Originally Posted by SGR

Have I used this phrase twice? You've been keeping count?

To be honest, there's an old greybeard I work with at my job who uses it frequently - and while I've heard the phrase before him, it was only after his frequent usage I adopted it for myself.

From Oxford:

druthers noun
/ˈdrʌðəz/
/ˈdrʌðərz/
[plural] (North American English, informal)
​used to say what you would prefer if you could choose
If I had my druthers I wouldn't be going to this meeting.

late 19th century: from a US regional pronunciation of I'd rather, contraction of would rather --> druthers.

It's only now I realized that this is a North American thing. Us Americans get all the cool words since we kicked the Brits to the curb.

Originally Posted by jwb

A middle class job sounds like a boring menu option at a brothel