He should just be glad it wasn’t Julie from Visa/Mastercard services calling about his cars extended warranty.Report
Interesting detail – one dictionary has that ‘Bushwa[h]’ at the time (1910s-1920s) was slang for ‘nonsense’ (and likely a bowdlerized form ‘bullshit’) https://www.thefreedictionary.com/bushwah
So it works on one level as that era’s ‘555’ trope but also as a more specific joke at the main character’s expense.Report
This is suspiciously specific.Report
He should just be glad it wasn’t Julie from Visa/Mastercard services calling about his cars extended warranty.Report
Interesting detail – one dictionary has that ‘Bushwa[h]’ at the time (1910s-1920s) was slang for ‘nonsense’ (and likely a bowdlerized form ‘bullshit’)
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/bushwah
So it works on one level as that era’s ‘555’ trope but also as a more specific joke at the main character’s expense.Report