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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:12 PM Original message |
Old sayings that you learned from your parents or grandparents... |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. "That's shit for the birds"--from a Great Aunt. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Are you sure it wasn't "That's shit FROM the birds"? |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Nope. She insisted that that's what the phrase was |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Definitely is "for." |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
89. I get it. "THat's for the birds." Meaning it's nothing important. n/t |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. This thread is a hoot! |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
124. I believe that expression came from watching the birds eat |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. "That sorry son of a bitch" |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. My republican grandpa: |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Reminds me of the line from Hunter Thompson's obituary of Nixon: |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Conniption fit" everyone one my dad's side said this whenever anyone freaked out. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Dictionary definition: "Fit of anger, hysteria, tantrum." |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Yeah, conniption fit is actually redundant. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
86. I had always assumed that "conniption" ... |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. We converted that to "connip-shit". |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Tired of living" |
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Zephie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Look with your eyes, not with your ass" - Grandma |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
78. My parents never used old sayings. |
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Bladian (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. Jiminy (sp?) crickets!-Grandpa. He says that a lot. n/t |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. A couple I've always loved, fairly common where I grew up |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Do it right or do it twice" |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. That's a little bit like "Measure twice, cut once." |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
105. A stitch in time |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. "Who was your maid last week?" |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
90. A variation on that: "Who died and left you servants?" |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #90 |
119. Another variation on that: This isn't a restaurant! |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
107. variant of "That'd stink a dog off a gut wagon." |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. "looks like the wrath of God" |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. A bag of wool with a string tied around it |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
108. var. of Colder than a whore's tit |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not a saying, just what we commonly heard: "Go set on the davenport while I fetch |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
98. Ha ha ha....icebox eh? |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Water seeks it's own level".... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. I remembered a few more: |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
96. heh heh! |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
121. My mom's New York variant |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. "you little son of a bitch" |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. My mom's famous for throwing these things out there, and she has some especially offbeat ones. |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. Google etymology sites. |
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7wo7rees (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Your lack of planning |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
84. Did Yoda say that to Luke? nt |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. Once, when I had _really_ screwed up, |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. Wise words |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. 2 from my father...to my brothers: "Keep your mind above your belt buckle." |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. Enough to gag a maggot off the back of a gut wagon. (prolly referring 2 republicans) |
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jcboon (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. My Dad |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. "Crimenatley" and Crimeny Pelts" |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. "Give me back my dentures, you little shit!" |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
32. My mother always said, "Pretty is as pretty does." |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. Don't chouse those cows. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. "Oy Vey"....(it's pretty much all-purpose too.) |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. If y'ain't cheatin', y'ain't tryin'. |
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Morizovich (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Never stand in front of a moving bus." |
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MerryBlooms (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. A woman's heart shines through her eyes - my aunt Buttons. n/t |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
39. Overheard when I was quite young, |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. From G'Ma: "don't get your tits in a wringer" |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. My co-worker uses this phrase when a customer pisses her off.... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. I believe it was a salty Sicilian phrase about what one could do with oneself in Napoli. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. "Vaffanapoli?" Mine said it, too. n/t |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
44. I never drink water. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. "Wish in one hand, spit in the other and see which fills up the fastest." |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Spit? Hmmm, my dad must have just been more vulgar. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Mine was just as vulgar, but my mom wasn't. |
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grntuscarora (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. "Life is tough, but |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. "Poop or get off the pot." |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
111. "You're not made of glass" |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
115. My mom said "Shit or get off the pot- I want a grandchild!" |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
48. Grandpa: "Up your kilts!" |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. Don't get your panties in a twist, from mom. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
52. "Wipe your ass. Again." |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. My grandma would always talk about people getting their |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
54. "God damn it! Why do you look like the milk man?" |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
55. "Sticks and stones may break your bones... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
58. "it's an ill wind that blows no good" and "it's darkest before it's pitch black" |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
59. "Teach your grandmother to suck eggs" and "The egg teaching the chicken" |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
60. "Whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger" - Nietzsche but quoted by my grandmother a lot |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
61. "Life!s a shit sandwich - another day, another bite" - my father |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
62. "Like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth" |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
63. when presented with something that was ok but less than ideal |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
64. You won't have a pot to piss i n |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
65. My grandmother: "Another nickle and she could have got a yellow one." |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
66. My Aunt Patty: "Happier'n a dead hog in the sunshine." |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
67. Don't remember where I heard these... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. hadn't heard that second one before |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
68. Hot enough to roast the balls off a brass monkey. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
70. even pennicillin won't cure stupidity |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
72. as a response to compaints: you wouldn't be happy if we hung you with a new rope |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
73. "What canna be cured, must be endured". |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
74. "Oh, I look like the last rose of summer!" |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
75. "It's colder than a well-digger's ass in the Klonkike." |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
76. My dad used to accuse my brother of being |
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ornotna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
77. "Your compact is open and your lipstick is hanging out" |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
79. "Send us a card when you get a job" |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
80. Here are some from a letter written about my gggg?grandmother |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
81. "You could put somebody's eye out!" |
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HeiressofBickworth (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
82. Every Saturday |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
83. "Straining at a gnat to swallow a camel."--My mother. It means someone |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
85. "They could eat an apple through a picket fence." |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
87. What my grandma used to say (via my Mom) - "Dog always shits on the biggest pile" |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
88. "Put this in your pipe and smoke it." |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
91. "Shrimps will whistle" |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #91 |
122. My mom put it this way |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
92. Granny said, "No one can see that on a galloping horse." Me being the |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
93. A bird in the hand makes it awfully hard to blow your nose. |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
94. You can't make chicken salad outa chicken shit-- |
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Cary Vonfused (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
95. "Useless as tits on a rooster" |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. I heard "useless as tits on a boar-hog" from my dad. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
97. don't shit where you eat. |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
99. You're gonna be in a world of hurt! |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
100. " 'I see,' said the blind man, as he took out his hammer and saw." |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #100 |
112. "I see said the blind man walking off the cliff backwards..." |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
102. Here's a few; |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
103. "I'm going to sell you to the sheeny man." when we were naughty.. |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
104. Fart Blossom. |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
106. Mom used to use |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
109. "Shit fire and save matches" and "too dumb to pour piss out of a boot.... |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
110. "Your ass is grass and I'm a lawn mower".....my mom really had a way with words |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
113. "I'll knock you into the middle of next week" |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
114. "Politics is crooks!" |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
116. "Heavier than a dead preacher." - Gramps. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
117. Kwitcherdambellyakin - my dad's mother had a sampler with this single word cross-stitched on it |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
118. I love the way "the greatest generation" and older had such salty tongues. |
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ellenrr (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
120. Jewish curse learned from my grand-mother |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
123. God didn't die and leave you in charge - Mom |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
125. "Get out of left field and get in there and start pitching" my dad |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
126. None of mine are as colorful, but.... |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
127. From my dad: "What a bunch of Mickey Mouse" |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
128. I say "oh my god" or "god only knows" or whatnot. And I'm not religious. My grandparents were |
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LNM (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
129. Quit your fighting or I'll knock you're heads together!! |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
130. Mom to Dad when someone borrowed money..... |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
131. "Not worth the powder it would take to blow him to Hell" |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
132. Crazier than owl shit |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
133. Study long, study wrong. n/t |
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