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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 08:56:16 AM
 hi girls, anyone out there with some funny sayings? to share! one i heard once is>>>> colder then a well diggers behind!!! however u want to say that one lol~!!! tared and feathered! we used to ask mamma where she was going when she was dressing up, and she'd say goen crazy wana come? we really thought that's where she was going tee hee!!!? there were some funnies from the elders! anyways thought this would be an interesting topic for a giggle jo~
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Oct 14 2008 : 10:52:58 PM
"as dumb as a box of rocks", "half a bubble off plumb", or "One brick shy of a full load"..for someone not very bright.
"hasn't got a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out of"
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| homesteaderbelle |
Posted - Oct 14 2008 : 10:40:06 PM
I love it when my granny tells me all the different sayings that her parents and grandparents told her. She often says,"It takes you 'til noon to say good morning." (Meaning you're being slow at something.)
One person was talking about food taht will stick to your ribs. Whenever we eat a good homecooked meal, Mom always says,"Now, that is the kind of food that'll stick to your ribs!"
I will have to think of some more.
Belle
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| San |
Posted - Oct 10 2008 : 7:27:08 PM
My Dad used to say How do you like them apples? |
| chicken necker |
Posted - Oct 08 2008 : 7:31:42 PM
"Slicker than goose sh**"
"Because I said so."
"Musta been a gyspy in the woodpile somewhere's" - this is one my family said about me. I "resemble" bits and pieces of them, but put together, I look very different.
"A.F.L.E."
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| San |
Posted - Oct 08 2008 : 7:22:03 PM
My grandfather, when asked how he liked something might say "It's nothing to get up in the night and holler about."
My cousin says, I'm so tired my nose won't run
Then there's as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. |
| yarnmamma |
Posted - Oct 08 2008 : 6:18:49 PM
I read the sayings:
Tight as the bark on a tree. (means stingy)
then:
The one who pays the piper is apt to call the tune.
Linda in Scranton, PA
farmgirl #71
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Oct 08 2008 : 5:51:06 PM
Wow, this got me to thinking. Afriend of mine always says "don't get your panties in a wad." That cracks me up. She's really country.
And my daughter had a boyfriend once who's mom always said she was so poor she couldn't pay attention.
My dad's favorite was "it takes one to know one."
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| electricdunce |
Posted - Oct 08 2008 : 3:21:24 PM
"Tougher than a boiled owl..." is a local kitchen opinion. and I always heard it as "Colder than a well digger's knee..." but that was probably cleaned up for kids' ears.....
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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| Annab |
Posted - Oct 08 2008 : 2:46:11 PM
My mom always said colder than a witches upper torso in a brass bra
A friend always said crazier than 3 kinds of bat sh....
colder than a well diggers a... in siberia
and a really bad one hubby uses is nervous as a whor....in a weenie factory
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Oct 08 2008 : 11:00:59 AM
Stick to your ribs was one Grandma and Mom used when talking about a hearty meal. I always thought that was funny because when I was little and didn't know how internal organs worked, I actually thought food stuck to our ribs and I always pictured pasta and stuff hanging from them!
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Oct 08 2008 : 09:59:09 AM
here's one> you can't put an old head on young shoulders. i heard one time i never forgot that. al's grandfather told me that one time he was the sweetist man. bless his soul. crazier then a bed bug was another one wonder i heard befor they must have had these old sayings for years and years.jo
i thought love was all you needed? courage is needed too! |
| JO AND AL |
Posted - Oct 08 2008 : 09:50:48 AM
yeh i remember that saying about giving away the a hole and sh through the ribs my mom always told me i was like thta lol. funny later jo
i thought love was all you needed? courage is needed too! |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Nov 10 2006 : 11:06:22 AM
My grandfather always says, to the person who is blocking his view of the TV, "You make a better door than a window."
And to the one who is practicing an instrument, "Do you know how to play that song 'Far, Far Away'?"
My husband's family used to say of overly generous person "He would give away his a**hole and sh*t through his ribs." |
| JO AND AL |
Posted - Nov 10 2006 : 03:29:34 AM
here's another one i used to hera it's darker then a dungeon in here! or darker then the black hole of calcutta! what ever that meant? lol! there are alot of them isn't there! oh and, there's more then one way to skin a cat! jo
i thought love was all you needed? courage is needed too! |
| Luzy |
Posted - Oct 28 2006 : 5:22:59 PM
1) A really mean person was said to be "weaned on a pickle"
2) As nervous as a cat under a rockin chair
3) My Grandpa would always say, "Don't monkey with that", meaning to stop messin with something.
4) If someone had bucked teeth, my Grandpa would say, "He could eat corn on the cob through a picket fence"!!!
I'm sure I'll have lots more to post later.
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May I always be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Oct 28 2006 : 2:44:35 PM
LETS SEE.
There was--- sometimes purt-en- near is good enough.
Then there was- Grandma, am I pretty? If you act as good as you look you will be ok.
The most important of all was when things were not going right or etc. etc. Grandma always said , WELL, NEVER MIND. and THAT TO THIS DAY HAS MADE ME NOT TAKE EVERY LITTLE THING SO SERIOUSLY.
NANCY JO |
| bramble |
Posted - Oct 28 2006 : 2:30:22 PM
"I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole". (Avoiding a topic)
"I'll have to stir that pot with a long handled spoon". (think it over with some distance between you and "it".
"Five men and a mule COULD get it done but all it needs is one woman tellin' the man what needs doing!" (Southern Gran...)
with a happy heart |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Oct 28 2006 : 2:18:34 PM
My mom was full of funny sayings that came down from her farm family. Here are a couple:
You are smarter than you look. That is a darn good thing.
I would say to her "Mom, I want.....(something too expensive) and she would smile and say "People in hell want ice water, too."
Oddly, I never said either one of these to my daughter!
Peace |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Oct 28 2006 : 10:25:34 AM
It's funny that all over this country of ours we have basically the same sayings. They must go back to Adam. My uncle used to say when we would pester him about things..
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies,
Keep you mouth shut and you'll catch no flies.
Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance! |
| Horseyrider |
Posted - Oct 23 2006 : 10:38:25 AM
Brenda, your daughters are lucky! You'll have them thinking.
Another that's used a lot around here is references to getting hit with a stick. Like "He got hit with the Ugly Stick" or "She got hit with the Cancer Stick." |
| brightmeadow |
Posted - Oct 23 2006 : 04:57:33 AM
Mary Ann,
Your mother's saying reminds me of one I picked up somewhere and used a lot with my girls whenever they said "I can't!", "Can't never did anything."
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| Horseyrider |
Posted - Oct 23 2006 : 04:48:24 AM
My mother used to say "'Mean to' don't pick no cotton." She was from the South. Also, "Uglier than a mud fence," "Had a face like a shovel," "they get along like peas in a pod." My daughter's one to say stuff in reference to pretty girls in her college town like "You can't swing a dead cat and not hit one." |
| JO AND AL |
Posted - Oct 22 2006 : 3:16:59 PM
my first hubby would say must have a twin on one person could be that stupid. haha!! he had some funnys too. jumpen like a cat on a hot tin roof. and if my dad didn't like the music he'd say that sounds like a skeloton dancing on a tin roof. another one was, two kernels shot a cob, or three bricks shy of a load. don't know where they all come from honestly. sawdust between your ears was another one i heard, and use your head for more then a hat rack! lol, jo~
i thought love was all you needed? courage is needed too! |
| bramble |
Posted - Oct 18 2006 : 09:46:59 AM
"I love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck!"
"It's not big enough to swing a cat in here"!
"Did you plan on being that stupid or did it just come to you naturally?"
"What is taking you so long? Are you waiting for an engraved invitation?"
"When pigs fly..."
If you give a man a fish, he can eat. If you teach a man to fish...he won't be at work tomorrow!
In response to "How are you doing?"
"Hell has frozen over and I believe I have fallen through the ice!"
with a happy heart |
| lilpunkin |
Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 6:25:56 PM
My grandmother has alot of funny sayings. But there is 2 that always get me. One is when she is running to the bathroom she will say, "I gotta go, I cant hold my liquor"
And the other one is when something doesn't go right she says, "now ain't that the squirts"
LOL! Those just crack me up everytime. She is 85 and it makes it even funnier because you don't expect her to say that.
lilpunkin |
