memories!

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Uptight_AI@reddit

XYZ PDQ

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Mededitor@reddit

The slang expression in Japanese is: “Shakai no mado aiteru yo" (社会の窓空いてるよ), which literally translates to "your window to society is open.” It can be abbreviated in a sotto voce, “Shakai no mado desu.”

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