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ThePopeJones t1_jahsuey wrote

Oh God..... I remember going to Nee York city in high school in '03.

My gram warned me about Pourto Rican drug dealers. She said that they would hide under cars and pop out and blow drugs in your face to addict you......

I have no idea where she got the idea from. I've never heard it before or since.

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Kidgen t1_jahxkth wrote

Bahaha! My partner calls their grandma, Gram, and they are all from PA. She is also a bit of a nut! I friggin love her. Must be a Gram thing.

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ThePopeJones t1_jahzmlz wrote

Lol, I've heard the "gram" thing before. Never realized it was a regional thing until recently.

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Kidgen t1_jai0jrn wrote

Honestly I'm not sure if it is but it seems like everyone has a "Gram" here. My favorite part about it is she will smack my partner for biting their nails and I call it a "gram-slam"

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ThePopeJones t1_jai0v8p wrote

My gram HATES swearing. She will lay the smack down on anyone dropping an F-bomb in her hearing.

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dbe7 t1_jaiulll wrote

This was the big message in the 80s during "just say no". People supposedly had drugs injected against their will just once and then they were addicted for life.

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steampunkedunicorn t1_jakp9w2 wrote

My grandma said the same thing!! But it was Chinese people in San Francisco blowing opium in your face.

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ThePopeJones t1_jal3esr wrote

Damn! Did she also have this weird obsession with bees climbing into soda cans? Mine ABSOLUTELY knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that any unattended can of soda had a bee just waiting to sting the inside of your throat.....

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steampunkedunicorn t1_jalvnbf wrote

No, but I have first hand experience that's led me to always check my sodas for bees. I've had a couple extra spicy root beers lol

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fucklawyers t1_jak1ave wrote

I heard that one. Instead of NYC it was Brazil, and the drug was strychnine. The story was they’d blow it in your face, and you’d happily unload your entire house for them.

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