Old slang term

[straw hat]

I am brain dead (not unusual). Back in the early 1900's men would often take their date out at night and pour gasoline or oil on a puddle of water and watch the rainbow effect of the moon light shining of the surface. There is an old expression for that but I just can't remember it. Does any one know. This has been eating me up for 2 days now.  Help!!

[Lifes2Short]

 Now this should generate some creative responses! 😂😂

[fishinwrench]

Sounds very romantic!  

Girls were so easy to entertain back then.  The hook-up spot for us when we were young was the library.  Because that's the only place girls were allowed by their parents to go without supervision.  

We were such good kids....just studying away at the library day after day, well into the night.  😇 

We are all very well read. 😊

[laker67]

moonlighting

[Ranger520vx]

Moonshining would be better 😁

[straw hat]

I thought it was moonlighting but I can't find a reference to it in any of the internet old sayings websites.  Are you sure Laker 67?

 

Don't worry, I won't ask about your age. lol

[fishinwrench]

Moonlighting means to work a second job.  

To dump oil in a puddle is called "polluting" and will get you cited by the EPA.  😊

[MrGiggles]

48 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Moonlighting means to work a second job.  

To dump oil in a puddle is called "polluting" and will get you cited by the EPA.  😊

Keeps the skeeters away though.

[tjm]

20 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Girls were so easy to entertain back then

In the early 1900s gasoline was likely a novelty in it's own right. Moonbows on a puddle would have been rare. I'm not even sure they had slang words back then.

[olfishead]

The real example of "a cheap date". Gasoline was probably around 2 cents a gallon back then.