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Production Mistakes I think they Made on the Movie
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: nic on March 20, 2007, 05:26:47 am ---Actually a mangle is/was a set of two rollers through which you pass the wet laundry to wring out as much water as possible. Could be nasty if you caught your fingers in it!
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Oooh! A "mangle" is a "wringer"! ;D When I was little my maternal grandmother had what we called a "wringer washer." It was a washing machine with an electric-powered agitator for washing the clothes, but then you had to manually pass the wet clothes through the "wringer" to wring out the water. The wringer was also electrically powered (in the "old days" I understand you had to crank 'em by hand).
Needless to say, little Jeff Wrangler wasn't allowed anywhere near that electrically powered "wringer." ;D
These "wringer washers" apparently gave rise to the American expression, "See you in the wash, if I don't get caught in the wringer!" ;D
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on March 20, 2007, 08:52:11 am ---These "wringer washers" apparently gave rise to the American expression, "See you in the wash, if I don't get caught in the wringer!" ;D
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Hmm ... Are you sure that's not just a Pennsylvania expression, Jeff? :laugh: I have heard the expression to "put (someone) through the wringer" as in, to subject them to harsh questioning or reprimanding or an ordeal of some sort.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on March 20, 2007, 10:10:29 am ---Hmm ... Are you sure that's not just a Pennsylvania expression, Jeff? :laugh: I have heard the expression to "put (someone) through the wringer" as in, to subject them to harsh questioning or reprimanding or an ordeal of some sort.
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I wouldn't know, but last time I checked, Pennsylvania was still in America. They haven't kicked us out--yet--for voting for Kerry. ;D
Regardless, I'm sure that's where "to put someone through the wringer" came from.
Can you imagine, "to put someone through the mangle"? Eeew. ... :laugh:
RossInIllinois:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on March 20, 2007, 10:30:58 am ---I wouldn't know, but last time I checked, Pennsylvania was still in America. They haven't kicked us out--yet--for voting for Kerry. ;D
Regardless, I'm sure that's where "to put someone through the wringer" came from.
Can you imagine, "to put someone through the mangle"? Eeew. ... :laugh:
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FYI a Mangle is different than a wringer similar, but different. A Mangle can wring but also presses large items such as table cloths and sheets.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: RossInIllinois on March 20, 2007, 09:26:04 pm ---FYI a Mangle is different than a wringer similar, but different. A Mangle can wring but also presses large items such as table cloths and sheets.
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The way nic used the term, sounds like mainly a size thing. But size does matter. ... ;)
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