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I'll say that one a fair amount here at college, but no one seems to understand it anymore Makes perfect sense if you really think about it
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Yep, it’s the same.... only different
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11-04-2021, 04:56 AM | #204 |
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I use that one often because it often applies. It's good to make people have to think. If they do it should be clear what is meant
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I wasn't lookin' for work when I got THIS job.
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"That's not terrible bad"
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11-04-2021, 03:01 PM | #208 |
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Caught myself thinking my german sheppard was running "hell bent for leather" after his ball, and thought of this thread.
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What it do
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11-05-2021, 05:13 AM | #210 |
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I'm stealing this one from the video Deadhead NM shared on the classic car being destroyed, "More kicks than a sack full of jack rabbits".
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My dad used to say "Well I'll be a shiftless skunk" or "for crying in the sink"
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I’m as confused as a baby raccoon
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My dad never cussed , and being a logger you might think he did sometimes ,,but when he was horse logging our place back when I was around 8 years old ,,I heard him almost cuss and I will never forget it''
Old Nell the work horse took off with the log behind him and pulled it way past where he should of stopped at ,,,and after my dad caught up with him , he yelled this old saying and he whipped him with the reins all the way a back to the roll- a- way where he should of stopped He said ,, I'll teach you " You Son of a Bisquit Eater " to do that again
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11-05-2021, 08:43 PM | #214 |
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They used to come up with alternatives in the name of decency.
I remembered one today. It's a well known one. I don't think anyone posted it, could be wrong. "If you talk the talk you better walk the walk"
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"Fair to middling"
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"He's blind in one eye, and can't see out of the other".
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“Ain’t nothin going to happen until you do something”
My advice is, if an old pugilist says that to you…walk away. “Tail light guarantee.. guaranteed until you can’t see my tail lights” I never liked that one. “Fuzzy side up” I still say that occasionally when my customer asks me how’s it going. “That boy is tough as nails”
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If I had a penny for every time a homeowner would come outside on a beautiful day and say, "Great working weather", I'd be a rich man. I guess "If I had a penny for every..." is another old saying. But what I wanted to say is my standard reply to the "Great working weather" was always, "Great fishing weather. We work in all the weather"
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An old truck driver once showed up to the job on a foggy morning and said, "My eyes feel like two pee holes in the snow". I knew exactly what he meant
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Sorry...my tongue got in front of my eye tooth couldn't see what I was saying.
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“Monkey see monkey do”
“Keeping up with the Jones’” And Oscar Wilde’s “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery….that mediocrity can pay to greatness” My question… is mimetic desire good or bad? … truck site good, facebook bad. Jk On a side note. A question for special-k. Hey Tim, “if you have a hammer does everything look like nail?”
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my Dad used to say "I can explain it to you, but I cant understand it for you"
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If it's a claw hammer then YES!!
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A good looking Young Lady walked by a buddy and I and he said" Looks like two Bobcats fighting in a gunny sack"
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