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Old 05-14-2009, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Kasept
Preakness Barbie,

'Jimmies' is a VERY New England term ranging from Rhode Island through Massachusetts and Southern New England portion of Connecticut. Essentially spread by the pale of settlement of the original Blake Brothers' Friendly's restaurants. A lesser known, even more provincial term for jimmies, is 'shots'.

Which would be also the geographic distribution of Red Sox fans or "Tonic" instead of soda or Pop. The line that turns Yankee from Sawk"s would be just south of Hartford Ct. and certainly prior to exit 5 off 95 in Greenwich or Bykville.....

If you know what a Fribble is you probably lived there....
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