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Something Our Parents Would Say She Popped Her Clogs · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: those old sayings, you know, phrases, idioms, those things that
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  Speaker 1: your family and friends always come up with. And they
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  Speaker 1: actually make sense. I mean, they had to start somewhere, right? Who, what, where, why, when,
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  Speaker 1: and how. Some of those old sayings are not only ancient,
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  Speaker 1: but they still carry a powerful punch even today. I'm Arrow,
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  Speaker 1: and this is something our parents would say. And here's one.
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  Speaker 1: Popped her clogs. Popter clogs? Yeah, it's British slang. Ready
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  Speaker 1: for what it means? Popter clogs means someone has died.
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  Speaker 1: It seems so informal, and yet it's very humorous. Popter clogs.
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  Speaker 1: The origin isn't really known, but we can really break
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  Speaker 1: it down here. Clogs are wooden shoes. When someone dies,
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  Speaker 1: that means the clogs are no longer in use. Then
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  Speaker 1: there's the butcher hook theory. Animals on hooks are clogs.
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  Speaker 1: Popped ones means the clogs have lifted up the cattle.
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  Speaker 1: Here's why so many people are still drawn to popped
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  Speaker 1: her clogs. The phrase has changed us socially. Humans are
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  Speaker 1: known for humor, slang, and metaphors. That's why popped her
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  Speaker 1: clogs actually really works. Look at all those other death-related
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  Speaker 1: phrases like kick the bucket, bought the farm, going to
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  Speaker 1: a better place. I mean, British humor, it kind of
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  Speaker 1: lightens things up a bit for this generation, and it
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  Speaker 1: has a way of mixing sadness with wit. So popular
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  Speaker 1: that it's been heard in many Monty Python movies, such
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  Speaker 1: as The Holy Grail. It's not just a phrase. She
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  Speaker 1: popped her clogs. Huh. It's slang that affects people and
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  Speaker 1: how we speak, how we survive, and sometimes make ourselves laughable.
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  Speaker 1: She popped her clogs. Something our parents would say. My
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