Pluggers by Rick McKee for February 01, 2023

I would guess that it refers to St. Peter

Like “great Scott!” in Superman and Back to the Future?

And Heavens to Betsy! Who is this Betsy person and is her last name Murgatroid?

We know who Holy Moses refers to. But did you know that Ludvig Schytte was actually a well-known Danish musician and composer? His shorter works are still used today as educational studies for piano students. Can you imagine them saying, “Mom, I have to go practice some Schytte”?

And just who is Jehoshaphat, and why is he jumping? Hmmm…

yeah….and who’s Hannah?

My mom was always talking about robbing Peter to pay Paul. As a little squirt, I thought my parents were criminals until I learned what the term meant.

Probably the Pete of Peter’s Principle.

Potentially slightly less offensive than ‘Dad Gummit!’

Alouette, gentille alouetteAlouette, je te plumeraiJe te plumerai la têteJe te plumerai la tête

I think “Pete’s” not the only one we call on whom we don’t know.

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

So you’re telling me that pluggers are unfamiliar with Simon Peter, Cephas, Prince of the Apostles. St. Peter. The guy at the pearly gates. That guy. Pluggers have never heard of him. You sure about that? You sure about that, Pluggers? I don’t want to get into an argument or anything, but I gotta say that I myself am not so sure about that.

I know who one of the Pete’s is – he was my grandfather! LOL

It’s better than taking the Lord’s Name in vain!

My mother would proclaim “Oh SPIT!” in an obvious substitution for the bad ‘S’ word. The only time I ever heard her say the real word was when my father put in a new kitchen counter top, and accidentally burned it with the heat gun.

Pete was a young guy I knew who died around 1981 from a gunshot wound. It appeared to be accidental and self-inflicted. The only Pete I recall.

If you had an idea who Pete is, you wouldn’t be saying that, now would you?