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Across the Fence:  lets have some fun  |
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 03 2008 : 9:36:14 PM
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Chessie,
Your nosepicker-buttscratcher comment made me laugh so hard, my son thought I was choking or something. I will have to remember this one.
I know it is after the cut off time, but I thought I would share this as well.
My Dad used to also say- when one did something stupid (which I NEVER did. LOL)
"Were you born in the basement, and never brought up?" And when referring to politicians: "he is so crooked, when he dies, they will have to screw him into the ground."
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - Feb 03 2008 : 9:48:31 PM
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An old boyfriend of mine used to say "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride"
WHen a girl would hang on her boyfriend we'd say "She was on him like ugly on an ape (or like white on rice)"
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
623 Posts |
Posted - Feb 03 2008 : 9:56:00 PM
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My Gma use to say "save your pennies and the dollars will follow." So true.  |
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 07:09:02 AM
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My daddy always said "A fool and his money will soon depart" ALLLL the time. It was a common joke around our house.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow...
http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/ |
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
403 Posts |
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
403 Posts |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 08:57:18 AM
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My grandpa has a million of them:
If you reach for something across the table, you're showing off your "boarding house reach".
"You make a better door than a window" is a nice way of saying "You're blocking the TV!"
Here's an odd one. If we were acting up or acting sulky, grandpa would say "Grandma's going to give you a box of cigars." And then if we'd gotten reprimanded and were pouting a little, he'd just catch our eye and say "Puff!" If anyone can tell me whether that used to be a common phrase or a line from a movie, I'd really appreciate it.
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 04:07:45 AM
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Miss Wilma,
Did you get in touch with Libby? Just go to where her comment is on this contest and click on her name on the left and it will take you to where you can send her an e'mail.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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debinmtns
True Blue Farmgirl
925 Posts
Debi
Hope
Idaho
USA
925 Posts |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 08:04:56 AM
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Here are some fun ones!
Useless as teats on a bull..
If the good Lords willin' and the creek don't rise..
Went thru it like corn thru a goose..
Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockin' chairs
No good deed goes unpunished..
more colors than a rodeo clown
If it ain't broke..don't fix it
Too wet to plow, and too hot to fish..
Naked as a Jaybird..
Squeakin' like a Sears saddle
Mule headed..
He couldn't hit the side of a barn if he was inside !
There's a ten gallon hat on a two gallon head
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Please come visit Nora and I our our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 09:17:35 AM
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I havent read all of these, so if this is already here sorry
Busier than a one legged man in a buttkickin contest
Busier than a one armed paper hanger
Mama to 2
I am who I am
FarmGirl# 20
http://myfarmdreams.blogspot.com/
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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22shortie
True Blue Farmgirl
329 Posts
rebekah
sulphur
la
USA
329 Posts |
Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 12:24:11 PM
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I guess I picked up on a few of my grandparents and parents sayings at a very young age because I suprised my mom one day by telling her " well, you gotta strike while the iron is hot!"... She died laughing and ever since then we all get a kick out of that saying. I think it pretty much means to get while the gettin's good, or to take advantage of the opportunity. I beleive it orinainally refered to a blacksmith and how he had to beat the metal while it was red hot and pliable. The really funny part was when I would say something like that around my teenage friends and they looked at me like " what century are you from?" : )
http://pumpkinseed-unscripted.blogspot.com/ |
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2008 : 05:28:42 AM
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Root hog or lose your tater. Means get to work or enjoy going without.
Ann
Sairy Hill Thicket
There is a Redeemer. |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2008 : 05:48:24 AM
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These are all great! I loved reading them. I had to share one that my husband has started to use recently. Now he's from Sweden and I believe he first heard it from one of his coworkers here. When there's a problem or something seems hard or impossible for him to do he now says,
"I'll just put on my big girl panties and deal with it."
I'd heard it before but the first time he said it, with his accent, I laughed my head off.
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/ |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2008 : 05:54:46 AM
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Oh, one more. This is one I say to myself a lot and especially if there's something to be done that I don't really feel like doing.
'Nothing to do, but to do it.'
I'm not sure where I picked it up, probably from one of my grandmothers, but I do seem to say it quite a bit.
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/ |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2008 : 05:56:26 AM
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| Lainey, that is too funny for words. I'm going to be laughing about it all day. Hope he comes up with others like that! |
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createmyworld
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Beth
Akron
PA
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2008 : 05:59:37 AM
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Here's a few more that my parents and some of my friends used to say:
Up @#$% creek without a paddle.
Do as I say, not as I do.
It's colder than a witch's tit.
You rode the short bus to school didn't you? (meaning you're not too bright)
When they said they were handin' out brains in heaven, you got in the line that said trains.
He's nuttier than a squirell turd.
You're slower than molasses in January.
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2008 : 06:03:05 AM
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Did anyone already say, "there's more than one way to skin a cat."? That's one I use everyday, and I also forgot my husband's personal favorite, "(He, She, I) just think (she, he, I) hung the moon" whe and when he's fibbed about the garbage, "you must think I came down with yesterday's rain!"
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2008 : 12:30:22 PM
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I can't believe I won the drawing!!! I've been up in the "big city" for the last few days due to some medical weirdness - I'm okay, but just needed some tests to confirm that! WOW - what a wonderful thing to come home to after a couple of "draggy" days. You all are SO amazing, and I am in shock - it seems like I never win anything, and the timing of this one couldn't be better! I wish you could all see my smile right now.....
XOXO, Libbie
"Farmgirl Sister #10," and proud of it!!! |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2008 : 2:25:11 PM
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My friend Jack used to say:
"He/she looked like death sucking on a lifesaver!"
It meant that you didn't look so hot lately, or had been ill and needed to go home and get into bed.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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