My dad use to say HOG WASH when he thought some one was lying.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
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susieqz
Absent Comrade
boy, i sure hope you guys are wrong about those words being obsolete.
more than half are still in my vocabulary.
more than half are still in my vocabulary.
Protocall_Design
Vendor
The Statler Brothers stroll down memory lane...
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What's going to happen to this saying since they're not making very many V-8s anymore?
Dad frequently said: "This wasn't put here for a hat rack."
From my old Daddys world:
Horsefeathers! (Disbelief)
Hub deep to a ferris wheel. (Flooded creek)
He's full of (excrement) as a Christmas goose. (Designating a liar)
Squarejohn (neither crook nor cop, just a, well, square john)
Flattie (sucker in a carnival, that is, not a carny)
Tush hog (a tough character)
Tough as a woodhaulers azz
Cutting up old jackpots (reminising with other old outlaws)
Cold as a foot up an eskimos igloo (winter weather report)
Horsefeathers! (Disbelief)
Hub deep to a ferris wheel. (Flooded creek)
He's full of (excrement) as a Christmas goose. (Designating a liar)
Squarejohn (neither crook nor cop, just a, well, square john)
Flattie (sucker in a carnival, that is, not a carny)
Tush hog (a tough character)
Tough as a woodhaulers azz
Cutting up old jackpots (reminising with other old outlaws)
Cold as a foot up an eskimos igloo (winter weather report)
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One of my favorites:
Quiet as a mouse peein' on cotton.
Quiet as a mouse peein' on cotton.
kthom
Member
Quote from Tx-Dennis:
"So poor they don't have a pot to pee in."
Usually followed by: "or a window to throw it out of!"
"So poor they don't have a pot to pee in."
Usually followed by: "or a window to throw it out of!"
OP
When I would say I wish for something, Dad would say wish in one hand
and ---- in the other hand and see which one gets full first.
and ---- in the other hand and see which one gets full first.
Dad said I would make a better door than a window.
OP
It stood out just as plain as an outhouse
in a fog.
in a fog.
"Dumber than a sack of hammers!"
So corny you could tall up on it.
Nuttier than squirrel poop.
So ugly they had to tie a pork chop around it's neck so the dog would play with it.
So dumb he couldn't sell p***y on a troop ship.
He's so drunk he now asking the great white porcelain turtle where Ralph hid his Buick.
Prettier than a speckled pup.
Kicked azz and took names
Uglier than ten miles of bad road.
Tougher than a fifty cent steak.
It's been real and it's been fun but it ain't been real fun.
He's not totally worthless, he can always be used as example of what stupid is.
Nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs
Your complaint is being sent through the proper channels. One flush should do it.
We sold our cow. We don't need your bull.
She was so big she had a moon revolving around her.
My sister is so thin that when she eats is baked potato two guys skip town.
Nuttier than squirrel poop.
So ugly they had to tie a pork chop around it's neck so the dog would play with it.
So dumb he couldn't sell p***y on a troop ship.
He's so drunk he now asking the great white porcelain turtle where Ralph hid his Buick.
Prettier than a speckled pup.
Kicked azz and took names
Uglier than ten miles of bad road.
Tougher than a fifty cent steak.
It's been real and it's been fun but it ain't been real fun.
He's not totally worthless, he can always be used as example of what stupid is.
Nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs
Your complaint is being sent through the proper channels. One flush should do it.
We sold our cow. We don't need your bull.
She was so big she had a moon revolving around her.
My sister is so thin that when she eats is baked potato two guys skip town.
Ok l will "add my two cents worth".
"He's still wet behind the ears!"
"Tighter than a gnat's arse stretched over a 55 gallon drum!"
"I'll bet a dime to a doughnut hole"
"He's still wet behind the ears!"
"Tighter than a gnat's arse stretched over a 55 gallon drum!"
"I'll bet a dime to a doughnut hole"
Jack Flash
Member
Don't buy a pig in a poke.
He let the cat out of the bag.
He let the cat out of the bag.
Slow as molasses in january
Why wish for a loaf of bread, when you can wish for the whole grocery store.
ACP230
Member
My dad often used the phrase: "Just like downtown," for something really
up to date, or good.
Also, "Now we're cooking with gas."
up to date, or good.
Also, "Now we're cooking with gas."
Jack Flash
Member
I remember "now we're cooking with gas!" Must have come from way back when people were changing over from cooking on a wood stove. That would have no meaning at all to the young folks of today.
Similarly, "He was going like 60!" would mean nothing today, unless it means some old man holding back traffic on the freeway.
Similarly, "He was going like 60!" would mean nothing today, unless it means some old man holding back traffic on the freeway.
susieqz
Absent Comrade
i looked up that pig in a poke thing, once.
that refers to an old time scam where someone would pay for a pig, get home n find a cat in the poke bag.
we have always had thieves.
that refers to an old time scam where someone would pay for a pig, get home n find a cat in the poke bag.
we have always had thieves.
Here's one just in time for Valentine's Day.
"Honey, I love you more'n a hog loves hotel slops"
Try it out.
Steve W
"Honey, I love you more'n a hog loves hotel slops"
Try it out.
Steve W
An old Bullwinkle episode:
"Tom, Tom the piper's son stole a pig and away did run."
Cop: "What's in the bag, moose?"
Bullwinkle: "A pig." "A pig in a poke."
Cop: "You're coming with me, moose."
"Tom, Tom the piper's son stole a pig and away did run."
Cop: "What's in the bag, moose?"
Bullwinkle: "A pig." "A pig in a poke."
Cop: "You're coming with me, moose."
All hat, no cattle.
Tall drink of water.
Couldn't carry a tune with a bucket.
A few of my many favorites from my dad. 27 years gone and I miss him terribly every day.
Tall drink of water.
Couldn't carry a tune with a bucket.
A few of my many favorites from my dad. 27 years gone and I miss him terribly every day.
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OP
"Got a hitch in my get-along". Don't know exactly what that one
means. Do you?
means. Do you?
