According to the urban dictionary, the phrase comes from the old days when a lock was a plate mounted below the doorknob. When you turned the key, it gave a definite "Click" or "Tick" when the lock closed. So, to "tick a lock" meant you had turned the key so the door (mouth) was locked. But, there were also "skeleton" keys which could open your lock, but the way you got past that was to leave the key in the lock, partially turned, so another key could not be inserted from the other side. Ah, yes!! The good old days where things waxed romantic!! There is no substance to all the locks being just alike and making no sounds! To the pants leg always being caught on Andy's boot, I wore the boots as well, called Wellingtons, very comfortable and easy on/easy off. I was always being admonished to "get your pantleg off your boot!" That is the natural way for it to do when you stand or get out of a car. Leaving it alone made it more "down home" feeling. Now if they'd gone to the diner for some barbecue and hush puppies, that would have really set the scene of being in North Carolina! Welford TheCameraNut _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
