Random Sayings, Funny Phrases, and other Audible Oddities

[JCSR]

My favorite while on vacation. "You can't drink all day if you don't start early"

 

[eric001]

The phrase I remember is
" If the rabbit hadn't stopped to take a S*** - the dog wouldn't have caught him "

Yup! That was the story he used to explain his phrase.

 

[BigRed]

"I don't have a dog in the hunt."

(ie: I've got no skin in the game)

 

[Chewie]

"Looks like two bulldogs fightin in a gunny sack" looking at the backside of a young lady walking away.

 

[edporch]

The phrase I remember is
" If the rabbit hadn't stopped to take a S*** - the dog wouldn't have caught him "

My late mother, born 1914, used to say "And if the dog hadn't stopped to pee, he would've caught the rabbit!".
Said often in response to me as a kid when I tried using the "if only..." excuse for not getting something done. LOL :-)

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Not my circus, Not my monkeys. Watching the way other peoples kids act.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Motorcycle is pronounced motor-sickle in Southern Indiana.

"You don't know duck **** from apple butter" is a classic.

 

[mmpsteve]

Grandma: "Every Mama crow thinks her's is the blackest" (the most perfect child)

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[Doug]

"As nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs."

 

[jwamplerusa]

You going to the school of hard knocks, boy? Usually said after having done something to injure myself. There are a million variations of this.

 

[rhamersley]

Always remember…

 

[Bill2905]

I told a young employee at work that I made my annual white bass fishing trip to Ohio but I got skunked this year. He thought it meant that I had to quit with no fish because a skunk drove me away from my fishing spot.

 

[Bill2905]

Were you born in a barn? Often uttered to those with poor manners or housekeeping habits.

 

[OkieGirl]

I remember "over yonder" and a nod or point as reasonable directions

I also remember Tea clearly meant Sweet Tea; unsweetened Tea was always a mistake.

"I believe that dog'll hunt" was an explanation frequently used by my grandad when something was broken but he had tweaked it, rigged it, messed with it till it had been 'mechanically improved' to the point that it would probably work now...

 

[churchmouse]

I remember "over yonder" and a nod or point as reasonable directions

I also remember Tea clearly meant Sweet Tea; unsweetened Tea was always a mistake.

"I believe that dog'll hunt" was an explanation frequently used by my grandad when something was broken but he had tweaked it, rigged it, messed with it till it had been 'mechanically improved' to the point that it would probably work now...

Grew up with most all of these being they (family) were depretion era farmers.

 

[churchmouse]

Grew up with most all of these being they (family) were depretion era farmers.

Why can I not spell depretion....

 

[mom45]

"Finer than frog hair" was the first one that came to mind.

Of course we all heard, "If your friends jump off a bridge, are you going to follow them?"

 

[KellyinAvon]

Scarcer than hen's teeth.

 

[Magyars]

Onion A**.....a ladies derriere, so perfect it makes you cry!

 

[indyartisan]

Always remember…

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”Never trust Whitey”