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LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 11:41 AM Mar 2017

Do you know any old "sayings" or phrases that are humorous or interesting?

This morning I replied to a thread and I was reminded of an old phrase my Great Grandpa used. I have always been fascinated by our language and how it has evolved. I enjoy watching old shows like Twilight Zone and notice subtle changes from as little as 50 years ago.

Anyway, my Great Grandpa had alot of "sayings." The one I used in my reply was, "Go to hell and pump thunder." I will not pretend to know exactly how this phrase came into existence, but I can see how thunder and hell could both be considered bad things.

Do any of you have any phrases from your past that have fallen out of use? I would really like to hear them, even if they are still used but possibly not known to younger generations. I can remember other things my Great Grandpa said, but not all of them would be suitable for the forum.

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Do you know any old "sayings" or phrases that are humorous or interesting? (Original Post) LOL Lib Mar 2017 OP
Trump makes me as nervous as a long tailed cat Dustlawyer Mar 2017 #1
That is awesome! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #3
My Swedish grandmother had one that I use quite often. Arkansas Granny Mar 2017 #2
Love it! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #4
I like that one. Iggo Mar 2017 #6
I like the "Bob" ones. Iggo Mar 2017 #5
Haha! Yes I have heard those for sure. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #8
Yessiree BobTAIL! trof Apr 2017 #176
Crazy as a Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2017 #7
Love this one too. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #9
Never teach a pig to sing... WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #10
Awesome examples! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #11
Just remembered: "Hurry up kid, you are slower than Christmas and it only comes around once a year!" LOL Lib Mar 2017 #39
Lol! I haven't heard that one in eons. WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #42
Aww! That is cute! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #44
I've heard that one too but my dad... WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #46
and a quarter to his balls Marthe48 Mar 2017 #150
Probably 'half -past'? trof Apr 2017 #175
Yes, that's right. I don't know why I messed that up... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #187
Two hairs past a freckle. (No watch) trof Apr 2017 #182
Cool... I've not heard it that way before. nt WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #188
Never 'TRY' to teach a pig to sing... trof Apr 2017 #177
That would probably be more accurate... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #186
"Pig in a parlour," or "a bull in a china closet," Alice11111 Apr 2017 #214
Another one I just remembered, "Trump is so ugly he would stop an 8 day clock!" LOL Lib Mar 2017 #12
If my dog looked like Trump, I'd shave his butt and make him walk backwards! n/t brewens Mar 2017 #155
That's a great one! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #166
If you can't say anything nice, MosheFeingold Mar 2017 #13
Yiddish wins the thread! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #17
"Come sit by me". - Alice Roosevelt trof Apr 2017 #181
Finer than Hayduke Bomgarte Mar 2017 #14
Very fine indeed! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #18
Spit three ways. eom littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #106
My Mom's Favorite Bayard Mar 2017 #15
Ah yes, I'm guilty of this unfortunately. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #19
My grandmother said that a lot. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #213
I can guarantee that this is hardly used TlalocW Mar 2017 #16
Oooh those are very colorful. Thanks! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #20
Another version of the "Is the Pope Catholic?" reply is "Is a bullfrog waterproof?" pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #21
LOL, does a fat hog fart? LOL Lib Mar 2017 #22
Does Dolly Parton sleep on her back? OxQQme Mar 2017 #52
OMG!!! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #56
Does a goose go barefoot? Does a bear sh*t in the woods? Grammy23 Mar 2017 #48
Busier than a one-armed paper hanger frogmarch Mar 2017 #23
Busier than a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #24
:-D frogmarch Mar 2017 #26
Yes! whathehell Mar 2017 #72
Busier than a one armed man in an ass kicking contest! trof Apr 2017 #179
Haha LOL Lib Apr 2017 #183
With fleas (NT) amerikat Mar 2017 #154
My mom used to call me a frogmarch Mar 2017 #25
I have never heard that one! It is very appropriate when seen in the pic next to a huge horse! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #27
When my mom had had enough of her children's behavior TeapotInATempest Mar 2017 #28
My dad would tell us to go play on the freeway! Dustlawyer Mar 2017 #32
Is it terrible that this made me laugh? TeapotInATempest Mar 2017 #33
If the kids were running around my husband would tell them what his grampa used to tell him appleannie1943 Mar 2017 #65
Hahaha never heard that one! VOX Apr 2017 #184
my mom's version "Hells Bells and Panther Tracks" no I don't know why nt yellowdogintexas Apr 2017 #220
"Doomed if you do and doomed if you don't." pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #29
I still hear it, but damned if you do, and damned if you don't. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #215
If I tell you a chicken has lips, look under her wing for a can of Skoal. brush Mar 2017 #30
One of my Faux pas Mar 2017 #31
"Sometimes you kill the bear, sometimes the bear kills you" oberliner Mar 2017 #34
the rooster crows, but the hen delivers the goods Skittles Mar 2017 #35
I'm totally going to be using this one! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #36
Every time Grandpa drove past the cemetery FakeNoose Mar 2017 #37
It is hilarious, I'm going to file that one away to use on my kids and grandkids. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #38
The old one GP6971 Mar 2017 #160
My uncle always said something like that. He said "the water around here isn't fit to drink. japple Mar 2017 #43
the compliment to the cemetery one is.... JCinNYC Apr 2017 #219
"It's colder than a well digger's ass in Alaska." LOL Lib Mar 2017 #40
Cold enough to freeze the nuts off a steel bridge. OxQQme Mar 2017 #53
Nice!! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #57
My dad always said "It is cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey". appleannie1943 Mar 2017 #63
Finding the origin of these old sayings is the most fascinating part to me. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #80
I thought it meant that brass didn't freeze oldcynic Apr 2017 #196
On a ship, the plate was called a monkey. It was made of brass. It had indentations for appleannie1943 Apr 2017 #205
Colder than the north side of a south bound polar bear. GoneOffShore Mar 2017 #142
"He's so stupid he couldn't piss a hole straight in the snow." The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #41
Colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra was the one I heard. ROFL! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #45
One really cold day this past winter, a friend of mine..... lastlib Mar 2017 #74
That is full of WIN! She sure looks and acts like a wicked witch! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #81
"Doesn't have the sense God gave geese". TuxedoKat Mar 2017 #47
Ooh that one is nasty but I like it! :D LOL Lib Mar 2017 #49
Oh go fry ice! . . n/t annabanana Mar 2017 #50
I used to fry ice cream!! SwissTony Apr 2017 #180
As Turbineguy Mar 2017 #51
LOL that's extremely fucked up. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #58
Sucks like a soup bean sandwich Marthe48 Mar 2017 #151
Very appropriate saying for the Trump supporters "They bought doc03 Mar 2017 #54
Ahh I have heard this one, but never understood what it meant. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #59
I quess back years ago when there was a shortage meat you could buy doc03 Mar 2017 #64
Pig in a poke might have originated in Western Pennsylvania FakeNoose Mar 2017 #70
Are yinz from Picksburgh? dchill Mar 2017 #107
Yep FakeNoose Mar 2017 #122
About 75 miles north. dchill Mar 2017 #137
One origin story I heard Nac Mac Feegle Mar 2017 #139
My understanding too . If it is in a poke look inside and make sure you got a piggie lunasun Mar 2017 #163
An old Bluegrass Kentucky saying - dinger130 Mar 2017 #55
Took me a minute, but I now I get it. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #60
Hustle your bustle mercuryblues Mar 2017 #61
It ain't over till the fat lady sings. appleannie1943 Mar 2017 #62
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" you can determine how old a doc03 Mar 2017 #66
Ah brilliant! Never quite understood this one until now. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #82
I read that if President Truman wanted to have a drink with someone. dubyadiprecession Mar 2017 #67
That is as good a reason to drink as I can imagine. :) LOL Lib Mar 2017 #83
If it ain't broke, don't fix it cos dem Mar 2017 #68
I use this one and believe that it is a wise creed to live by. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #85
to quote my old infantry platoon sergeant TEB Mar 2017 #69
Love it! Someone needs to send this to Drumpf! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #86
My chiropractor laughed out loud madamesilverspurs Mar 2017 #71
I have heard it but never really understood the origin. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #87
Lots I can't remember but one has always stuck with me rurallib Mar 2017 #73
The pork chop one is classic. I love them all. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #89
Rodney Dangerfield Marthe48 Mar 2017 #152
I think this is pretty southern, Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #75
I am from the south too! I have heard versions of that. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #96
I'm fixin' to be all over you like a rooster on a June bug luvMIdog Mar 2017 #76
Haha! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #97
Good quotes are as rare as rocking horse shit! Doodley Mar 2017 #77
That one is a keeper! I never heard it before and will enjoy using it! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #94
My mom would always say "I am mad about....."(insert something she applegrove Mar 2017 #78
That is actually very cute. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #99
She was scientific. A one and only. Her father was born in 1882. Her mom applegrove Mar 2017 #111
Tough titties, said the kitty, when the milk ran dry Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #79
I learned the tough titty one a little differently... LOL Lib Mar 2017 #92
My dad was a man of very few words, and never used profanity. 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #84
LOL LOL Lib Mar 2017 #91
Mom had a few. Can only think of 2 right now: Panich52 Mar 2017 #88
Cat fur to make kitten britches! I have heard! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #90
Couple more... Panich52 Mar 2017 #117
Rofl LOL Lib Mar 2017 #123
New one. :) Panich52 Mar 2017 #143
"Raining like a cow pissin on a flat rock" pnwest Mar 2017 #93
LMAO LOL Lib Mar 2017 #95
Another southern sayin': Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #98
Laffy Kat, you just described Donald J. Drumpf to a tee! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #100
You're right! Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #110
"Every day above ground is a good day." Adsos Letter Mar 2017 #101
We had a retired Baptist minister that lived across the street when I was a teen. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #103
They put whitey on the moon, Rollo Mar 2017 #102
Drumpf "doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground." LOL Lib Mar 2017 #104
Shinola was a brand of shoe polish way back when Trailrider1951 Mar 2017 #109
Thanks! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #124
Remember the song "What a Wonderful World" Wolf Frankula Mar 2017 #161
It's now a wristwatch brand... VOX Apr 2017 #189
When you reach the end of your rope Lebam in LA Mar 2017 #105
Being born here doesn't make you a southerner; missingthebigdog Mar 2017 #108
The best cures for depression Jamaal510 Mar 2017 #112
My mom: " I only trust him as far as I can throw him" and "Handsome is as Handsome does" wishstar Mar 2017 #115
I like that ! lunasun Mar 2017 #170
learning is a series of mistakes Hamlette Mar 2017 #113
So true! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #126
He was shakin' ... sl8 Mar 2017 #114
That is such a good one, it paints a vivid picture! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #128
An old one I still use Wolf Frankula Mar 2017 #116
Haha! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #127
You'll shit pressbox69 Mar 2017 #118
Omg! I remember that but haven't heard since my gramps passed. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #125
Even a blind hog gets an acorn now and then Cairycat Mar 2017 #119
Great ones! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #129
A variant: Trump thinks he's hot shit on a silver platter... VOX Apr 2017 #185
Less civilized people "lived out in the tules." hunter Mar 2017 #120
He's an asshole from the word 'go'. mikeargo Mar 2017 #121
I have heard it and grew up down south. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #132
"He didn't know whether to shit or go blind so retread Mar 2017 #147
Some are personal, some I just like. Behind the Aegis Mar 2017 #130
Love them all! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #133
My Dad used to tell my brother redstatebluegirl Mar 2017 #131
Oh that's a good one! I heard a less colorful version... LOL Lib Mar 2017 #134
Geez, we & our grandparents weren't nearly the snowflakes of today. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #212
When someone gets you mad, tell them to... mikeargo Mar 2017 #135
Good one sir. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #136
Or to go pound sand lunasun Mar 2017 #164
Mean as a junkyard dog. More... Alice11111 Mar 2017 #138
Red or yellow, black or white... radical noodle Apr 2017 #204
Yeah, that too. Sorry. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #207
My mom and grandmother would be pleased radical noodle Apr 2017 #216
Oh good, grandmothers are the best. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #217
A new one that I heard somewhere: Nac Mac Feegle Mar 2017 #140
If one of us kids turned our noses up on some foods, especially if she went to lengths to make it, Thor_MN Mar 2017 #141
Where were you when the brains were handed out? ailsagirl Mar 2017 #144
Jackson...... fNord Mar 2017 #145
You're about as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle... Callmecrazy Mar 2017 #146
Can we go foreign? At a Bengali wedding, you wear a pith hat Recursion Mar 2017 #148
Courtesy of my Grandad Dakotacrat Mar 2017 #149
Yes, by cracky! "Squealin' like a pig under a gate" is one. I'll think of some more. n/t brewens Mar 2017 #153
By cracky! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #167
Action talks Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #156
I thought it was BS talks, and action walks. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #211
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. (NT) amerikat Mar 2017 #157
You're sweet enough to pour on a plate and sop up with a biscuit. wyldwolf Mar 2017 #158
One of my first camping trips I was told for the first of many times rurallib Mar 2017 #159
OMG!!! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #168
I don't think so - just a wee(hehe) bit stunned rurallib Mar 2017 #172
If Pigs had wings, they'd be pigeons. Wolf Frankula Mar 2017 #162
Land sakes! Marthe48 Mar 2017 #165
Great List! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #169
Slicker than snot on a glass doorknob. Jane Austin Mar 2017 #171
Variant: Slicker'n owl shit on suede shoes. VOX Apr 2017 #192
From me Irish mother after I did a not so good job of a chore... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #173
Watching "Mountain Monsters" & heard another one fm WV: Panich52 Apr 2017 #174
Lmao! LOL Lib Apr 2017 #178
Do my best to add to such lists :). Will try to chk back Panich52 Apr 2017 #200
just saw this on FB mattvermont Apr 2017 #190
Were you standing behind the door when God was handing out the brains? Still Blue in PDX Apr 2017 #191
Well, heres a few I recall. Jack-o-Lantern Apr 2017 #193
"I don't care if it harelips the governor!" VOX Apr 2017 #194
I'm so mad I could spit tacks! OrwellwasRight Apr 2017 #195
so many memories... oldcynic Apr 2017 #197
"Hitch in your getalong," means someone is limping or walking funny, Alice11111 Apr 2017 #210
My grandpa used to say Texasgal Apr 2017 #198
"I didn't how him from Adam's housecat" (my mom)...... steve2470 Apr 2017 #199
My grandmother had a New Glasgow, Nova Scotia accent. She used applegrove Apr 2017 #201
one my mom liked lost-in-nj Apr 2017 #202
Here Are a Couple Leith Apr 2017 #203
Has anyone said littlemissmartypants Apr 2017 #206
He's pissing on my leg and telling me it's raining. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #208
"His/my give a shitter is broken." Alice11111 Apr 2017 #209
My wife has a girlfriend who knows the ultimate single woman's lament DFW Apr 2017 #218

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
8. Haha! Yes I have heard those for sure.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 11:57 AM
Mar 2017

Thanks for the reply.

I am at work, so I may not be able to get back to every reply until tonight!

trof

(54,255 posts)
176. Yessiree BobTAIL!
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 06:19 PM
Apr 2017

No idea what that means except I guess it means you absolutely agree with whatever was said?

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
10. Never teach a pig to sing...
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 11:59 AM
Mar 2017

It's a waste of time and annoys the pig.

Slower than molasses going uphill (to which I've always added, on a icy cold Winter day, or such)

As useless as tits on a boar hog.

I love using older sayings when opportunity knocks but these are prob the ones I use the most often.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
11. Awesome examples!
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 12:05 PM
Mar 2017

I never heard the teach a pig to sing saying!!!

Useless as tits on a boar hog is one I love and have heard many times! These are great!

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
42. Lol! I haven't heard that one in eons.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 05:25 PM
Mar 2017

I just remembered one my dad used to use a lot when I'd ask him what time it was...
Half-passed kissing time.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
44. Aww! That is cute!
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 05:38 PM
Mar 2017

I have heard half-passed a monkey's ass. LOL, I think my grand dad just made stuff up to be honest.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
46. I've heard that one too but my dad...
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 05:53 PM
Mar 2017

who's 95 and still 'forked end down' (there's another oldie), has never been one to use 'cuss' words not even a rather blasé one like ass. He's very old school in some ways.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
186. That would probably be more accurate...
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 07:00 PM
Apr 2017

although I'm sure pigs are smart enough that they can be taught to 'sing' like my Westie is, I'm not sure we'd want to listen to it.

Anyway, I was quoting my late MIL and that's exactly how she said it. I think might have been because it flowed off the tongue easier.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
17. Yiddish wins the thread!
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 12:35 PM
Mar 2017

Donald trump is an alter cocker and he can kish mein tuchas aran!

I probably screwed up the kish mein tuchas spelling.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
19. Ah yes, I'm guilty of this unfortunately.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 12:38 PM
Mar 2017

I think we all have made this mistake out of anger or frustration.

TlalocW

(15,358 posts)
16. I can guarantee that this is hardly used
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 12:31 PM
Mar 2017

It was kind of a private joke, but it always made me laugh

My best friend's grandma liked to tell his grandpa, "Ferme la bouche," which is French for shut your mouth, to which he would invariably reply, "Hash-ka on the pah-hah," which he said translates to, "The cat pissed on the pump handle."

We don't see each other that much anymore, but when we do, one of us will normally trot it out at inappropriate times in the conversation. "My kid had mumps last month." "Well, you know what they say - hashka on the pah-hah."

TlalocW

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
21. Another version of the "Is the Pope Catholic?" reply is "Is a bullfrog waterproof?"
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 12:42 PM
Mar 2017

A songwriter friend once had a bet with another songwriter about which one could be the first to issue a recording using the bullfrog line. My friend won with his song, 'I'd Run Red Lights for You,' which incuded the lines:

You ask me if I love you babe
Is a bullfrog waterproof?

Grammy23

(5,808 posts)
48. Does a goose go barefoot? Does a bear sh*t in the woods?
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 06:13 PM
Mar 2017

Is the pope Catholic?

Is a pork chop greasy?

frogmarch

(12,145 posts)
23. Busier than a one-armed paper hanger
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 12:45 PM
Mar 2017

is what my mom used to say she was when she was busier than a one-armed paper hanger.

whathehell

(28,969 posts)
72. Yes!
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:53 PM
Mar 2017

One of my dad's favorites, although I think it may have been "unluckier than....(said unfortunate man)'






frogmarch

(12,145 posts)
25. My mom used to call me a
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 12:55 PM
Mar 2017

skinny rump strap when I was a wiry young kid too busy to eat. I had no idea what a rump strap was. Mom was born in 1903, so she did. I still have no idea what being thin had to do with a rump strap.

Picture showing a rump strap:

https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/jp2.py?data=/service/afc/afc1991021/afc1991021_43636.jp2&res=2#h=672&w=985

TeapotInATempest

(804 posts)
28. When my mom had had enough of her children's behavior
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 01:11 PM
Mar 2017

She'd threaten to knock us into next Tuesday, lol.

Also, my father didn't swear (weird as he was an ex-sailor), but when he was really angry he'd exclaim, "Hell's bells!".

Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
32. My dad would tell us to go play on the freeway!
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 03:36 PM
Mar 2017

He didn't know that we took him literally a few times, our street ended at a new highway.

appleannie1943

(1,303 posts)
65. If the kids were running around my husband would tell them what his grampa used to tell him
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:04 PM
Mar 2017

"Sit down and give your butt a surprise"

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
29. "Doomed if you do and doomed if you don't."
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 01:15 PM
Mar 2017

My ex had a way of mangling sayings to amusing effect. That was the most memorable.

brush

(53,469 posts)
30. If I tell you a chicken has lips, look under her wing for a can of Skoal.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 01:37 PM
Mar 2017

Also: Happy as a fat rat in a cheese factory.

Faux pas

(14,582 posts)
31. One of my
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 01:48 PM
Mar 2017

favorites is our family 'motto', and we still use it. "When in danger and in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!"

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
34. "Sometimes you kill the bear, sometimes the bear kills you"
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 03:44 PM
Mar 2017

Also:

"No one ever misses a slice from a cut loaf"

FakeNoose

(32,346 posts)
37. Every time Grandpa drove past the cemetery
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 05:06 PM
Mar 2017

... he'd say "People are dying to get in there."

He thought it was hilarious, and all the grandkids did too.


japple

(9,773 posts)
43. My uncle always said something like that. He said "the water around here isn't fit to drink.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 05:26 PM
Mar 2017

All the cemeteries are full of people who drank it."

JCinNYC

(366 posts)
219. the compliment to the cemetery one is....
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 11:51 AM
Apr 2017

As a father & son pass a cemetery...

Son:
"Hey Dad, How many dead people do you think are in there"

Father:
"All of em"

My father used to pull that one out every single time we drove passed one.

appleannie1943

(1,303 posts)
63. My dad always said "It is cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey".
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:02 PM
Mar 2017

I learned a couple years ago that a brass monkey was what they called the metal holder for cannon balls. When it was really cold, the balls could start rolling off the holder. That is where that saying came to be.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
80. Finding the origin of these old sayings is the most fascinating part to me.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:33 PM
Mar 2017

Thank you for the explanation!

appleannie1943

(1,303 posts)
205. On a ship, the plate was called a monkey. It was made of brass. It had indentations for
Mon Apr 10, 2017, 03:24 AM
Apr 2017

the cannon balls. In extremely cold weather the brass would contract just enough that the cannon balls could roll off with the roll of the ship. Hence the phrase.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,276 posts)
41. "He's so stupid he couldn't piss a hole straight in the snow."
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 05:24 PM
Mar 2017

"He couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel."

(About something that smells bad): "That would stink a dog off a gut wagon."

"He's as useless as tits on a boar hog."

"It's colder'n a witch's tit."


The above courtesy of my dad, who got them from his dad.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
45. Colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra was the one I heard. ROFL!
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 05:41 PM
Mar 2017

I also heard a version of the gut wagon..."Gag a maggot off the gut wagon."


lastlib

(22,981 posts)
74. One really cold day this past winter, a friend of mine.....
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:55 PM
Mar 2017

said it was "colder than Kellyanne Conway's tits"! I about fell off a truck laughing at that one!

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)
47. "Doesn't have the sense God gave geese".
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 05:56 PM
Mar 2017

That's one a former supervisor used to often use. Here's one from I learned from friends in Spain (Barcelona) that I've never used but have been tempted to (!):

"Who the hell gave birth to you!?"

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
49. Ooh that one is nasty but I like it! :D
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 06:39 PM
Mar 2017

This one isn't old but yours reminded me of it, "Did your parents have any children that lived?"

Something you would ask a dumb person (brain dead) or any republican.

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
180. I used to fry ice cream!!
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 06:27 PM
Apr 2017

Get the ice cream REALLY cold, then coat it with layers of breadcrumbs. Stick it in a pot of hot oil, cook it, pour on a bit of syrup.

Warning: I did this many years ago for a girlfriend and she married me (35 years).

In Glasgow, Scotland, you can get deep-fried Mars Bars!

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
59. Ahh I have heard this one, but never understood what it meant.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 07:49 PM
Mar 2017

So I had to look it up....
To basically buy something without examining it carefully. "a pig in a sack"
Thanks! I love learning about the history behind our language!

doc03

(35,148 posts)
64. I quess back years ago when there was a shortage meat you could buy
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:04 PM
Mar 2017

a "Pig in a Poke" but since dogs and cats were plentiful you could get dog or cat meat instead.

FakeNoose

(32,346 posts)
70. Pig in a poke might have originated in Western Pennsylvania
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:30 PM
Mar 2017

We actually have some slang words in the Pittsburgh area and western PA that other people never hear.

Poke is one of them - it means bag or sack
Gumband - it means rubberband
Yinz - you, or the plural of you (as a southerner would say y'all)
Pop - the word for any brand of soft drink (we never say soda)

There are others, but these are the most well known.


Nac Mac Feegle

(969 posts)
139. One origin story I heard
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 02:07 PM
Mar 2017

Was that the phrases "Buying a pig in a poke" and "Let the cat out of the bag" were related.

"Poke" is an old term, I've heard it from Southern and Eastern people, for a cloth sack, such as a flour sack or gunny sack. When buying piglets, an unscrupulous seller might short you a few piglets and substitute a few cats. Opening the 'poke' let the cat out of the bag, revealing that you'd been cheated.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
163. My understanding too . If it is in a poke look inside and make sure you got a piggie
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 10:16 PM
Mar 2017

By checking the poke and "Letting the cat out of the bag " you expose the seller was tricking you before getting ripped off
So don't buy a pig in a poke. Open the bag then you are really buying a piglet not any pig in a poke
Never buy a piginapoke
You'll be half way home
And find it has a furry cloak!

dinger130

(199 posts)
55. An old Bluegrass Kentucky saying -
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 07:41 PM
Mar 2017

Trot Mama,
Trot Daddy,
How can you expect the colt to pace?

Kinda like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

doc03

(35,148 posts)
66. "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" you can determine how old a
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:08 PM
Mar 2017

horse is by how much his teeth are worn down.

dubyadiprecession

(5,620 posts)
67. I read that if President Truman wanted to have a drink with someone.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:13 PM
Mar 2017

He would say, "lets strike a blow for liberty".

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
85. I use this one and believe that it is a wise creed to live by.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:41 PM
Mar 2017

I learned it from my Dad and have used it many times. I used to be terrible about second guessing myself, and this has served me well. You truly can screw things up by trying to fix them.

TEB

(12,716 posts)
69. to quote my old infantry platoon sergeant
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:16 PM
Mar 2017

Boys there are those who can and do and that is us then there are those who think they can and can't and there the assholes running the show.

madamesilverspurs

(15,783 posts)
71. My chiropractor laughed out loud
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:48 PM
Mar 2017

when I used one of my grandmother's sayings to describe my complaint: I've got a hitch in my getalong.


.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
87. I have heard it but never really understood the origin.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:48 PM
Mar 2017

Any idea how it originated? It must have some meaning derived from horses?

rurallib

(62,344 posts)
73. Lots I can't remember but one has always stuck with me
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:55 PM
Mar 2017

'he was so ugly as a kid his parents had to tie a porkchop around his neck so the dog would play with him'

just remembered a couple more:

Slower than molasses in January

Slower than my grandma and she's been dead for 20 years

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
89. The pork chop one is classic. I love them all.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:50 PM
Mar 2017

I have heard another version of the pork chop one...So ugly his parent's won't let him play in the sandbox because the cat keeps trying to cover him up.

Laffy Kat

(16,354 posts)
75. I think this is pretty southern,
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:57 PM
Mar 2017

But we would talk about something being "scattered from hell to breakfast". I have NO IDEA how it came about.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
97. Haha!
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 10:05 PM
Mar 2017

I am somewhat familiar with both. My aunt had a rooster that roamed in her yard when I was very young. I remember having to wait in the car when we went to her house because the rooster was so mean! It must have met an untimely end. It didn't hang around for very long!

applegrove

(118,017 posts)
78. My mom would always say "I am mad about....."(insert something she
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:16 PM
Mar 2017

loves). It was usually geography. She was such a science nerd.

applegrove

(118,017 posts)
111. She was scientific. A one and only. Her father was born in 1882. Her mom
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 11:08 PM
Mar 2017

1898. She was old world. A good friend. Generous. Naive about the world. I have that same scientific brain. I owe her so much for that.

Kimchijeon

(1,606 posts)
79. Tough titties, said the kitty, when the milk ran dry
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:26 PM
Mar 2017


although I have heard that still used nowadays.

Or, "more useless than tits on a bull"

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
92. I learned the tough titty one a little differently...
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:57 PM
Mar 2017

"Tough titty said the kitty, but the milks still good!"


Usually I would just her the "Tough titty!" part when I complained about something, usually not getting my way.

3catwoman3

(23,813 posts)
84. My dad was a man of very few words, and never used profanity.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:40 PM
Mar 2017

If he was really annoyed, he would say, "That really burns my cork."

He grew up in the south side of Chicago. I've never heard anyone else say it.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
91. LOL
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:55 PM
Mar 2017

The men in my family were not always as polite as your dad. When they were really annoyed or outright angry it would be something like, "That really burns my ass!" or "That really chaps my ass!"

Panich52

(5,829 posts)
88. Mom had a few. Can only think of 2 right now:
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:48 PM
Mar 2017

One was to correct grammar:
In answer to kid's question "Where's my ___ at?"
— "It's behind the at on Preposition Street"

Next would only be amusing to those w/ Southern accent:
"What's that fer?"
— "Cat fur to make kitten britches."

My family probably has a bunch of these you might think amusing but I'm having a senior moment & above are all I can think of right now.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
90. Cat fur to make kitten britches! I have heard!
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:53 PM
Mar 2017

Please post if you happen to remember them. Thank you!

Panich52

(5,829 posts)
117. Couple more...
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 10:21 AM
Mar 2017

Kid trying to put 2 pieces together, close lid, etc & failing. Mom comes along & SNAP! goes right together. "You weren't holding your mouth right."

"Aw. Come here and I'll help you up"


From Dad: "Slicker than cat shit on a linoleum floor"

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
123. Rofl
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 12:12 PM
Mar 2017

Have you ever heard, "you have to re-lick your calf?" It was used in response to having to redo something?

pnwest

(3,265 posts)
93. "Raining like a cow pissin on a flat rock"
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:59 PM
Mar 2017

He's "look up a chickens ass for a chicken salad sandwich" stupid.

Laffy Kat

(16,354 posts)
98. Another southern sayin':
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 10:06 PM
Mar 2017

This was from a grandparent: "He's not worth the powder it'd take to blow 'em to hell."

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
103. We had a retired Baptist minister that lived across the street when I was a teen.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 10:17 PM
Mar 2017

I would bake cookies and take to him and his wife regularly. They were such a sweet old couple. Every time I asked him how he was doing, he would reply, "Well I checked the obituaries this morning and didn't see my name, so it's a good day!"

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
104. Drumpf "doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground."
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 10:19 PM
Mar 2017

Drumpf "doesn't know shit from shinola." I have no clue what shinola means.

Wolf Frankula

(3,595 posts)
161. Remember the song "What a Wonderful World"
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 09:38 PM
Mar 2017

that had the line, "Don't know camembert from gorgonzola, don't know shit from Shinola"?

Wolf

missingthebigdog

(1,233 posts)
108. Being born here doesn't make you a southerner;
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 10:33 PM
Mar 2017

If a cat has kittens in the oven, that don't make 'em biscuits.

wishstar

(5,267 posts)
115. My mom: " I only trust him as far as I can throw him" and "Handsome is as Handsome does"
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 08:13 AM
Mar 2017

She was a politically astute liberal and if she was still alive she would have said the first about lyin' Trump and the second about crooked Paul Manafort . She always warned women in our family about untrustworthy men and handsome "devils in disguise"

Edited to say posted by mistake, not as reply about cure for Depression

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
128. That is such a good one, it paints a vivid picture!
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 12:27 PM
Mar 2017

I can actually see a poor old coonhound trying to poop but nothing happening.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
125. Omg! I remember that but haven't heard since my gramps passed.
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 12:23 PM
Mar 2017

Also, if a frog had wings he would bust his ass every time he jumped.

Used when someone replied to you with an answer containing if. "I will cook dinner IF I have time."

Cairycat

(1,697 posts)
119. Even a blind hog gets an acorn now and then
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 10:49 AM
Mar 2017

A favorite from my dad, "My tired aches"

Colder than piss on a plate/a well digger's ass

Good Lord willin' and the creek don't rise (of course it has to be pronounced crick)

It's all fun and games until somebody pokes an eye out

Better than a poke in the eye

In a hurry to go home and lay on the bed and read comic books

VOX

(22,976 posts)
185. A variant: Trump thinks he's hot shit on a silver platter...
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 07:00 PM
Apr 2017

But he's cold piss on a paper plate.


Nice imagery!

hunter

(38,264 posts)
120. Less civilized people "lived out in the tules."
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:25 AM
Mar 2017

For my family the old California definition fit. They used "out in the tules" as a derogatory term. The white dairy farmers and ranchers who got to California first and claimed the best land had a much higher social status than more recent immigrants to California, many who were draining the tule marshes of California's Central Valley. My grandma and her sister were born in San Francisco which clearly made them a higher class of people than the various misfits, Portuguese, and later Okie immigrants to the Central Valley.

It's ironic because my grandma and her sister were both misfits in their own way, leaving the cows behind as teens to run wild in Hollywood. They were both classic Hollywood Liberals and they had a rainbow of friends -- homosexual, black, white, Jewish, "Spanish" (their word for Mexican-American), "Oriental," Italian -- but their internalized white privilege and racism went entirely unexamined and they could say the most cringe-worthy things.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
132. I have heard it and grew up down south.
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 12:43 PM
Mar 2017

However I spent 2 summers in NY recently so that is probably where I heard it. Regional differences and accents are another fascination of mine. We are all the same but truly different at the same time. That's what makes us great imho.

Behind the Aegis

(53,831 posts)
130. Some are personal, some I just like.
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 12:39 PM
Mar 2017

Last edited Sat Mar 25, 2017, 03:14 PM - Edit history (1)

My mom had us say, "It's snowing in the South." to indicate if her slip was showing when she wore a dress.

"Don't be a nervous Pervis."

"Don't let the door hit ya, where the good Lord split ya."

"Crawl up a ladder and kiss my ass."

"I'll kick you ass so far up between your shoulder blades, you'll have to roll down your socks to take a shit (or, unbutton your collar to take a piss)."

"I'll smack you into next week looking both ways for Tuesday."

"You are a mental case." (from Bugs Bunny)

My personal favorite, "Fuck you (while flipping the finger), the horse you rode in on (middle finger still extended, palm up), and the little dog that followed (pinkie finger extended)." Sometimes I change it to, fuck you with the horse you rode in on while I make the little dog that followed watch!"

redstatebluegirl

(12,264 posts)
131. My Dad used to tell my brother
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 12:43 PM
Mar 2017

I can take you out and make another one who looks just like ya! Obviously they had issues .

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
134. Oh that's a good one! I heard a less colorful version...
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 12:51 PM
Mar 2017

"I brought you into this world and I can take you out!" Lol, your version is much better, thanks for sharing.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
212. Geez, we & our grandparents weren't nearly the snowflakes of today.
Mon Apr 10, 2017, 05:00 AM
Apr 2017

Good senses of humor and no Social Services to report folksy sayings to

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
136. Good one sir.
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 01:20 PM
Mar 2017

Lol, that reminded me of a couple more.

Never piss into the wind.
Don't eat the yellow snow.
I wouldn't piss on you even if you were on fire!

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
138. Mean as a junkyard dog. More...
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 02:05 PM
Mar 2017

Crazy as a loon.

"Red or yellow, black or white, they are precious in his sight."
My grandmother used to singsong that tune if we saw people who looked different from us.

So tight, she sqeeks.

Don't try to swallow the whole orange at once. Break it apart, and take it a piece at a time.

A stich in time, saves nine.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

radical noodle

(7,990 posts)
204. Red or yellow, black or white...
Mon Apr 10, 2017, 02:27 AM
Apr 2017

Is a Sunday School/Bible School song

Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red or yellow, black or white,
they are precious in his sight...
Jesus loves the little children of the world.

The tune is going through my head now. It's an earworm.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
141. If one of us kids turned our noses up on some foods, especially if she went to lengths to make it,
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 02:25 PM
Mar 2017

My Grandmother would say "Eat it, or you will get it in an enema."

ailsagirl

(22,837 posts)
144. Where were you when the brains were handed out?
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:49 PM
Mar 2017

Last edited Mon Mar 27, 2017, 12:44 PM - Edit history (1)

and

You don't have enough sense to come in out of the rain

fNord

(1,756 posts)
145. Jackson......
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 11:57 PM
Mar 2017

Instead of buddy, or dude, or whatever I call everyone Jackson. I can't remember for certain, but I think I picked that up as a kid from an old Daffy Duck cartoon, back before Bugs was around.

In reruns.....

I'm not cool enough to be in my 80's yet, but I'm working on it, one minute at a time........

It's fun to say.....

Hey Jackson what's up?

Jackson. Really?

Look Jackson.....

Jackson check it out! A parking spot!

Multiple applications, and completely replaces "Dude" or whatever

Best of luck Jackson

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
146. You're about as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle...
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 12:12 PM
Mar 2017

You're as useful as tits on a nun.

To someone who's slow on the uptake:
Millions of sperm and you were the fastest?

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
148. Can we go foreign? At a Bengali wedding, you wear a pith hat
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 07:18 PM
Mar 2017

At my wedding, the Bengali dude assigned to stand in as my grandfather pointed at the hat and said "e bari na, ha?" ("It's not heavy, right?&quot

He scowled and said "Bachare shot, torumoj logo parinot" ("with years, pith becomes iron" -- this is traditionally told to all Bengali grooms)

Dakotacrat

(40 posts)
149. Courtesy of my Grandad
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 08:40 PM
Mar 2017

"Too dumb to pound sand into a rat hole." Whose administration does THAT sound like?

"As graceful as a hog on ice." Sounding a bit like every bit of news from the WH since Cheeto took office.

Thanks, Grandpa!

rurallib

(62,344 posts)
159. One of my first camping trips I was told for the first of many times
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 09:17 PM
Mar 2017

'don't piss on an electric fence.' Seemed like great advice

rurallib

(62,344 posts)
172. I don't think so - just a wee(hehe) bit stunned
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 05:17 PM
Mar 2017

go to youtube and search for 'pissing on an electric fence.'
There are some stunners in there

Wolf Frankula

(3,595 posts)
162. If Pigs had wings, they'd be pigeons.
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 09:41 PM
Mar 2017

Dumb as a sack of hammers.

Couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery.

Bumfuq, Egypt. Someplace in the middle of nowhere.

AEON. 'Arse End of Nowhere'. Not far from the previous. I heard AEON in Southern Africa years ago.

Wolf

Marthe48

(16,691 posts)
165. Land sakes!
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 10:48 PM
Mar 2017

My kindergarten teacher said that and I thought she said 'lamb shakes.'

All cats are gray in the dark, referring to men having affairs (my Dad)

So mad I thought he'd shit a meat axe. (My mom)

Nutty as a fruitcake (Gram(

Got her tit caught in a wringer (got in a mess) (Dad)

She made her bed and now she can lay in it (Mom)

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer (kids)

Beggars can't be choosers (Mom)

If the shoe fits, wear it (my Mom)

It takes two to tango (extramarital affairs) (Mom)








VOX

(22,976 posts)
192. Variant: Slicker'n owl shit on suede shoes.
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 07:31 PM
Apr 2017

I have no idea about it's origin, but it flows nicely (so to speak).

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
173. From me Irish mother after I did a not so good job of a chore...
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 05:50 PM
Mar 2017

..."You're as good as half a dozen dead ones."


Don't remember the source but "Your breath is so bad you could knock a buzzard off an outhouse."

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
178. Lmao!
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 06:21 PM
Apr 2017

I love that! I remembered a few more last week. When I get a day off I want to update the OP with all the additions. Thanks Panich52!

Still Blue in PDX

(1,999 posts)
191. Were you standing behind the door when God was handing out the brains?
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 07:31 PM
Apr 2017

My momma asked me that a time or two.

During a thunderstorm: "The devil's beating his wife."

My husband's dad said this to the kids: "Eat every bean and pea on your plate." I had to think about it for a minute.

Jack-o-Lantern

(965 posts)
193. Well, heres a few I recall.
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 07:39 PM
Apr 2017

Fuck with the bull you get the horns.
Anger is one letter short of danger.
Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.
All's well that ends well
If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people.

And just for kicks, here’s one my old granddad used to say:

When I was young and had no sense
I tried to climb an electric fence
It curled my hair and tickled my balls
And made me shit in my overalls

VOX

(22,976 posts)
194. "I don't care if it harelips the governor!"
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 07:58 PM
Apr 2017

My dad, who hailed from West Texas, used to say: "I'm gonna (insert task here) if it harelips the governor." Or, "Damn it, we're going out to dinner tonight and I don't care if it harelips the governor."

Notable use of the phrase by Slim Pickens as Major Kong in "Dr. Strangelove":
"Stay on the bomb run, boys! I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on Bear Creek."

oldcynic

(385 posts)
197. so many memories...
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 09:16 PM
Apr 2017

Mom's favorite curse: "shit and molasses!"

"Each to his own said the old woman as she kissed the calf".

"Shit in one hand and wish in the other. See which one gets full first". (in polite company "spit&quot

When pig killing you use "everything but the squeal".

"Don't leave food on your plate. Remember the starving Armenians."

"Knock wood"...while doing so.

Oh..."hitch in your getalong" means something went wrong, doesn't it?

How about "I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole?

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
210. "Hitch in your getalong," means someone is limping or walking funny,
Mon Apr 10, 2017, 04:47 AM
Apr 2017

like with a cramp in the leg. They used to say it about football players, who got up from a pile on, and seemed to be walking funny.

Texasgal

(17,029 posts)
198. My grandpa used to say
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 09:53 PM
Apr 2017

"Shoot fire, save matches"


From what I understand it's an old southern saying and some times people added "shit" instead of "shoot" . The saying is used when you are frustrated.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
199. "I didn't how him from Adam's housecat" (my mom)......
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 11:47 PM
Apr 2017

"I want cash on the barrelhead" (my dad, both from the south)

applegrove

(118,017 posts)
201. My grandmother had a New Glasgow, Nova Scotia accent. She used
Mon Apr 10, 2017, 12:57 AM
Apr 2017

to pronounce 'food' as 'fod' when I was a small child. Later I had a job at a lunch counter in NS and heard one of the women pronounce it the same way. I was thrilled to hear it again. Asked her where she was from. NG too.

Leith

(7,802 posts)
203. Here Are a Couple
Mon Apr 10, 2017, 01:47 AM
Apr 2017

She wouldn't say "shit" if her mouth was full of it.



Heard in a Weavers' song:

My get-up-and-go has got up and went.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
208. He's pissing on my leg and telling me it's raining.
Mon Apr 10, 2017, 04:37 AM
Apr 2017

"God willing and the creek don't rise," in response to following through with plans.

DFW

(54,051 posts)
218. My wife has a girlfriend who knows the ultimate single woman's lament
Mon Apr 10, 2017, 06:57 PM
Apr 2017

"Men over 30 are like public toilets: they are either taken or they are full of shit."

I disagree, but as a man who has been "taken" since I was 22, I can't credibly contribute to the argument one way or the other.

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