The first sentence is a common way of expressing extreme anger or frustration. A "pixy" is a mythical and tiny human, like a fairy. Where do you come off calling me Nick? A grammatically subtle expression. When someone asks you "Where do you come off" doing something, they are asking you how you have the nerve or arrogance to do it. Didn’t I tell you to never come panhandling around here? "To panhandle" is to beg for money or food on city streets. That rumhead spent 20 years in jail for poisoning a kid; If you know him, you must be a jailbird yourself. Two very dated terms: A "rumhead" was probably a slang word for an alcoholic, and a "jailbird" was a convict or someone who had spent time in either prison or jail. What are you, a hypnotist? A person who can place another person into a sleep-like or subconscious state, in order to control their mind or bodies. You have no papers, driver’s license, insurance policy, 4-F card, Zuzu’s petals. The various documents of modern life that help give a person an identity (except Zuzu’s petals, which are simply the leaves of a flower). Home, what home? :: Now shut up, cut it out! A wonderful and common expression which simply means "stop it!," often used when you want a person to stop lying, manipulating or doing something silly. You’re crazy, I think you’re screwy. An old-fashioned but charming word which means crazy. Ernie, take me home, I’ve gone off my nut. Another dated expression meaning to go crazy (Although it is still common to say that a person is nuts, meaning that they are crazy). Where do you live? :: Don’t you start pulling that stuff! "To pull" something in this context means to lie or manipulate. In this case, George can’t believe that Ernie doesn’t know who he is. Ernie, straighten me out here. I’ve got some bad liquor here, or something. "To straighten out" someone is to help them think clearly. Listen buddy, I live in a shack in Potter field and my wife ran away and took the kid. A ‘shack" is a tiny one room house, probably in poor condition and with no plumbing or other modern conveniences. Ok, just step on it. Get me home. A still used way of saying drive faster ("It" is the gas pedal of the car). We better keep an eye on this guy. He’s bats. "To keep an eye" on someone is to watch over them, in this case to make sure they don’t do any harm to someone else. "Bats" is another never used word to describe a crazy person. Both of you stood out on the porch and sung to us, don’t you remember? An outside addition to a house, with a floor and roof, but no walls. If you’re looking for a room, there’s no vacancy. In a hotel, a "vacancy" is an empty room that’s available to rent. Please help me until I get over it. "To get over" something is to recover from it,
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