Do You Know what a "Bubbler" is...?

[ScreamingMeemie]

I'm just wondering if this was regional or not. :hi:

[Richardo]

1. I'm compelled to post: 'No sex threads'

:D

[ScreamingMeemie]

Heh.

Me? MrsGrumpy? Post a sex thread? NEVAH! ;) :hi:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. I sure do.

Both the weed smoking device and the type you get water out of. But I'm originally from Massachusetts.

[On the Road]

3. No, I Don't Know What a Bubbler is

and I'm in Maryland.

[AlCzervik]

4. i gotta get some watah at the bubblah

[HereSince1628]

5. Very regional...

ours are refrigerated...

[mark414]

6. as mentioned above

i am very familiar with both kinds of bubblers

a water fountain is something you find in a park, a bubbler is bolted to a wall, duh, i thought everyone knew that :shrug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. They didn't in Michigan. I got teased relentlessly.

I miss Wisconsin. :(

[no name no slogan]

33. That's funny-- the first time I heard it was from a Cheesehead

...and I'm from Minnesota. I don't here it used here at all, unless you're talking to somebody from New England or Wisconsin.

Weird.

[Terran]

7. It's aquarium equipment, isn't it?

The little thingy you hook up to make decorative bubbles rise from the bottom of the tank.

I also have an attachment for my garden hose called a bubbler. It's designed to make the water flow gently onto newly planted or delicate plants.

[jswordy]

11. That, too...aquarium equipment, yep...sho nuff.

[meegbear]

8. What's odd about that ...

is that the only places I've known that use the word are Michigan, Wisconsin and Massachusetts. I can see the first two, but there's some space in between.

[jswordy]

9. Same as a swirly in my hometown, girl.

Head in toilet...flush.

[MissMillie]

10. A drinking fountain

right?

[latteromden]

12. We definitely don't use that here, but I know the translation.

Yes, translation. ;)

[DBoon]

14. No flatulence jokes at DU!!!

I'll have none of this about "bubblers". What happens when you sit in a bathtub is not to be repeated here!

[crispini]

15. the only context I've ever heard that word used in

is as in "water pipe," not drinking fountain.

[progmom]

16. I live an hour away from you, and I don't know what it is.

:shrug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. I was born in Wisconsin. In Michigan they made fun of me.

:7 It's a drinking fountain. :hi:

[jswordy]

19. EWWWWWWWWW! I wouldn't want to drink there in Illinois...

...cuz yer head would be in the toilet.

[xmas74]

18. I know what one is but it is regional.

I lived in WI until I was a teenager (between there and the UP).
I moved to MO as a teen. They don't call it that here.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

20. It's regional (New England?) for "drinking fountain"

:-)

[Deep13]

32. Bingo!

I lived in MA until I was 24.

bubbler -- public drinking fountain
blinker-- turn signal
grinder-- big sandwich
pocketbook-- woman's hand bag
soda or tonic (Boston)-- carbonated soft drink
break-down-lane-- shoulder or berm
package store or packie-- liquor store
"ah-YUH"-- affirmative response
cellar-- basement
parlor-- living room
wicked-- very or extremely (Worcester only)

[PhuLoi]

21. Regional variant; northeastern term for water fountain;

souwthwestern var. n.: frequently unfortunate missestimation of one's own incidence of flatulence.

[short bus president]

22. I do now, thanks to my gorgeous GF from the North Central,

but prior to meeting her, I - like everyone else in the non-North Central - assumed that a bubbler was simply a waterpipe for schmooking the herb. :shrug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. North Central. You make us sound like a high school.

:P

[short bus president]

25. Ra Ra Ra

and Sis Boom Ba!

;-)

[Brewman_Jax]

24. Regional

The only people I've ever heard use that term are from New England. :hi:

[Earth_First]

26. Paraphernalia-related "bubbler"

If so, then yes. If not, I have no idea what your talking about.

:whistles while slowly backing out of thread; seemingly over interested in tracing out the structural integrity of the ceiling joists with pointed finger:

[bobthedrummer]

27. Born and raised in Milwaukee, so where is the bubbler located

here in The Lounge?

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

28. I know...

but only because I have a lot of cheesehead friends

[flvegan]

29. It's "bubblah" dammit.

Born and raised in Plymouth, MA and this is one pissa thread.

[Earth_First]

30. wicked pissah

;)

[Left Is Write]

31. Yes, I do, and yes, it is.

I call it a drinking fountain or water fountain.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

34. It's a type of sprinkler head

as used in landscaping irrigation systems. It's a low-flow head placed at or near the root system of a plant so the plant gets a nice concentrated drink of water.