Wierd sayings - Page 3

Lucy · 10-28-2005, 02:07 PM

Drier then a popcorn fart. One of my favorites..
This one always gets me...

Cuter then a fat puppies ass..or Cuter then a bug's ear.

Drunker the Cooter Brown.

Huh?

LabRat · 10-28-2005, 03:56 PM

Hey! My dad used to say this, although I seem to remember it being 'piss like a Russian racehorse'. Huh. Who knew.

capnhowdy · 10-28-2005, 04:39 PM

" a right smart"

EX: "He has a right smart of money".
"Yes, There were a right smart of people there"
***AND***

SAM HILL
Now what the Sam Hill does that 'spose to mean?

Clodfobble · 10-28-2005, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dar512

It is carrot and stick. The phrase implies reward for doing well and punishment for doing poorly.

I disagree. I think Sundae Girl and xoxoxoBruce are right on this one.

Cyclefrance · 10-28-2005, 06:41 PM

Jesus H Christ! You have wierder ones in the US than in the UK.

Sam Hill??? Who the Dickens is Sam Hill??? And 'right smart' is another one I've never come across, unless it arises north of Watford (over to Sundae Girl...)

Piss like a racehorse - now I think that is a corruption of 'piss (it) like a racehorse', Where the idea of 'piss it' means to accomplish it easily, as in the English cockney 'it was a piece of piss' meaning it was really very easy, as it is to piss (or pass water*) when you need to (although we also use another phrase for the same thing describing something easy as 'being a right doddle' - and I have absolutely no (zilch??) idea about where that one comes from...!)

* there's a joke about this: guy goes to doctors complaining about feeling poorly, to which the doctor asks 'do you find you have trouble passing water?' to which the guy replies 'funny you should ask that, I came over real dizzy on the bus the other day, just as it was going past the local reservoir!' Oh well some you do, some you don't!

dar512 · 10-29-2005, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I disagree. I think Sundae Girl and xoxoxoBruce are right on this one.

Your privilege. But American Heritage Dictionary of the English language has this to say:

Quote:

carrot-and-stick

Combining a promised reward with a threatened penalty: took a carrot-and-stick approach to the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.

This only make senses if part of the phrase implies punishment.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-29-2005, 09:27 PM

How many of those dictionary writers even saw a donkey, let alone try to move one. They've taken a perfectly logical expression and corrupted it.
Good luck trying to bribe that juvenile offender with a stinkin carrot. :p

10-29-2005, 10:27 PM

Good luck disciplining one with a stick, either. Not that I'm in favor of child abuse, but most of them seem to get off with a light rap across the knuckles these days.

For a hilarious take from an Indian on Tonto, try here

In the movies, Indians are always accompanied by ominous music. And I've seen so many Indian movies that I feel like I'm constantly accompanied by ominous music. I always feel that something bad is about to happen.

I am always aware of how my whole life is shaped by my hatred of Tonto. Whenever I think of Tonto, I hear ominous music.

lumberjim · 10-28-2005, 07:34 PM

SAM HILL = hell

[Q] From Doug Hickey: “I have often heard in American movies and on television phrases like ‘What in the Sam Hill is going on?’ Or, ‘What the Sam Hill happened here?’ Or, some such exclamation. I have not been able to find the basis of this expression.”

[A] There is a story sometimes told (for example in Edwin Mitchell’s Encyclopedia of American Politics in 1946) that one Colonel Samuel Hill of Guilford, Connecticut, would often run for political office at some point in the early nineteenth century but always without success. Hence, “to run like Sam Hill” or “go like Sam Hill”. The problem is that nobody has found any trace of this monumentally unsuccessful candidate.

On the other hand, an article in the New England Magazine in December 1889 entitled Two Centuries and a Half in Guilford Connecticut mentioned that, “Between 1727 and 1752 Mr. Sam. Hill represented Guilford in forty-three out of forty-nine sessions of the Legislature, and when he was gathered to his fathers, his son Nathaniel reigned in his stead” and a footnote queried whether this might be the source of the “popular Connecticut adjuration to ‘Give ‘em Sam Hill’?” So the tale has long legs.

The expression has been known since the late 1830s. Despite the story, it seems to be no more than a personalised euphemism for “hell”.

darclauz · 10-28-2005, 08:06 PM

that's just a hard goddamned fact of life.

Elspode · 10-28-2005, 08:47 PM

I thought we were just going to speculate wildly and offer our own bullheaded opinions on these sayings. Now LJ has gone and brought apparent factual information into the mix. Damn, you can't fake anything anymore.

zippyt · 10-28-2005, 08:59 PM

Fuck'n A Skippy ,

What the hell does this meen ? And who the Hell is Skippy ???

Crimson Ghost · 10-29-2005, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyt

Fuck'n A Skippy ,

What the hell does this meen ? And who the Hell is Skippy ???

Skippy is the guy who invented the peanut butter.
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That'll learn ya.

How's about I break my foot off in your ass? - That sounds mighty painful.

I don't care if it short-dicks every cannibal in the Congo. - I know what it means. I use it at least once a week.

Colder than a witch's tit.

Cyclefrance · 10-29-2005, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyt

Fuck'n A Skippy ,

What the hell does this meen ? And who the Hell is Skippy ???

Not sure about yr answer Crimson. I thought Skippy was a famous Australian kangaroo (the Ozzie answer to Lassie, although I think the old 'What's the matter Lassie?' 'bark-bark-bark-bark!' 'What! Little Jimmy's fallen in the well?' 'Bark-bark-bark-bark!' 'And the rope's broken so you can't pull him out?', etc., etc., was replaced with some strange chittering and mouth wobbling which is all kangaroos can do, otherwise the 'conversation' followed much the same line - BTW whaever happend to Rin-tin-tin? - Go, Rinty, go!! - and anyone remember the name of his young boy master? Did he go on to greater things, like, maybe Champion the Wonder Horse, or perhaps The Elephant Man?? ). Sorry, got a bit carried away there - back to Skippy - IMHP, that makes the saying more visually appealing to an Australian (and possibly even to a Welshman) who would usually have to make do with a sheep!

Crimson Ghost · 10-30-2005, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Not sure about yr answer Crimson. I thought Skippy was a famous Australian kangaroo (the Ozzie answer to Lassie, although I think the old 'What's the matter Lassie?' 'bark-bark-bark-bark!' 'What! Little Jimmy's fallen in the well?' 'Bark-bark-bark-bark!' 'And the rope's broken so you can't pull him out?', etc., etc., was replaced with some strange chittering and mouth wobbling which is all kangaroos can do, otherwise the 'conversation' followed much the same line - BTW whaever happend to Rin-tin-tin? - Go, Rinty, go!! - and anyone remember the name of his young boy master? Did he go on to greater things, like, maybe Champion the Wonder Horse, or perhaps The Elephant Man?? ). Sorry, got a bit carried away there - back to Skippy - IMHP, that makes the saying more visually appealing to an Australian (and possibly even to a Welshman) who would usually have to make do with a sheep!

Well, you might have a point there...
And you got me to thinking...
Thank God for early TV, giving us a boy and his dog.
Always a good thing to teach children about beastiality early.

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10-28-2005, 02:07 PM	#1
Lucy Colloquialist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 75	Drier then a popcorn fart. One of my favorites.. This one always gets me... Cuter then a fat puppies ass..or Cuter then a bug's ear. Drunker the Cooter Brown. Huh? Last edited by Lucy; 10-28-2005 at 02:13 PM.

10-28-2005, 03:56 PM	#2
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Hey! My dad used to say this, although I seem to remember it being 'piss like a Russian racehorse'. Huh. Who knew. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

10-28-2005, 04:39 PM	#3
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	" a right smart" EX: "He has a right smart of money". "Yes, There were a right smart of people there" *AND* SAM HILL Now what the Sam Hill does that 'spose to mean? __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-28-2005, 06:41 PM	#5
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Jesus H Christ! You have wierder ones in the US than in the UK. Sam Hill??? Who the Dickens is Sam Hill??? And 'right smart' is another one I've never come across, unless it arises north of Watford (over to Sundae Girl...) Piss like a racehorse - now I think that is a corruption of 'piss (it) like a racehorse', Where the idea of 'piss it' means to accomplish it easily, as in the English cockney 'it was a piece of piss' meaning it was really very easy, as it is to piss (or pass water) when you need to (although we also use another phrase for the same thing describing something easy as 'being a right doddle' - and I have absolutely no (zilch??) idea about where that one comes from...!) there's a joke about this: guy goes to doctors complaining about feeling poorly, to which the doctor asks 'do you find you have trouble passing water?' to which the guy replies 'funny you should ask that, I came over real dizzy on the bus the other day, just as it was going past the local reservoir!' Oh well some you do, some you don't! __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

10-29-2005, 09:27 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How many of those dictionary writers even saw a donkey, let alone try to move one. They've taken a perfectly logical expression and corrupted it. Good luck trying to bribe that juvenile offender with a stinkin carrot. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-29-2005, 10:27 PM	#8
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Good luck disciplining one with a stick, either. Not that I'm in favor of child abuse, but most of them seem to get off with a light rap across the knuckles these days. For a hilarious take from an Indian on Tonto, try here In the movies, Indians are always accompanied by ominous music. And I've seen so many Indian movies that I feel like I'm constantly accompanied by ominous music. I always feel that something bad is about to happen. I am always aware of how my whole life is shaped by my hatred of Tonto. Whenever I think of Tonto, I hear ominous music.

10-28-2005, 07:34 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	SAM HILL = hell [Q] From Doug Hickey: “I have often heard in American movies and on television phrases like ‘What in the Sam Hill is going on?’ Or, ‘What the Sam Hill happened here?’ Or, some such exclamation. I have not been able to find the basis of this expression.” [A] There is a story sometimes told (for example in Edwin Mitchell’s Encyclopedia of American Politics in 1946) that one Colonel Samuel Hill of Guilford, Connecticut, would often run for political office at some point in the early nineteenth century but always without success. Hence, “to run like Sam Hill” or “go like Sam Hill”. The problem is that nobody has found any trace of this monumentally unsuccessful candidate. On the other hand, an article in the New England Magazine in December 1889 entitled Two Centuries and a Half in Guilford Connecticut mentioned that, “Between 1727 and 1752 Mr. Sam. Hill represented Guilford in forty-three out of forty-nine sessions of the Legislature, and when he was gathered to his fathers, his son Nathaniel reigned in his stead” and a footnote queried whether this might be the source of the “popular Connecticut adjuration to ‘Give ‘em Sam Hill’?” So the tale has long legs. The expression has been known since the late 1830s. Despite the story, it seems to be no more than a personalised euphemism for “hell”. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-28-2005, 08:06 PM	#10
darclauz Breathing into a paper bag Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 334	that's just a hard goddamned fact of life. __________________ Taking up smoking to lose weight.

10-28-2005, 08:47 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I thought we were just going to speculate wildly and offer our own bullheaded opinions on these sayings. Now LJ has gone and brought apparent factual information into the mix. Damn, you can't fake anything anymore. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-28-2005, 08:59 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Fuck'n A Skippy , What the hell does this meen ? And who the Hell is Skippy ??? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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