That is the way things happen;that's life.[from 1955][1]
1955 February 2, “Dig This Man--The Craziest!”, inThe Cincinnati Post, volume74, number16, Cincinnati, Oh.,page19:
Are you up to par with the hep talk that is going around schools like Norwood High?[…] While standing by the H2o spurt (water fountain) we overheard the following conversation between two really gone (neat) guys. “[…] It was a blind date, and boy did I flip (go mad) when I got a gaze at her! That dirty bird (guy that pulls a dirty trick) that fixed me up with her! I spent a whole chlorophyl George (one dollar bill) on her. Oh well,that’s the way the cookie crumbles (that’s life!)[…]” (Taken from N. H. S. Mirror)
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