Does any woman who was a teenager in the late 1950s remember the phrase 'Charley's dead'? What did it mean?

Question

Keep smilinh June, it's a British thing.

Answer 1

Pardon me, your slip is showing!

But do you remember the rejoinder: "Better bury him!"?

Answer 2

What an odd thing to say!  I wonder what relationship Charley's life had with a slip.

I wore a slip a few weeks ago, getting ready to go to church.  Hubby told me "It's snowing down south".  That phrase irritated the heck out of me!  I have no idea why.  Is it so hard to say "your slip is showing."?

Answer 3

First time I've heard of that, I graduated high school in '54

Answer 4

Geez, where's Jeff when ya need him.  

Answer 5

Your slip was showing.

Answer 6

"Charley's dead" meant that your slip was showing beneath your skirt.

I have no idea how that phrase ever got started - but it was used frequently at the girls school I went to.  

CJ

Answer 7

Yes I do remember not heard it for years it means that your underskirt is showing below your dress not many peiople wear underskirts these days thanks for the trip down memory lane

Answer 8

Am not a woman but I think it was a reference to the fact that her slip (underskirt) or pettiecoat was showing

Answer 9

As a young boy I remember people saying this when a woman's petticoat was showing.

Answer 10

We use to say "it's snowing down south" when a person's slip was showing.

Answer 11

yes slip showing

Answer 12

Gosh I do remember that ! ! !   It was a means of saying "Your slip is showing" by not calling attention to it . . . .Teenagers of today are now wondering . . .What's a slip ? ? ? ?

Answer 13

I'm only sixteen and am ASHAMED to say that I have little/ or no clue as to what a slip is.  That makes me ignorant!

Answer 14

I remember Kilroy Was Here will that do..