sayings lost with age

[Shakey-and-twitchy]

J'accuse

[Kilroy08]

The particular person in question not knowing sh** from Shinola, was a favorite observation of mine. The old lady seems fond of "Look, bucko!"

Then there's "It's the cat's a**" or "Cat's meow"

It runs like a raped ape...... is it actually a raped ape or a raped date? I can see a raped date running off very quickly. I sit here and wonder just how bad a dude has to be to A. rape an ape, and B. have said rape be so traumatic that the ape runs away as opposed to beating him to a pulp.

[Clovis Man]

On the beam - originally meant a pilot was navigating accurately on the old AN range, decommissioned for maybe 75 years now.

"A round will get you down, but a square will get you there."

[Shakey-and-twitchy]

Gentlemen walk on the street side.

[oc_in_fw]

The particular person in question not knowing sh** from Shinola, was a favorite observation of mine. The old lady seems fond of "Look, bucko!"

Then there's "It's the cat's a**" or "Cat's meow"

It runs like a raped ape...... is it actually a raped ape or a raped date? I can see a raped date running off very quickly. I sit here and wonder just how bad a dude has to be to A. rape an ape, and B. have said rape be so traumatic that the ape runs away as opposed to beating him to a pulp.

Well, it is off topic thread wise, but a male gorilla will sometimes rape other male opponents to show his dominance of his turf.

[Clovis Man]

That airplane climbs like a homesick angel.

Stupid as a dodo bird -- which are now extinct.

[BrewCommando]

"Off like a two bob rocket" in reference to something moving rapidly. Used it often to describe rides on my old Honda Fireblade.

[Clovis Man]

My dad used to say "off like a jug handle", speaking of leaving on some kind of trip or maybe just to go to town.

"Get in the car, and we'll be off like a jug handle."

[Shakey-and-twitchy]

Mind your own bees wax.

[Mr B]

Anyone ele still say , " that's the titts".

[Robert45]

He/she is as crooked as a dogs hind leg.

He/she is so ugly his/her face ought to be on a poison bottle. A varient is: face could stop a clock. Another varient: face only a mother could love.

[Shakey-and-twitchy]

Buddy can you spare a dime..?

go fish.

Are you looking for a knuckle sandwich ?

[Wade Patton]

The Pink Panther, Bugs Bunny & Road Runner Show, Jetsons, and in my area, Fat Albert was about the last one of the morning. Somewhere in there were The Three Stooges (3 episodes in a one hour show). Man, I could remember waiting for Saturday mornings. Now the kids have everything on demand, they don't get that feeling of waiting for something special and really enjoying the moment.

hey lookie, somebuddy as old as I.

love this sort of dialectical discussion. will come back and finish later (up to post #61 so far).

but right now i'm "SWAPPING DAYLIGHT FOR DARK". (old time way of saying you are wasting time-esp in ref to outdoor work activities).

don't let the old sayings die, kids will always try to be different--until they get old/wise enough to learn that that makes them just the same as everyone else ever was.

[Wade Patton]

Well, it is off topic thread wise, but a male gorilla will sometimes rape other male opponents to show his dominance of his turf.

that's how our corrections systems operate.

[Shakey-and-twitchy]

You do the hokey pokie and you turn yourself about.

Thats what it's all about.


Misquots about "hay big boy, come up and see me sometime."


I wouldn't belong to any club that would have me as a member.


French bath.


She is a carpenters dream, ....

[Clovis Man]

Nunya'.

[Wade Patton]

Most interesting thread for me,... Nothing is more interesting for me than a live language spoken by real people.

pretty much my feelings but that i can't say "no thing" is more interesting. i particularly love Southern and Rural (not necessarily the same) aspects, plus all the antique and non-American phrases turned by English speakers 'round the world with particular interest in the Brits and Aussies. I see an Aussie pal once every couple of years, and it takes me a few minutes to "tune in" to his version of English each time.

In the spirit of repeat reduction, I'm not dropping any more phrases (or posting 'toons) until i complete the assigned reading (entire thread).

[Wade Patton]

well, i lied. i'm only up to the 240th post but think this one is new here:

When Mom was leaving us alone or with someone else to be away for a bit, we were nearly always admonished,

"Don't take the rag off the bush!"

to which i've yet to learn the origins of, but knew what she meant- to wit: stay out of trouble. later in life when i learned more about rags and bushes it became humorous, but i'm not sure that that's the right connection.

Her mother used to tell her and her siblings, when they were being raucous,

"Couldn't hear the devil (coming (to get you)) if he was dragging chains across the roof!"

metal roof of course, and a nice terrorizing saying.

I used to be careful about using such speech 'round "educated" folks, until i met a couple of judges who spoke that way, as they saw fit, without regard to idiots who think such language is unseemly. The judges were instructors at the law school where i was a student (but please don't confuse me with lawyer folks, i turned away).

i've been reveling in my Southern Ruralness ever since. moved away from town. blend in pretty good.

FUBAR is my favorite military acronym.

"Tits up" is one that took me a little while to get. (refers to anything gone kaput (German), as in dead animal on its back).



also Mr. Darling turns some neat ones on the Andy Griffith show. (but that doesn't make them "real")

[RaiserLiebe]

"Charlie Fox" is my favorite military acronym.

When we were out of something at the restaurant, we were "86" the chicken (or whatever). I don't have any idea of the origin of that one.

FUBAR is my favorite military acronym.

"Tits up" is one that took me a little while to get. (refers to anything gone kaput (German), as in dead animal on its back)

[Wade Patton]

I know "Charlie Bravo". I get them 12 at a time, sometimes 24 or 30 for special outings.