Who Hit John? and other drinking terminology....

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I don't drink, don't aim too either. But I've heard "sweet as a peach" and "drunk as a goat" "three sheets in the wind" for a long time.

Have a blessed day,

Leon
 
Upon returning from Vietnam in 1969, I was given a home coming party by some south Texas lawmen ( family and friends) and after consuming a quantity of good bourbon, I stared to feel sick and got up to stagger off into the mesquite to throw up my guts. As I was retching, I felt a large hand on my shoulder and really large Texas Ranger told me " it's ok son go ahead and puke, but if feel something hairy in your mouth be sure to swallow it, 'cause its your butt. This is a true story of a young Marine's welcome home from a very unpopular war.
 
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I grew up with a stepfather who was a drunk...he didn't have any funny sayings or actions. The more he drank, the meaner he got. On the other hand, my uncle (my mother's sister's husband) was a happy drunk. He finally got sober a few years before he died, but before then when we'd have family get-togethers, he'd stay out in the yard, sitting under a tree, and drink himself into a stupor. I can still hear him say, before he took a drink, "Between the lips and over the tongue, look out belly here it comes!"
 
My favorite saying is, "toasted", well I might admit I was a bit "toasted" on New Years Eve.
 
O'Reilly's Daughter has many variations. The Clancy Brothers did a clean one.
"I grabbed old Reilly by the hair; shoved his head into a bucket of water; fired his pistols into the air a damned sight quicker than I'd marry his daughter".
 
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