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Apr 9, 2012 | 03:35 PM

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bjewell

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Yuor first mistake was moving to Florida... ;- ) Jiffy stand has a nice archaic ring to it. I liked the originals which looked like bent soda straws...

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Apr 9, 2012 | 05:14 PM

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[QUOTE=brenn;9641833And the peanut butter is Jif, not Jiffy.[/QUOTE]

Oh sorry I should explain... They used to write the whole name JIFFY across the jar, until some dumb *** cop split the label in half with his kick stand, ever since it's been called JIF.

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Apr 9, 2012 | 05:32 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zeus33

Oh sorry I should explain... They used to write the whole name JIFFY across the jar, until some dumb *** cop split the label in half with his kick stand, ever since it's been called JIF.

Have you ever thought of a political career?

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Apr 9, 2012 | 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Scouser1

Hi can anyone tell me where the word jiffy comes from for the stand?
In the UK and also Australia it's called a side stand, why is it called a jiffy stand in America?
Thanks
Scouser

In my house it's called a kick stand. So not everyone here calls it a jiffy stand.

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Apr 9, 2012 | 08:57 PM

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randayn

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If your bike does not have a kick starter , is it really a kick stand?

Is it a kick stand because you kick it in and out? Quick and ez in a jiffy?

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Apr 9, 2012 | 11:08 PM

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Other Sheep

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I've never kicked my kickstand. Does that mean it's a jiffy stand? And I've never kicked my electric starter, what does that mean?

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Apr 10, 2012 | 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Other Sheep

I've never kicked my kickstand. Does that mean it's a jiffy stand? And I've never kicked my electric starter, what does that mean?

It means you don't need an anger management class...

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Apr 10, 2012 | 03:37 AM

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eagle56

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JIF peanut butter ???
Know it more as this
http://static.productreview.com.au/p...9ef7d49c46.jpg

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Apr 10, 2012 | 05:38 AM

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I call it a kick stand, like I have since Moby Dick was a minnow. Just like I call the choke a choke ****, not an enricher ****.

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Apr 10, 2012 | 06:29 AM

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"You'll have it up in a Jiffy"

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