Have you ever heard this expression?

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Have you ever heard this expression?
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Thu, 01-10-2008 - 3:47pm
My granddaughter Sara will be 4 middle of this month and I am working on painting a mouse inside the pocket of a couple of jeans I found on sale at Target for her. I had painted a pocket with a mouse in it on a sweatshirt for my mil a long time ago and I think it was her favorite gift since in their family when she would say "We are going to do ..." her husband would look at her and say, "Who's this 'we' woman? You and that mouse you have in your pocket?" Well my parents said that some too and I was wondering if it was a Midwestern saying or if others had heard of it too. My neighbor is from New Mexico and Wyoming and apparently they don't have mice in their pockets. She had never heard the expression before. Maybe that's why her hubby is so handy around her house? Probably my dil will just think I'm nuts but then she probably already thinks it.

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Thu, 01-10-2008 - 4:56pm
Oh, yeah, I've heard that AND used it all my life. My Dad was a midwesterner, but he's not the one I usually heard it from. My mom is a native NW-er, but raised by German immigrants. So.....maybe it's universal?
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Thu, 01-10-2008 - 5:38pm
I've lived in Wisconsin all my life and all my family are of German roots and I've never heard the saying.

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Thu, 01-10-2008 - 5:58pm
I grew up in Illinois......never heard it there or here in Tennessee!
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Thu, 01-10-2008 - 6:12pm

Hi Bobbie


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Thu, 01-10-2008 - 8:46pm

I never heard it either


cute


and cute idea to paint the mouse in the pocket


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Thu, 01-10-2008 - 9:38pm
Yep, I've heard it and used it many times. Not only did my family use it, but many neighbors did, too. I love the idea of painting a mouse peeking out of the pocket!

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Thu, 01-10-2008 - 10:39pm

Yup...my father-in-law would say that all the time....and others here too....MN....What a cute idea!!!


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Sun, 01-13-2008 - 2:28am
"You and that mouse you have in your pocket?" ,,,,Oh ya! Born in Germany and raised in California...heard it a hundred times or more from many people.



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Sun, 01-13-2008 - 10:19am

we do have lots of sayings here in wisconsin..i myself never heard that one..that was cute though,when your fil said who you and the mouse in your pocket..LOL..hey that would make a cute ode..whatdaysay..bb...a mouse in my pocket....by mindy loo poo


i put on my sweats today


and found a lump within,


it was wiggling and jiggling


when i peaked inside it grinned! :o))


i think my hair then stood on end


what could this creature be?


a furry little mass of warmth


smiling up

    

                      

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Sun, 01-13-2008 - 11:01am

HI Mindy


Cute ode I like it thanks!!


Love ya


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