Fair to “MIDLAND”?!?! …Guys, the phrase is “Fair to middlin”. Even “middling” would be acceptable. Ask your moms, or anybody over 50. Or Google it. “Midland” makes no sense at all.
MrJimCos is ABSOLUTELY right! I AM somebody’s Mom, so I know! Ha ha, I actually came to read comments in case I was missing something, and the the cartoonist intentionally misused the expression! There is a Midland, Michigan, for example, so I wondered…alas it appears to be an error!
When our daughter was 5 or 6, we were watching TV, the dialog included the word ‘vagina’. My daughter asked us what a ‘vagina’ was, I glanced over at my wife and she had the deer in the headlights look going so I simply responded, “It’s like a VCR”.
I admit I am not familiar with the rock band, and I know about the fair cities named Midland scattered about the US, and there are likely many persons with the name “Midland” However I still stand by my opinion that the only sensible response to the question being asked would NOT include a reference to any of them. “Fair to middlin(g)” would be the appropriate response.
rubinocreative Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Well, DO you have to be French or what?
Templo S.U.D. almost 12 years ago
Do you have to be Scandinavian in order to like Marvel Comics’ “Thor”? He and Loki are based on Scandinavian mythology.
paultolfree almost 12 years ago
the’re not bad at toast
scoobetta almost 12 years ago
Midland? Should be… fair to middlin’.
jimcos almost 12 years ago
Fair to “MIDLAND”?!?! …Guys, the phrase is “Fair to middlin”. Even “middling” would be acceptable. Ask your moms, or anybody over 50. Or Google it. “Midland” makes no sense at all.
lily245pj almost 12 years ago
Oh No..he is growing up fast.
Simon Seamount almost 12 years ago
“fair to middling”
Mary Morris almost 12 years ago
MrJimCos is ABSOLUTELY right! I AM somebody’s Mom, so I know! Ha ha, I actually came to read comments in case I was missing something, and the the cartoonist intentionally misused the expression! There is a Midland, Michigan, for example, so I wondered…alas it appears to be an error!
jcm1655 almost 12 years ago
I like to Australian KISS
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Risitis? “Dah Strip”?
tagteam almost 12 years ago
I’ll bet middlin’ wasn’t in his spell checker and he wasn’t paying attention when it corrected itself.
Canoe-full almost 12 years ago
When our daughter was 5 or 6, we were watching TV, the dialog included the word ‘vagina’. My daughter asked us what a ‘vagina’ was, I glanced over at my wife and she had the deer in the headlights look going so I simply responded, “It’s like a VCR”.
exfatman Premium Member almost 12 years ago
i wasn’t sure if midland was an error or part of the joke i didn’t get….def middlin’
brianstack almost 12 years ago
@mRJimCos,Perhaps Tony and Gary are into music:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_to_Midland
calspace almost 12 years ago
French kissing and letters have to do with the country’s more sexually exotic reputation. French fries are actually “frenched,” cut into thin strips.
wholescot Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Thank you Simon. Fair to midland drove me nuts.
jimcos almost 12 years ago
I admit I am not familiar with the rock band, and I know about the fair cities named Midland scattered about the US, and there are likely many persons with the name “Midland” However I still stand by my opinion that the only sensible response to the question being asked would NOT include a reference to any of them. “Fair to middlin(g)” would be the appropriate response.