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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
Tue May 14, 2019, 03:33 PM May 2019

"Doris Day Parking"

A friend taught me an expression I still use all the time: “Doris Day Parking.” It’s when there is an open spot directly in front of the store/bank you are going to — because there always was one in her movies.

RIP Doris. I will think of you whenever I find fortuitous parking.



I knew a delightful man who would demand the entire car break into a rousing chorus of "Que Sera Sera" whenever he had to find parking


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"Doris Day Parking" (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 OP
Ha! In real life she rode a bicycle (at home) well into advanced age... hlthe2b May 2019 #1
Our family has used that for years! bif May 2019 #2

bif

(22,697 posts)
2. Our family has used that for years!
Tue May 14, 2019, 04:09 PM
May 2019

I first heard the expression "A Doris Day parking spot" on CBC radio from Laurie Brown.

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