Funny(odd) sayings and their meanings.....

[jimmyj]

"Dumber Than A Rock"

"Looks like his face was on fire, and someone tried to put it out with a ice pick"
"It should be illegal to be that stupid"

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

My favorite from Abe Lincoln
"Chop your own wood and it'll warm you twice".

Chuck

Build a man a fire-warm him for an hour
Set a man on fire- warm him for life.

Don't yell at me-it's the only one I could think up.

 

[Fredo Batali]

"I ain't had so much fun since the hogs ate my brother". An old fashion Southern "good time."

De Oppresso Liber

 

[Sprefix]

Truth here!

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Not long ago, three people walked into an establishment a friend and I were dining at. It was super busy and one of the people asked for my friend and my spots when we were done. I offered for them to join us as there was room. They offered us a beverage for the kindness. Conversations picked-up and come to find out two of the three were the owners of a popular cold gear clothing company. They were here for sponsorship of the Iditarod. Before the day was out, I was on the hook for a tour-date the next day(with the third person) at the Iditarod restart 80 miles north of Anchorage. The couple offered their Iditarod passes(sponsors/dog-handler badges) and the third person and myself got some "better" treatment as a result. They look as average as anyone on the street and were very kind and generous people. They didn't look or act as if they were "very well off". Alaska is good for meeting people like that. Add good karma to general kindness and life can be very good indeed!! In my experience, people of real substance don't have to show it off or stick it in your face. It will be evident in their actions.

 

[gtk]

"If brains were lard, he wouldn't grease too big a pan" -- Self explanatory

 

[kcode]

My dad always said this when I made excuses for not getting something done in a timely manner.

"You know the dog would have caught the rabbit if he didn't stop and take a ****"

 

[Jst1mr]

"Colder than a well-digger's butt..." (and other variations up to and including the chest area of a coven-oriented female)
"Cold enough to freeze the ((testicles)) off a brass monkey..." Huh?
Dead as a door-nail....Slower than molasses in January...Can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...Never buy a pig in a poke...Took off like a scalded cat...SOMEBODY STOP ME!

 

[wbraswell]

What about "Head over heels." What's that supposed to mean? Just standing or sitting, my head's over my heels.

 

[mjr]

in the olden days of sailing ships, cannon balls were stacked on the decks on brass plates called "monkeys." The plates had indentions in them that held the balls on the bottoms of the stacks. Brass, however, expands and contracts with the temperature and if it got cold enough, the cannon balls could fall...giving real foundation to the phrase "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!" (From the internet).

So it HAS to be true!
Just like the "Ship High In Transit" story.

 

[therevjay]

"Y'all selling wolf tickets?" = Are you BS ing?/trying to cheat me?

Also, "You could sell that boy a wolf ticket" = he is extremly dim witted!

I don't know if this is just a Missisippi saying or common to the deep south. But it was a favorite of my old platoon Sgt.

 

[Alpo]

So it HAS to be true!
Just like the "Ship High In Transit" story.

Yeah, I've wondered, every time I've heard that story, what genius came up with the idea of stacking heavy round objects on a wooden deck that pitched up and down and side to side, whenever the weather changed. Nothing like going out in a heavy storm, in the dark and the rain, on slick wet wood decks, dodging cannonballs rolling around.

And why leave them on deck? So they would be readily available for battle? But without the powder, that was stored below decks in the magazine, they were useless.

Great story. I don't believe it.

I believe it actually referred to the testicles of a small primate made of a copper/zinc alloy.

Like this. Freezing your ____ off.

 

[Stu1205]

"Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines." - Satchel Paige

 

[pineappleshooter]

in the olden days of sailing ships, cannon balls were stacked on the decks on brass plates called "monkeys." The plates had indentions in them that held the balls on the bottoms of the stacks. Brass, however, expands and contracts with the temperature and if it got cold enough, the cannon balls could fall...giving real foundation to the phrase "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!" (From the internet).

This one is true - just one piece of useless trivia I had to learn for my Chief Petty Officer's initiation.

 

[pineappleshooter]

My favorite came from my great-grandfather, he used it when you were completing a project and had it about as good as you were going to get it (but still not 100% correct) - "A man riding by on a horse would never notice".

 

[Buford57]

"Tougher than a boiled owl" my Dad's highest praise for man or dog.

 

[smokindog]

I'm out like a fat kid in dodge ball - My Big Redneck Vacation!

 

[MaximumLawman]

"Never look a gift horse in the mouth."

????

Reference to the Trojan's horse???

Here's one that the geezers around here might recognize: "What do you want, egg in your beer?"

"Y'all selling wolf tickets?" = Are you BS ing?/trying to cheat me?

The "wolf tickets" saying, in Detroit anyway, meant something else. It would be more likely to be used as: "He ain't sh**, he's just selling wolf tickets." Meant that someone was trying to intimidate you without the means or intention of backing it up. For example, a cop confronts some guy who says: "If I didn't have these cuffs on, I'd kick your a**." They never bust a move when you take the cuffs off, hence, they were merely selling wolf tickets. Much like the leader of North Korea is doing.

I always liked the imagery that the hot-rodders' expression evoked for the way your engine/car would run with the right combination of components and the proper tuning. Had to do with criminal sexual conduct and a large primate.

 

[Doug627]

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

 

[carpriver]

He's to dumb to come in out of the rain My daddy talking about the farm hand. If you had any common sense I'd slap you up side the head. MY daddy to me, once in a while, shut up or I'll knock you *** over tea kettle.

 

[MaximumLawman]

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

I heard that one as: "I'd rather have a half a bottle in front of me than to have to have a frontal lobotomy..."