"Give me a coupla battleships, a pan of Murphies on the

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"Give me a coupla battleships, a pan of Murphies on the main line, and a string of flats on the siding." It was the waiter's tum to look mystified.
"Cut the cow car off the Java train," continued the boomer, "and switch me a coupla life preservers for a Consolidation. It's a long drag to the next feed tank, and you had better fill the auxiliary to its full capacity."
"Say," cried the biscuit shooter, "I've only been on here a week, and you left me behind at the last stop."
"Excuse me," returned the brakeman. "I thought you were an old head. Give me a couple pork chops, fried potatoes, and a side order of
wheatcakes. Also a cup of black coffee and doughnuts. Fill the lunch
basket, too, for it'll be some time before I get to the next restaurant.
Put the coffee in the bottom and fill the upper deck with sandwiches
and pie."
~ "Great American Folklore" by Kemp P. Battle, Duleday & Co., 1986.