Random Sayings, Funny Phrases, and other Audible Oddities

[rhamersley]

Anybody bring up “ built like a brick $#!+house” yet?

 

[Tryin']

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

I like to add "not my football" to the end of that one. Describes situations that have turned into a crapshow and none of it is within my sphere of influence. Usually neighboring jurisdictions that have bitten off more than they can (apparently) chew.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Dad had some hilarious one's growing up. My favorite was always:

"Neater than a 10-p*****ed billy goat."

Still use that one

 

[Doug]

So many of these require "******" to be posted in the forum.
Hmmmm.....seems odd.

 

[daddyusmaximus]

Army slang...

Rock with lips = complete idiot
HOOAH = yes, I got it, alright, outstanding, yeah right... basically anything but no.
You tracking? = do you understand?

there are many more...

 

[Cameramonkey]

"My butt's been wiped." -Joe Biden

 

[MRockwell]

"worthless as teats on a boar"

 

[eldirector]

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

I've got that sign on my wall in my office. :-)

I'll add "nervous as a cat in a rocking chair factory".

Favorite from my aunt:
"Eat on it", meaning, leftovers for several days.
"Gonna make me some bar-b-que and eat on it this week".

 

[dekeshooter]

When heading to the bathroom to take care of a "Major Transaction", my dad would always say he was off to "shake his grates".

It wasn't until I was in my thirties that I finally understood the origin of the saying. I was working in the basement of an old home that once had a coal fired furnace and I was reading the old tin sign that had the operating instructions for the furnace on it. Part of the maintenance was to remove clinkers by "shaking your grates daily". Even in our modern time, I think we can all agree that a daily shaking of the grates is critical for our well being.

 

[dekeshooter]

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

This is an old Polish expression. My wife who learned to speak Polish before English will often say it in the Mother Tongue.

 

[BugI02]

"It's hard to go to guns when you don't have any guns"

Attributed to a Vietnam era F4 driver

 

[BugI02]

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[spencer rifle]

"Quit your grabassing" - my dad apparently picked that up in the Navy
"Stop comparing your insides to everyone else's outsides"

 

[Magyars]

Fart sack...referring to ones bed.
My Fathers go to.... Sh@t in one hand and wish in the other. See which one gets filled first.

 

[BigRed]

The best part of him must have ran down his mama's leg.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

"What're they gonna do, throw me out? Hell, I've been throwed in better places." - Also Dad

 

[Magyars]

The best part of him must have ran down his mama's leg.

Reminds me of....
Beat off in a flower pot and raised a blooming idiot!

 

[Bill2905]

As popular as a fart in church...

 

[Bill2905]

An old friend would always excuse himself to head to the men's room by saying "I gotta go see a man about a horse"

 

[Bill2905]

Your village just called. They are looking for their idiot.