So, what was it my Father said in Not Good English? He often
said, “Don’t worry about nontin.” All these years later (he died in February
of 1966) his tongue-in-cheek ditty would be coming into fruition for Corner
Grocery Store Owners like him (if there were any corner grocery store owners like
him still out there).
Here’s how it would work...
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He would go to his nearest print shop and have
the above Warning Sign printed up.
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He would only need 1 sign.
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He would dig out 1 thumb tack and thumb it to the wall right
inside his corner front door.
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He could then sit back and relax and not worry
about nontin (yea, I know that’s a Bad English Double Negative).
That’s right, customers could be repeatedly bitten by his
own dog or any other dog that happened to be in his little corner grocery store
and he would not be liable because he had thumb tacked that little sign inside
his little corner grocery store and now, he was worrying about nontin.
In Today’s Litigious Society there would be a fly in his
ointment but not back in his day. Today he would need several more signs and
several more thumb tacks. That’s because today he would have to tack up several
more signs outside his store because he would certainly be sued by bitten
customers who were approaching his store but were not actually in his store. It’s
the Intent To Enter Provision.
In my Daddy’s day, if the Intent To Enter Provision were
raised in a courtroom the Judge would certainly have said, “Get Out Of My Courtroom!”
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
