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blackbird
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 13, 2008 - 06:30pm PT
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Always the phrase or word to catch your ear and make you either smile or scratch your head or roll your eyes or all of the above...
I was talking with some friends this afternoon and somehow we got on the subject and man did we roll with it... One of those "Oh, and how 'bout this one!" and "My grandma used to say this.." kind of sessions where we all were grinnin' at the end.
some of the ones we came up with (all southern, of course) included: divan (sofa/couch); chiffarobe (wardrobe); dusky dark (a truly Appalachian phrase that I haven't heard in years referring to that time of day when it isn't quite dusk yet it isn't quite dark... well beyond twilight, kind of hard to explain but you know it when you see it); drunker than a 9 eyed billygoat (duh!); afghan (a crocheted blanket typically found on the backs of divans); ken (to know, as in "reckon". Don't ask about the spelling, that's just how I've seen them both written over the years); cut (referring to electricity and turning something off or on); fixin' (getting ready to do something)...
The list goes on, but these are the first to come to mind as I sit and muse... I reckon I'll come up with some others later...
Got any to add from other parts of the country?? I'd be curious to see any similarities!
BB
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 06:38pm PT
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O dark 30.
Standing on line.
tonic (NH - pronounced more like tawnic) Soda, pop, etc. in other places.
Could care less. (instead of couldn't)
Find a ways. (You may have heard a prominent person say this.)
A whole nother. NY. maybe other places as well.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 06:43pm PT
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Once upon a time, I had a boss who only spoke in colloquialisms and cliches. Drove me absolutely nuts.
Skin in the game
gather 'round the campfire
feet to the flames
go round the horn (he especially liked sports ones)
shudder. That is really just the tip of the iceberg. Any time we were at a meeting and he'd lay one of those on us (at least 10 per meeting minimum) I used to wink at my compadre Amy and watch her try not to melt down into laughter. Made things bearable.
Because he liked them so much, we figured we could get him to adopt them too. So I came up with one that sounds like it means something... but doesn't.
So, the next meeting, I trot it out. "Dave, where are we with X?" "Well" I reply, "We're really at a 4 way stop on this one."
He blinks. he looks at me. blinks again. "Ok, well keep me up to date."
Within two weeks, he used 'We're at a 4 way stop on this' at a meeting.
I had to excuse myself because I was choking.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 06:45pm PT
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When I was a kid in N. Utah, "ubetcha" seemed to mean "thank you".
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 06:49pm PT
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I think we need to ping Hank Caylor on this one.
He's King of said usage.
In a pig's eye
Can't put lipstick on a pig
Turd in the punchbowl
Fly in the ointment
At the end of the day
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Feb 13, 2008 - 06:50pm PT
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caughtinside, that's hilarious.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 06:50pm PT
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And welcome back to the fracas there Black Birdie!
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SammyLee2
Trad climber
Memphis, TN
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Feb 13, 2008 - 06:59pm PT
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till the cows come home.
coming up a cloud.
fell out.
kissing cousins.
rode hard and put up wet.
blue blazes.
horney as a three pecked goat.
useless as tits on a boar hog.
rock with lips.
two mules fighting over a turnip.
love is blind, the neighbors are not.
scared spitless.
laid up.
sick as a dog.
drunk as Cooter Brown.
Chinese fire drill.
tied one on.
btw Good to see you around the campfire BB.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:02pm PT
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pissed - has an entirely different meaning in England.
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:03pm PT
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pfffft...
there's one
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scuffy b
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Stump with a backrest
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:05pm PT
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I never heard sofa or divan when I was little.
The big piece of furniture was called a Chesterfield.
I've only heard ubetcha used as "you're welcome" in Idaho
Montana and Wyoming, never as "thank you."
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:13pm PT
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Sofa, couch, chesterfield ...how 'bout: "davenport".
The one we used converted into a bed.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:14pm PT
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That's because SO Cal freeways are f#ckin' monumental.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:16pm PT
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I'm not "takin' the hit" on this one kiddo.
Why don't you "toe the line" buster.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:18pm PT
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scuffy - Nice catch.
"you're welcome" - I know that is what I meant to type.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:21pm PT
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Going forward, and looking backward, there's lots. From the OP (welcome back, BB!):
Divan - I think it's a Turkish word for sofa.
Ken - archaic word in many Germanic languages, for "know"
Afghan - we use that word here, too, for the same thing.
I'll try to remember some local ones - there's a whole dictionary of (English) Canadian usages, and of course there are some very colourful ones from the Maritimes.
Another thread might be "Fatuous expressions that may justify homicide".
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:25pm PT
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"up and coming" bothers an editor I know so much that if he finds it, the culprit is soon "down and going"
ken probably from kennen - which means to know or understand in German.
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scuffy b
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Stump with a backrest
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:26pm PT
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sigh of relief, TIG.
I was totally thrown (more furniture terminology) by Ottoman at
an advanced age, like maybe 20. Like, how to fit an Empire
centered in Asia Minor into the sentence I heard, which was
something about putting one's feet up to rest.
You mean, that upholstered footstool is called an Ottoman????
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:29pm PT
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more English stuff...
boot - trunk of a car.
lift - elevator
flat - not a tire condition
quim - not suitable for explaining here and usually not available for a quid.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:33pm PT
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as useless as tits on a bull
fallin' ass over teacup
don't know sh#t from shinola
don't know his ass from a hole in the ground
My grandma was always threatening to put a tin ear on me when I was misbehaving.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:35pm PT
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Getting a bit long in the tooth
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:36pm PT
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tits on a bullfrog.
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bobinc
Trad climber
Portland, Or
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Feb 13, 2008 - 07:45pm PT
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"put Chinese handcuffs on their peckers and let 'em fight it out"
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scuffy b
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Stump with a backrest
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:04pm PT
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sitting in the catbird seat
tearing up the cabbage patch
behind the 8 ball
whole nine yards
there's a large body of nautical terms which
have made their way into everyday speech.
e.g. three sheets to the wind
scuppered
thwarted
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:08pm PT
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that's so last year
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 08:15pm PT
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Some of these I've heard, others not, all are fantastic!!
Thanks, all, for the "welcomeback", and believe me, it is good to be back around the fracasy fire (or firey fracas?!) again!!
I didn't realize it until a bit ago, but we southerners tend to say "you're fine" as a blanket statement meaning anything from "don't worry about it" to "you're forgiven" to "excuse me" (one of my friends hailing from north of the M-D line pointed that one out to me...) pffft is a commone one down here, but generally accompanied with an eye roll.
caught, I second blue! Brilliant, and kudos for that one!!
Sammy, I think you and I are close enough geographically to share a bunch of the same ones...
TIG, care to elaborate on that one?
Tarhoney, I completely forgot about "davenport"!!! We kids used to sleep on one at my great-aunt's house (how I could forget about getting elbowed by a ton of cousins all scufflin' for bed space at family reunions is beyond me...)
eKat, we do a similar thing: THE Wal-Mart or THE Kroger. There is a very definitive rule about when to add the THE, unfortunately, it isn't written anywhere; that knowledge is just inately there.
"...at the end of the day..." harkens to Les Mis for me, and "fallin' ass over tea cup" just absolutely puts me on the floor laughing!
ken/kennen - you're right, and thanks for the memory jog! Makes sense.
It's intriguing to me to look at the origins of many of these colloquialisms. Musically speaking, what the Southern Highlanders brought with them from their homelands is still 90% in tact and can be directly traced back to Scotland and Ireland. It has been the geographical isolation of the region that has kept things "pure" for so many years. I find it interesting that while a similar trend can be found linguistically, looking at the etymology of the word(s) and/or phrase(s), the verbage has morphed at a quicker pace than the music...
Thoughts?
BB
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blackbird
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 08:16pm PT
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how 'bout "worthless as tits on a boar hog"?
BB
Edit:
Katie bar the door...
The good Lord willin' and the Creek (as in Indians, not body of water) don't rise...
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:17pm PT
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BB, Elaborate on which one?
EK, And what the heck does "frickety frack" mean? LOL
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blackbird
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 08:19pm PT
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TIG - "pissed". The only meaning I know is "fightin' mad"!
BB
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 08:20pm PT
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Blinny, I'd have to disagree with your mom on that one: chocolate in ANY form is by no means worthless!!
BB
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:23pm PT
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And equally funny...
When the Brit tells you he was pissed. And you ask him about what. And he gives you the "hairy eyeball" like you have two heads.
Glad it was pissed you were asking about. I was wondering if I was going to have to explain the other one.
I once was using QIM as a sort of abbreviation. Q meant nothing, and I for international and M for message. (IM existed, so I could not use that.)
Well the British contingent sounded off in full Victorian rectitude. After that, no more QIM, for me thank you. (ubetcha).
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SammyLee2
Trad climber
Memphis, TN
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:32pm PT
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I spent a few months in Scottland. I spoke Southern. They spoke Scottish. There were moments. I was single, and hitting on this pretty Scotty chick. After some time and more than a few drinks, she says to me, in super slow English, "You don't really understand what I'm say'ing, do you?" I replied, "No, not really, why?." She says back to me, "BECAUSE, I JUST TOLD YOU, I HAVE CANCER!" And you said back, "Good, Good stuff".
I apoligized, said, "Let me get you a drink". I stood in line in the pub, and after about 20 minutes, got our drinks. When I returned, she was sitting with this other guy. I drank both the drinks and went back to the ship.
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:36pm PT
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"if she fell in a lake you could skim off dumb for days."
That was how my grandpa described my first girlfriend.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:39pm PT
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Brits, and I think Australians, say they're going to "knock someone up" - meaning go and visit, i.e. knock on the door.
We don't say that in Canada.
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goatboy smellz
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colorado
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:42pm PT
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A few I heard growing up in the Redneck Riviera™™™.
*shallow as a saucer
*too pooped to pop
*so noisy in here, I can't hear myself think
*tighter than a ducks ass
*like trying to nail jell-o to the wall
and an all time favorite...
*you're the one f#@king this chicken, I'm just holding the wings...
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:49pm PT
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-ain't no thing but a chicken wing
-finer than frogs hair, split three ways
-purt near
forgot about:
-Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:54pm PT
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maybe not regional, but in the units of measurement category.
rch,
nano-rch, ...
also unsuitable for explanation and perhaps of unknown origin.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:56pm PT
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Phake Blinny?
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 08:57pm PT
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You know you are South when you order ice tea and the query is,
"Sweet, or Unnnnsweet"
Only Yankees drink, Unnnnsweet.
Strange how you can take a Yankee or Westerner and put them in the South and in a month they've picked up the accent, sound like a local, but it doesn't work the other way around.
Ask a Brit some time to explain "maps of India"
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:04pm PT
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South Carolina represents -
Some words I remember -
Rye cheer - right here?
Didja - did you?
Djear - did you hear?
Sorry - for us , this meant anything that was halfass.
Doohicky - anything you forgot the real name of.
Cocola - a soft drink made in Atlanta
Hafpass - What time is it? Bout hafpass.
"I swan" - Grandmother used this to mean "I swear".
Worrywart - a fretful person
Hush up/hush yo mouth - be quiet.
Tore up - emotionally upset.
Hissie fit - not to be confused with a cinniption.
Gimme some sugar - had nothing to do with sucrose.
Pot likker - only a true Son of the South will know this one!
Messo - an amount of something.
Gullywasher - heck of a rainstorm.
Some sayings I heard growing up -
Girl got whomped with the ugly stick. - describes a less than attractive female.
Boy ain't got sense God gave a billygoat.
Bout as bright as a mudpie at midnight.
Boy's so bright his parents call him sun (son - get it?)
Good Lord willing and the creeks don't rise.
Happy as a pig in mud.
Happy as a pig in sh!t.
Grinnin like a sh!t eatin dog.
Tight as a Scotsman on Sunday .
Tight as a tick - this meant a lot of different things. Mostly meant high strung (wired too tight) - or could mean a close group of people (thick as thieves).
I wouldn't trust him any farther than I can throw him
He couldn't find his azz with a flashlight and a roadmap.
Girl's so skinny she don't get wet in a rainstorm.
Like white on rice - similar to flies on sh!t - describing something obvious.
Like a chicken with it's head cut off - panicky.
Snowball's chance in hell - unlikely to scucceed.
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:04pm PT
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Full as a tick.
He's been taken to hospital...(no THE)
Dumb as a post.
(I posted, so I'm dumb?)....
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:08pm PT
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Just glad it was not a future baby announcement (PB).
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:13pm PT
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Hey,
You have these colloquialisms
"down to a gnats eyelash"
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:13pm PT
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TGT, unfortunately to report, it DOES work that way, it just takes longer!!
BB
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:14pm PT
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Not that there is anything wrong with that. Often abbreviated NTTIAWWT. Online for gay.
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SammyLee2
Trad climber
Memphis, TN
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:18pm PT
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over yonder en th' holler
Nice place to be btw.
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:19pm PT
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This tent cabin is so small you have to go outside to change your mind.
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:28pm PT
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preachin' to the choir
BB
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:28pm PT
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he ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
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TradIsGood
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the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:29pm PT
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Yeah high to a grasshopper's knee.
I like the deer gut's one better, too. Never heard it before.
I knew Blinny would be on her role the minute BB posted.
A few beers short of a six-pack.
A few cards short of a full deck. Not sure those are regional.
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blackbird
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:29pm PT
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...or knife in the drawer!
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:30pm PT
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slow, like watchin' paint dry
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:31pm PT
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Colder than a brass seat in an Alaskan outhouse.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:31pm PT
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he ain't firin' on all 6 cylinders
she's built like she had rockits fired through her back
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:34pm PT
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We Stole It Fair and Square!
Include me out.
Deer guts is funny!!!
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:36pm PT
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That dog won't hunt.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:38pm PT
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whatever spins your platter
or floats your boat
or makes your hair curl
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:39pm PT
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this threads gonnah hit 100 faster 'n you can...
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:40pm PT
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uglier than a stump fence
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:42pm PT
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My wife is a test pilot....
in a broom factory in Wichita.
(Campground fee collector - Seneca Rocks.)
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:43pm PT
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I feel like hammered sh#t.
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blackbird
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:48pm PT
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how 'bout talkin' the ears off a fence post...
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goatboy smellz
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colorado
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:48pm PT
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git's more ass then a toilet seat...
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blackbird
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:49pm PT
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dumber 'n dirt
dumb as a rock
older than Methusela (I KNOW I spelled that one wrong!!)
BB
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:49pm PT
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Got a face that'd make a train take a dirt road...
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:50pm PT
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That girl's ass shakes more'n two cats in a burlap sack.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:50pm PT
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I'm down with that
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goatboy smellz
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:50pm PT
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older then dirt...
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:51pm PT
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he's dum as dirt
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blackbird
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:51pm PT
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Hey Tarbousier - what if yer hair's already curly?!?!?! What then, huh???!
BB
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goatboy smellz
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colorado
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:51pm PT
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built like a brick chithouse...
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blackbird
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:52pm PT
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clumsy as a bull in a china shop
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:52pm PT
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can't get there from here
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:52pm PT
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diarrhea of the keyboard - modern (ok i made it up)
post modern expressions for cell phones?
Richer than god. (A woman I worked with once had a husband who also worked, no TV, no hair-dryer, no kids. When she related another colleagues description of her to her husband, she reported back that "God was catching up".
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blackbird
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:53pm PT
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smooth like buttah...
mellow like a fine wine... (of which I have a glass in hand!)
BB
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Tarbuster
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:55pm PT
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...then whatever makes yer toes curl BB!
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blackbird
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:55pm PT
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OMG, I said that this afternoon, divad! Guy asked me for directions, he got that answer. It was true! He wanted to go all the way 'round his elbow to get to his a$$!! (there's another one for you...)
BB
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 13, 2008 - 09:55pm PT
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Face'd make a mule back away from it's oat-bag...
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:56pm PT
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I've heard it "...so dumb (s)he couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag)" Same difference!
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:57pm PT
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horse sense, as in "ain't got no..."
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 09:58pm PT
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mash: "mash" the button rather than push the "button"
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:00pm PT
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...why this thread hit a hunnerd faster 'n you can shake a stick
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:00pm PT
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Well stick a fork in my big butt!
(sounds best in a southern accent)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:01pm PT
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that'll blow yer socks off!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:02pm PT
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like takin' candy from a baby
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:02pm PT
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I've heard it as:
up sh#t creek with a turd for a paddle
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cintune
climber
Penn's Woods
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:04pm PT
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This thread's sure got some legs on it.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:05pm PT
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Dummer'n a chicken.
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 10:09pm PT
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sweeter 'n sugar
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 10:09pm PT
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hehe! used a variation of that one last night, eKat!
screw me once, shame on you; screw me twice, shame on me!
BB
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 10:11pm PT
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I LOVE it, Blinny. Never in my life have I heard that one but you better believe I'm gonna make good use of it!! Thanks!!!
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 10:16pm PT
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coupled with: two bricks shy of a load, a few cards short of a full deck and the blonde color leaked through to the brain...
BB
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:18pm PT
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slicker than c#m on a marble
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:22pm PT
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Funny, Blinny. I was just looking at that number. I forget which one, prolly the WTC conspiracy thing, but rajmit had one that hit over a hundred in a few hours.
This thread has TENTACLES. :-)
"I'm sure a man in hell would like a drink of water, too." Means you ain't gittin what choo want.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:23pm PT
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I smell a rat
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:23pm PT
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snowball's chance in hell?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:24pm PT
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that'll stick to yer ribs
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:25pm PT
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canary in a coal mine
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:27pm PT
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so poor, ain't got a pot to piss in
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:29pm PT
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don't know sh#t from shine-ola
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:29pm PT
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black drunk
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:30pm PT
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"butterface"
"Everything about her is hot,
Butterface"
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Count Chocula
climber
Choclovania
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:31pm PT
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"as useful as a trapdoor in a canoe"
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:31pm PT
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young, dum, and full of cum
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:32pm PT
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Que' Pasta
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Count Chocula
climber
Choclovania
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:32pm PT
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cold enough to freeze the balls off a pool table...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:32pm PT
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He was about as bright as a cave...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:33pm PT
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...can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch
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Count Chocula
climber
Choclovania
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:34pm PT
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madder than a mule chewin' bumble bees...
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:34pm PT
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Praise the lord and pass the amunition
Sweating bullets
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p-dub
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:34pm PT
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shit the bed - a monumental screw up
cunt hair - a very small margin
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:35pm PT
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"Close as a BPH"
there is an actual scaled definition of a BPH and a RPH.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:35pm PT
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Jimmeny Bisquick...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:35pm PT
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situation normal, all fuched up!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:36pm PT
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Does a one legged duck swim in a circle?
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:37pm PT
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Do bears sh#t in the woods
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:38pm PT
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does a bear sh#t in the woods?
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:38pm PT
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Great minds think alike
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:39pm PT
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fer fu#ck's sake!
quiet down over there!!!
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:39pm PT
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Yeah,,, well if my Aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:39pm PT
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Not regional.... BUT definitely colloquial
ARE YOU WILLING TO: This means you better do it.
FINE: This is the word women use to end an argument when they feel they are right and you need to shut up. Never use "fine" to describe how a woman looks. This will cause you to have one of "those" arguments.
FIVE MINUTES: This is half an hour. It is equivalent to the five minutes that your football game is going to last before you take out the trash, so it's an even trade.
NOTHING: This means "something" and you should be on your toes. "Nothing" is usually used to describe the feeling a woman has of wanting to turn you inside out, upside down, and backwards. "Nothing" usually signifies an argument that will last "Five Minutes" and will end with the word "Fine".
GO AHEAD (With Raised Eyebrows): This is a dare. One that will result in a woman getting upset over "Nothing" and will end with the word "Fine".
GO AHEAD (Normal Eyebrows): This means "I give up" or "do what you want because I don't care". You will get a "Raised Eyebrow Go Ahead" in just a few minutes, followed by "Nothing" and "Fine", and she will talk to you in about "Five Minutes" when she cools off.
LOUD SIGH: This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A "Loud Sigh" means she thinks you are an idiot at that moment, and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here arguing with you over "Nothing".
SOFT SIGH: Again, not a word, but a non-verbal statement. "Soft Sigh" means that she is content. Your best bet is not to move or breathe, and she will stay content.
THAT'S OKAY: This is one of the most dangerous statements that a woman can make to a man. "That's Okay" means that she wants to think long and hard before paying you back for whatever it is that you have done. "That's Okay" is often used with the word "Fine" and in conjunction with a "Raised Eyebrow Go Ahead". At some point in the near future, you are going to be in some mighty big trouble.
PLEASE DO: This is not a statement, it is an offer. A woman is giving you the chance to come up with whatever excuse or reason you have for doing whatever it is that you have done. You have a fair chance with the truth, so be careful and you shouldn't get a "That's Okay".
THANKS: A woman is thanking you. Do not faint. Just say "you're welcome".
THANKS A LOT: This is much different than "Thanks". A woman will say "Thanks A Lot" when she is really ticked off at you. It signifies that you have offended her in some callous way, and will be followed by the "Loud Sigh". Be careful not to ask what is wrong after the "Loud Sigh" as she will only tell you "Nothing".
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:40pm PT
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Irish Hand-Cuffs...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:45pm PT
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gonnah have to roll the dice on this one
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:45pm PT
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"Chuck us a sling," -aussie-ism
Osage orange
Buckeye
I thought Davenport was midwestern for couch
expressway, turnpike, highway, thoroughfare
F-Blinny got the socal-eeze of saying "the" before the number of a municipal roadway. that one really bugs me as it spreads.
The way Coloradans (aka Greenies) often (mis)pronounce Vedawuoo
Aposthrophe s, after anything in Ute slang, ie Zion's National park.
Indian Creek. emphasis on the first or second word?
"Put his brain on a razor blade and it would look like a bb on a four lane freeway."
Madam palm and her five ...
-that one may not be regional
Also regional pronunciations, beyond accents. What is on top of a house? a rooooof? a Ruof? - I use both.
How about a climb? is it a rooot? or a raoute?
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:45pm PT
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QC related
"good enough for government work"
"I can't see it from my house"
Everybody stand back. I'ts time for the smoke test"
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:45pm PT
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better farm that one out
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Count Chocula
climber
Choclovania
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:47pm PT
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hey watusi -
how about Irish toast?
(take on french toast, take two to four slices of bread, dunk them in a bowl of whiskey, throw the toast in the trash and drink the bowl...)
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p-dub
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:48pm PT
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The Ditch
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:48pm PT
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the main bearings "went south" on us...
and she seized up.
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John Moosie
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:48pm PT
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Lickety split
Everything is hunky dorey
I have a hankering
Tarnation
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:50pm PT
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dead-er than a doorknob
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:51pm PT
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When Hell freezes over
Like peas in a pod
Like a cat on a hot tin roof
Blind as a bat
Sly as a fox
Fast as a deer
Flat as a pancake
Dumb as a stick
Too close for comfort
And lastly,, Ya,all ain't from around here are ya?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:51pm PT
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out like a light
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:53pm PT
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too smart for yer own good
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Count Chocula
climber
Choclovania
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:53pm PT
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I love hearing the words:
"Ya'll ain't gonna believe this sh#t..."
especially since it usually follows with someones cousin finding (or stealing) some blasting caps or other explosives...yeeeehoo!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:56pm PT
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you ain't pullin' the wool over my eyes
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:56pm PT
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Like whipped cream on sh#t. (Making a 30 foot putt for double bogey.)
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. (A hole nother way of ascribin that remarkable incident.)
Does your husband play too? (Said to the guy who leaves his birdie putt short of the hole.)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:57pm PT
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bought it, hook, line, and sinker
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Count Chocula
climber
Choclovania
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:57pm PT
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more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rockin' chairs...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:58pm PT
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a day late and a dollar short
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 13, 2008 - 10:58pm PT
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Plain as the nose on your face
How is a raven like a writing desk?
Is the Bear Catholic, does the pope sh#t in the woods?*
Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you though times of no dope.*
Don't like the weather in ? Wait a few minutes. -everyone claims that one it came for across the pond, Yeats?
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:00pm PT
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T G
You got ta hit it, Alice
Does your husband play golf
I men't to do that...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:00pm PT
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that story don't wash
"that dog won't hunt" is better, but TIG "beat me to the punch"
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:01pm PT
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let's get some shut eye
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 11:01pm PT
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FUBAR...
shit in one hand, wish in the other and see which one fills up faster...
if ifs and buts were candy and nuts...
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:01pm PT
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There is a liesure class at both ends of the social spectrum.
Beck
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:03pm PT
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she's got a rack like tethered zeppelins!
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:04pm PT
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Military Golf. - Left, right, left...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:05pm PT
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hahha.
fuched up beyond all reason.
the military has to be a hot bed, a real breeding ground for this stuff.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:06pm PT
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dawn patrol
(now used by back country skiers)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:07pm PT
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It'l knock you half way into next week
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 11:08pm PT
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runnin' like a freight train...
bowl me over...
knock me over with a feather...
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:08pm PT
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"Dude!!! Thats sick!!!"
well,,,, maybe this will qualify twenty years from now
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:09pm PT
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pearls before swine
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:10pm PT
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one foot in the grave
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:10pm PT
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We've got this cajun hill billy from Arkansas at work who aspires to sit on the porch and sip lemonade. Nothing more. He's slow as f#ck. I call him "Molasses", and it aint because he's sweet. Everything he says is compared to something like "It was slicker than summer scumb off a Mississippi swamp" . His latest was "I was more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs".
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:11pm PT
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put your $ where your mouth is
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 11:11pm PT
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can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
gotta pee so bad I'm seein' yellow
gotta pee so bad my eyeballs are floatin'
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:12pm PT
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so fulla sh#t yer eyes are brown
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:14pm PT
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wouldn't know a good thing if it hit him in the face
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:14pm PT
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Some Mil ones
REMF = Rear Echelon mother fuxers
Zipper suited sun gods = flight crews
FRED = Frigging Rediculous Enginering Disaster = C-5
Barney = FRED's little brother = C-17
Gas Passers = Tail boom opperators
ButterBars= 1st Lt's
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:15pm PT
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His hand shake was stronger than Neille's breath.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:15pm PT
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a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush?
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:17pm PT
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More AF.
BUFF - B-52
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:18pm PT
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My teeth are floatin
BUFF = Big Ugly Fat Fuxer
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:18pm PT
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phoney baloney
baloney is baloney no matter how thin you slice it
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:20pm PT
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Righty tighty
Lefty loosey
Dont put the cart before the horse
Dont count your chickens before they hatch
Dont throw rhe baby out with the dishwater
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John Moosie
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:23pm PT
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Badger Pass
When it rains, put on chains.
When it snows, we close.
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John Moosie
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:24pm PT
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Said in Seattle.
We don't tan, we rust.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:27pm PT
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Toothbrush.
If it hadn't been invented in WV it would have been called a teethbrush.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:29pm PT
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Never refuse money, never offer it twice.
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:29pm PT
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Why Wontcha
Crappy Village.
Too Many Meadows
The Clowndominiums.(Y West)
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:33pm PT
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If you rest you rust.
The whole load of coals (ode to Pennsylvania folks)
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:34pm PT
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holy shizzle! (maybe that's one too?!) 228 posts!!
gotta play on this thread to celebrate BB's return:
"touch every base"
"look under every stone"
my dear dad used to say:
"touch every stone"
how 'boat
"watch it like a hawk"
which my Korean thesis advisor said as"
"watch it like a hog"
which makes some sense too...
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:34pm PT
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You Snooze
You loose!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:34pm PT
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slicker than a cat's dick on its wedding night
tighter than a bull's ass in fly season
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:35pm PT
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Ceiling Wax - dunno what that is.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:35pm PT
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"You miss every shot
You don't take"
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:38pm PT
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how about the New England term for a milk shake:
cabinet
which is about the same thing as a
frappe
depending on how far up or down the coast you are from Boston
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:38pm PT
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a wicked good frappe...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:39pm PT
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he's thicker than whale sh#t [really dumb]
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 11:40pm PT
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Thinking of this one only because I'm packing food (specifically, right now, oatmeal and granola) for a kayak trip this weekend (you'd be proud of me eKat, 3 days in a sea kayak in north Florida!!! Ab's not going, tho, even tho she does now have a doggie life jacket - which she deplores...; she'd turn into gator snax... yikes!!):
Who pissed in his Wheaties/Corn Flakes?
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 11:41pm PT
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cabinet = milkshake in New Elengandese?? huh??
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:42pm PT
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anybody here ever have
Anadama bread?
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:43pm PT
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She would look into a river and it would flow the other way..
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:43pm PT
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one fingered peace sign
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:44pm PT
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fish or cut bait
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:45pm PT
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More sellers than buyers. - Journalism for security prices went down. (like some sales were one-sided?)
More buyers than sellers. prices went up.
Prices rose as investors were attracted to higher yields. - More journalistic gobbledygook (about bond markets).
I must have been in northern New England. Heard of frappe, but cabinet is new to me as well.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:49pm PT
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"Bubbler", Bostonian for 'Drinking Fountain'.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:49pm PT
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grinder, sub, submarine sandwich, po-boy(?), hoagie.
edit:
and hero
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:50pm PT
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in the mid 70's asking for a "regular coffee" in California would get you black with no sugar
in New York city it would get you a coffee with sugar and milk. I remember learning to order coffee at the deli Moma Joy's on Broadway in the Upper Westside near Columbia as "coffee black no sugar"
You had to say it faster than they could pour it for you
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:51pm PT
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cheese steak
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:52pm PT
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If pigs had wings they could fly
and your momma wears army boots
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:52pm PT
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I'd drop her like a bad habit
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:52pm PT
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what's the deal with "chicken fried"
I think that baked alaska could be on some southern menus as "chicken fried ice cream"
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:53pm PT
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that thing took off like a bat outa' hell
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:54pm PT
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gnats are good measures of size too, besides pubic hairs...
"closer than a gnat's eyelash"
"shot the balls off a gnat at 50 paces"
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:55pm PT
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"it rained like a tall cow pissing on a flat rock"*
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:55pm PT
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Snapper soup - maybe not colloquial, but definitely regional. Most people think there is going to be fish in it.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:56pm PT
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my mom used to tell us that
"rain is the angels crying"
when I got older and more cynical I used to say
"rain is the angels pissing"
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:57pm PT
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various types of hairs are used as units of measure...
you know, like hair's breadth (hare's breath?)
I think there are others
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:57pm PT
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if wishes were fishes then beggars would eat
if wishes were horses then beggars would ride
april showers bring may flowers
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:58pm PT
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don't rain on my parade
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:59pm PT
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Tighter than a tube sock. Et. al. :-)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:00am PT
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dude, yer bummin' my stone
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:00am PT
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there is remembering the resistor color code:
BBROYGBVGW
Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Grey, White
0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 6, 7, 8, 9
for which the mnemonic:
"Bad boys rape our young girls but Violet gives willingly"
could not be used at some point in public education...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:01am PT
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don't bogart that joint
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:01am PT
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come hell or highwater
went to hell in a handbasket
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:03am PT
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Ed, I think that is not a colloquialism.
But it also is extended for tolerance - "Get Some Now" before tolerance was dropped, so to speak.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:03am PT
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measures of quantities:
scoush
tad
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:05am PT
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not worth the paper it's written on
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:05am PT
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I was thinking about Roy G. Biv and got sidetracked in the gutter
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:06am PT
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give a tinker's damn
give a rat's ass
give a sh#t
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:07am PT
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Peter
put
my
dopey
sister
on
cocaine
ppmdsoc
Permian
Pennsylvanian
Mississipian
Devonian
silurian
ordovician
cambrian
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:07am PT
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Rosy Palm
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:08am PT
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I have to remember that one Jaybro!
We don't need no stinkin' badges!
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2008 - 12:08am PT
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add smidg to the measures of quantity!
hey Ed, thought of you last weekend while leading a route. Name of the route: Mantissa. Isn't that some kind of math or physics term??
BB
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:08am PT
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"just a shot, not big enough to fill a wren's ear"
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:09am PT
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Mantissa is a novel by John Fowles
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:11am PT
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the mantissa is what it formed when the water (or wine or hootch) comes up the side of your glass...
... BB, you come to mind when I drive through Tuolumne Meadows... when are you going to come climb some slab with us?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:11am PT
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"Weee're ona mission frum Ghad."
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:13am PT
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how 'bout terms for vomiting?
technicolor yawn
ralph
blowing chunks
throw up
up chuck
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:14am PT
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screw the pooch [f*#k up big time, e.g. a pilot who crashes "screwed the pooch"]
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:14am PT
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a mantissa is the decimal part of a logarithm
you sure about that wine glass thing ED?
like, it's the technical term for "legs"??
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:17am PT
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REAL, DOUBLE PRECISION - Fortran for a subset of all binary rational numbers
float, double - C for the same
Oddly enough most programmers who use either language are not aware that they are not what mathematicians describe as "real numbers", or that there are no irrational numbers on their computers.
mantissa - a funny animal. Also the thing chemists call meniscus.
:-)
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:18am PT
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you're right Tar... gotta think about what I meant..
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:19am PT
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I think Ed,
You mean meniscus, not mantissa for the liquid property
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:20am PT
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off like a herd of turtles
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:20am PT
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I was thinking meniscus, concave or convex:
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:21am PT
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what is a "praying mantissa"?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:22am PT
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like herding cats
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:22am PT
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like a one armed man in a paper hanging contest
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:23am PT
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OK, now that we are creeping ito the realm of the technicaly obscure, what does this one mean?
Bad
Boys
Rape
Young
Girls
But
Violet
Gives
Willingly
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:24am PT
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like a wolf watchin' the hen house
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:28am PT
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can't win for losin'
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:29am PT
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http-ese: 404 "four oh four"
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:29am PT
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dead man walkin'
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spot
climber
Atascadero,Ca
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:30am PT
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"sticking around like a booger on a finger"
"colder than a well digger's @ss"
"better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!"
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:33am PT
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ten-four
negator
five-by-five
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:33am PT
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gimme the low down
what's the skinny?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:34am PT
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like shits ice cream
(I never really understood that one)
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Old&InTheWay
Trad climber
NC
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:34am PT
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hungry as a bitch wolf with eight sucking pups.
nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
busy as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest
Colder than a well diggers ass.
Colder than a tin tit in a brass bra.
Stuck like stink on sh!t
Well ... don't just stand there with your teeth in your mouth.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:35am PT
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high five!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:35am PT
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snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory (another f*#kup... at the last moment, a choke)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:37am PT
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he's out to lunch
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:37am PT
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hang five!
kowabunga!
geronimo!
humungus!
gnarly!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:38am PT
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jug monkey
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:38am PT
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speaking of wine, Tar,Ed, does a bottle of Wente Grey Reisling have a punt?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:39am PT
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brings to mind we did a climbing slang thread a ways back...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:40am PT
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punting from both sides of the field? (nttawwt)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:40am PT
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It shouldn't Jay, because punts are for sediment,
Usually red wine, but like burgundy won't have a punt, cuz' pinot throws little sediment.
(they control/limit disruption of the sediment as you pour)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:44am PT
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so & so needs to "get off their high horse"
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:47am PT
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shot my wad
(i'm so running out of colloq's)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:48am PT
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hahahahaha
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:48am PT
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I'm like, so over it.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:49am PT
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Likw my lovely old grandma used to say: "Fvck 'em if they can't take a joke."
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:51am PT
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If you can't beat 'em, join em?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:51am PT
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pissing in the wind
finger in the wind
wild ass guess (also a WAG)
scientific wild ass guess (SWAG)
kentucky windage
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:52am PT
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don't know sh#t from Shinola
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:52am PT
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two steps from the grave
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:53am PT
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one foot in the grave
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:53am PT
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I'm blowin' outa' this pop stand
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:54am PT
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you look like something the cat dragged in
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:56am PT
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gag me with a spoon!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:59am PT
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phenaggel
macgiver
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:00am PT
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Don't sweat me!
"I had one foot in 'possum trot, and on in Davis. That put my ass in Texas, and that was a bad place for it to be."
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:00am PT
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didn't see this above:
beer-thirty
"What time is it?"
"Beer-thirty!"
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:01am PT
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What's better than a frontal lobotomy?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:02am PT
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getting it very wrong:
"flying backward at the speed of sound"
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:03am PT
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Wolfgang Pauli cut:
"That's not even wrong"
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:05am PT
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balls to the wall!
pedal to the metal!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:07am PT
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"Jane, you ignorant slut!"
flying bag of monkey shit
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:10am PT
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here's a trekkie one used in a technical setting... when we were debugging electronics on a complicated experiment and a circuit board didn't pass the "black smoke test" the phrase used was "It's dead Jim" or often abbrivated "IDJ"
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:16am PT
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We're waiting as fast as we can.
"A pharse I heard when I was a sprout in Indiana,"why does the poridge bird lay her egg in the air""
"Back East"- We used to use that phrase when I lived in Chicago, to refer to where unfortunates, like New Yorkers, lived. Then we moved to California. When I told my new classmates where I was from they said, "oh, back east."
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:19am PT
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as opposed to being from "down east" also known as Maine
"how can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?"
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:21am PT
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cooling your heels?
cooling your jets?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:22am PT
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In a New York minute
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:22am PT
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gotta a rocket in my pocket
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:23am PT
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Manhattan pit stop
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:23am PT
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Cut your engines
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:24am PT
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The Great White North (GWN)... where PtPP lives
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:24am PT
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Keep cooly-cool boy
Chinese Firedrill
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:25am PT
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down to the short strokes
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p-dub
climber
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:25am PT
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Uffda
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:26am PT
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one toke over the line
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:26am PT
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ok, here some spanish ones-
Donde entra beber, sale saber.
Where drinking enters, wisdom leaves.
No hay duda que la basura flota
there is no doubt- garbage floats.
Hi Blackbird, so good to hear from you!! Daphne is blooming and the sweet scent of spring is in the air.
Is this the longest- first day thread?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:26am PT
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Cruisin'
Cruisin the main
Noodlin'
Trolling for Nubiles
Posin'
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:32am PT
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Rock hopping -Wisconsin circa '68
or
Talus Running bishop ~'72
Californicate
Coloradicate
"Live in Colorado Fish in Colorado,
Live in Wyoming fish in Wyoming"
-from a bumper sticker, but part of the whole 'Greenie' thing.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:38am PT
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love handles
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:48am PT
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Darn Tootin'
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:49am PT
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how 'bout the use of the suffix -age
as in: slingage
or we gotta take some grubbage down to chez poisson this weekend
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:49am PT
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Horse Shoes and Hand Grenades...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:49am PT
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rootin' tootin'!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:50am PT
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Yeah Ed, somebody got the herbage?
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:51am PT
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I gotta go so bad "I'm touchin' cloth!"
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:53am PT
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Sufferin' succotash
You ain't just whistling Dixie!
WhadamI? Chopped liver?
Just another pimp from Pomona.
I got a dog in this fight
And up jumps the devil
Damn straight
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:59am PT
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Been keepin' an "eye" out fer ya.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 14, 2008 - 02:00am PT
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Whisker Biscuit
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 02:00am PT
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it's the bee's knee's
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 02:29am PT
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Sinus stuffage
made me hurl
on my bro
after turfing
off a
gnarly
wide.
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Standing Strong
Trad climber
heart's all over the world tonight
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Feb 14, 2008 - 02:42am PT
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hella
(nor*cal patois)
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 03:46am PT
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Way
Bogus
Dude
-wasn't always univeral...
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Feb 14, 2008 - 05:45am PT
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pissah...
wicked pissah
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Michael D
Big Wall climber
Napoli, Italy
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Feb 14, 2008 - 07:56am PT
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Although I have "no dog in this hunt"
I'll add to Nita's Spanish sayings, an Italian one:
la moglia e te macchina, no se presta!
your wife and car, never loan out!
Napoli's cool, but the trash is getting silly.
Cheers, Michael
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Feb 14, 2008 - 08:02am PT
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wake and bake
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 08:47am PT
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Wicked Umbrage
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KuntryKlimber
Mountain climber
Rock Hill, SC
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Feb 14, 2008 - 08:50am PT
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crazier than a rat in a tin sh1thouse.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 08:54am PT
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400, by the time I get to work?
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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Feb 14, 2008 - 09:11am PT
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crusty old welder dude
speaking to my "wet
behind the ears":
"you gonna' stand there
looking like a dummy,
or open yer mouth
and prove it."
had an old cowboy for a
boss who used to have
some good ones:
"howlin' like a hound sh!ttin'
peach pits" or
"shinnier than a nickel out
of a goats ass",
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ontos
Boulder climber
Washington DC
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Feb 14, 2008 - 09:39am PT
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Yeah I've heeard "read up xxx". I think it's an abbreviated version of "ready up".
One of my favorites is "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey."
You can use this in polite company as it has nothing to do with a simian statue nor does it have to do with genitals.
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Feb 14, 2008 - 10:11am PT
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purty as a picture
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 14, 2008 - 10:26am PT
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Cool your jets now
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2008 - 10:29am PT
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happy as a clam
happy as a pig in slop
weak as a kitten
strong as an ox
nutty as a fruitcake
beating a dead horse
barking up the wrong tree...
Use all of these this morning alone!! Geez louise!!
BB
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2008 - 10:30am PT
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staying 5 steps ahead of the game... may have already typed that one...
BB
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 14, 2008 - 11:12am PT
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Putty and paint, makes a carpenter what he aint
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L
climber
Malibu, baby....in a Cheetah shirt
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Feb 14, 2008 - 11:58am PT
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From Alaska during the Valdez oil spill: Is that an otter in your pocket or are ya just glad to see me?
Pertaining to LA freeways: Let's hurry up and wait.
A few from Missouri: As tasty as a turd sandwich. Dumb as a doorknob. Missour-ah.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:32pm PT
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Don't let the bed bugs bite...
Rise & shine!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:33pm PT
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make haste or tomatoe paste
finger locks or cedar box
no mistake or big pancake
edging skills or hospital bills
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:36pm PT
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a penny saved is a penny earned
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:36pm PT
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a stitch in time saves nine
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:41pm PT
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What's better than a frontal lobotomy Jay?
why,
A bottle in front of me, I say.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:47pm PT
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a rolling stone gathers no moss
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:40pm PT
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I knew someone (like you!) would get to that one sooner or later
Droopy drawers
Jingus
mengus
Jebus
Sketch
wakey, wakey let go of snakey
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Karen
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes
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Feb 14, 2008 - 01:54pm PT
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Colder than a well diggers ass in Colorado.
The butt crack of dawn.
Billfold....(wallet).
Beer thirty.
all I can think of for now!!!!
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 14, 2008 - 02:21pm PT
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I had to get me some shut eye
at around post 240.
Now look, more posts than Carters has Pills!
As if!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 02:56pm PT
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Colder than the balls on a brass monkey
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 03:41pm PT
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so & so gets more asss than a toilet seat
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 03:43pm PT
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for pete's sake!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 04:00pm PT
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OK,
Hank Caylor loves these things (he hails from Austin),
I pulled a few from his R&I interview:
"Come on down to Boulder & we'll get nuttier than squirrel sh#t"
"I'm hotter than a two peckered goat""
"Give me two belayers and I'll fold this taco"
"...he's shaking like a dog trying to pass a peach pit"
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 04:03pm PT
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For a manhood we have:
"the family jewels"
...or just "package"
and the currently poular "junk"
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Feb 14, 2008 - 04:08pm PT
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Trailer Park Boys is chock full of 'em...
"The boys are playing a shitgame Randy"
"What do you mean Mr. Lahey?"
"Those f*#kknobs are climbing up a shitrope Randy. Do you know what a shitrope is?
"No Mr Lahey"
"It's a rope for f*#ksuckers like those three. A rope for criminals. The harder you squeeze to the rope, the more you slide down it into the sh#t puddle."
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Bubbles: Do you want to see a rocket go, Randy?
Randy: Does it really launch, Bubbles?
Bubbles: [rhetorically] Does it really launch? Does the tin man have a sheet metal c*#k?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 04:37pm PT
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a shamble of old guys is headed to the compound.
The boys were in a heap 'o' trouble...
Fire or retire, etc
Even a ranger climbed that
I and I be fallin' in the bush
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hafilax
Trad climber
East Van
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Feb 14, 2008 - 04:38pm PT
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Gotta include a few from the Maritimes:
Wadda ya to? Where ya gonna put that to?
Where ya at? Or depending on the town -Where ya to?
Stay where yer at and I'll come where yer to.
It's blowin' the dog off the chain.
Jeet? No djou? (did you eat? No did you?)
Arn? Narn? (get any? No)
Some of unknown origin:
She fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
Useless as a bag of hammers
I'm so hungry I could eat the arse end out of a horse!
Like shooting fish in a barrel
A barrel of monkeys.
Put to pasture.
Kicked the bucket
A BC term:
Skookum
In Manitoba (I believe) they call a sweatshirt a bunny-hug and a shag is a combined wedding shower and stagette.
Boston has some doozies:
One guy asked me where he could find a seltza machine meaning a pop vending machine.
cleanzas (dry cleaner)
p'dayda (potato)
cah pahk (parking lot)
Some physics expressions for Ed:
There's the story behind the unit of scattering cross section in particle physics: the barn (1b=10^(-24)cm^2)
"The unit was named by M. G. Holloway and C. P. Baker in December 1942, while having after dinner coffee in the Union Building of Purdue University. A value of 10−24 square centimeters was already being used as a unit for nuclear cross sections in their work for the Manhattan Project, the secret American effort to construct the first atomic bomb, but it had no name. Holloway and Baker considered and rejected the names “bethe,” “oppenheimer,” and “manley” (for John Manley, head of their group), and finally arrived at “barn” because “for nuclear processes [10-24 square centimeters] was really as big as barn.”"
spherical cow (a model that uses simplistic approximations)
back of the envelope calculation
That's all I've got for now.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 04:40pm PT
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More cheeeeze sase fer yer brockly?
all higgildy piggildy
some turk freum de sowside
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Feb 14, 2008 - 04:44pm PT
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Some from NOFX:
Day to daze
Five feet under
Here comes the neighborhood
Bleeding Heart Disease
You drink, you drive, you spill
And Now For Something Completely Similar
Everything In Moderation (Especially Moderation)
USA-holes
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 04:48pm PT
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shut the door! were you born in a barn?
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Feb 14, 2008 - 04:50pm PT
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ski fast or lose ass
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hafilax
Trad climber
East Van
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Feb 14, 2008 - 04:53pm PT
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Another military one also my favorite band:
FUGAZI (Fuched up, got ambushed, zipped in)
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 05:02pm PT
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A wait/clutch of frontrangers/greenies.
-musta heard that one slightly north of there.
Everyone comes to the Buck.
-I'm zeroing it in.
"Lost in a sea of hyperbole"
-fermented in DC,
possibly first uttered in the Vallee
currently near Mateo Teepee!
more than 218, whee!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 05:03pm PT
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Would you anoint my topo? -ibid.
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Feb 14, 2008 - 05:11pm PT
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CTWWP
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Tahoe climber
Trad climber
a dark-green forester out west
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Feb 14, 2008 - 05:53pm PT
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Wow! Great thread! Some of these I haven't heard, and I've been collecting them since I was knee high to a short grasshopper.
Let's see if I can add a couple that haven't been used:
Hotter than a whore on Bastille Day
Busier than a three-dicked man in a whorehouse
Busier than a one-legged cat burying sh#t on a frozen pond
Dumb as a box of hammers
Even a broken clock's right twice a day
Faster than greased lightnin'
Lower than a snake
She was so ugly you'd have to hang a steak around her neck to get the dog to play with her
She's been eatin' some of that THICKNIN' GRAVY (means she's fat)
A dry hook catches NO fish
Bat sh#t crazy
She's so skinny she'd blow away in a stiff wind
She's so skinny that if she turned sideways she'd disappear
Shitfire!
Hell's Fire!
Hell, it ain't rocket surgery. (or brain science)
This is like pissin' into a stiff wind.
Clear as mud
That's all I have for now.
-aaron
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 06:16pm PT
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Mother pie and applehood
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 14, 2008 - 06:32pm PT
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So Skinny he has to run around in the shower to get wet.
I thought my razor was dull.
That town is dull. The tide went out,never came back.
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 14, 2008 - 06:43pm PT
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You have to practice, just to be lousy.
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spot
climber
Atascadero,Ca
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Feb 14, 2008 - 07:02pm PT
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Can you buy buck teeth for a dollar?
Does a hobby horse have a hickory d--k?
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Feb 14, 2008 - 07:31pm PT
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if he ever had to haul ass, he'd have to make two trips
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mckbill2
Social climber
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Feb 14, 2008 - 07:55pm PT
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colder than a well digger's ass
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 14, 2008 - 10:19pm PT
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It dont mean a thing ,if it aint got that swing,,
Do wop Do Wop Do Wop Do Wop ,,,
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2008 - 10:26pm PT
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So much for sneakin' back in unnoticed,huh?!?! Y'all are fantastic!!
Thought of some more throughout the day:
spittin' distance (as in: really really close)
throwin' up your toenails
screw you/him/her and the horse they rode in on
cat ran over my grave (to explain sudden cold chills)
opossum ran over my grave (same as above)
dunlop (as in, his belly done lopped over his belt)
Do I LOOK like your mother? (asked/said with disdain when one is requested to do something for someone that the asker can and should most certainly do for themselves)
cute as a button
cute as a bugs ear
goin' point/sharp
"safety" meeting
freeway (same thing as an expressway or interstate)
cornfed (meaning the person is fat)
Ed, a praying mantissa is a supersmart praying mantis, likely one who is working on some advanced math while trying desperately to avoid being eaten by his mate...
BB
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 14, 2008 - 10:30pm PT
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Busier than a one legged man in an ass kickin contest.
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2008 - 10:44pm PT
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peck: referring to a kiss on the cheek
case knife: not a sharp knife like a pocket knife or culinary knife, rather one that you use when setting the table for a meal
case quarter: a 25 cent piece, not 2 dimes and a nickle or any other combination to equal 25 cents
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 14, 2008 - 11:15pm PT
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I aint seen hide nor hair of him,,,not in a coons age
The sh#t hit the fan,,his number was up
Names will be taken,, and heads will roll
He pulled a fast one,,, left us in the lurch
He'll be pushing up daisy's,,cashing in his chips
Some things just aint worth dying for
He crossed the line,,,went under the radar
Pushed it to the limit,,, took it to the edge
The job that takes the longest is the one thats never started
He sucked it up,, and worked his ass off
He pushed the envolope , quit pussy footing around
He went for the gold,, up'ed the ante,,
Hit a home run,, right down the turnpike
Good things come to those who wait
He had it all and then some
It was coming up roses.....
It caught up with him,,, he bit the dust
Six feet under,, the long sleep
A dirt nap,,,
Aint over till the fat lady sings,,,
Lawyers guns and money
The tide has turned
You cant get blood from a turnip
And the sun still sets in the west.
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Anastasia
Trad climber
taking a left turn, ETA unknown
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Feb 14, 2008 - 11:28pm PT
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I only know Greek ones...
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When you become a human, I will become a donkey.
He who is not satisfied with a little is not satisfied with allot.
The fish stinks from the head. (ie corruption starts at the top)
His name belongs on my old shoes.
If you do not have brains you have legs.
(Meaning that if you forget something, you have legs that can walk you back and get it, relearn it, etc.)
When you get that egg in your butt, there's no nest to put it.
Smart children cook before they get hungry.
A good woman fights flaws for she plans to live long with you. A bad woman encourages flaws to justify leaving you with nothing.
Act quickly, think slowly.
The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a manuscript.
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2008 - 08:20am PT
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Good grief... I keep thinking of these goofy things!
grow a set
man up
six one (as in: six of one kind, half a dozen of another, meaning it's the same thing any way you look at it)
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quartziteflight
climber
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Feb 15, 2008 - 09:34am PT
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Well I didn't see any of these....
Gayer than a bag of dicks
Smellier than a can of smashed as#@&%es
Crazier than a shithouse rat
batshit crazy
horny as a pitbull
It's like slinging a hotdog down a hallway...
f*cks like a limp fish...
Thats muskrat..meaning good...
Alabama blacksnake
Tennesee tubesteak....
scotchblock..a chock
Mess with the dirtybird and get the spurs...(drinken wild turkey)
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I'll give bonus points to anyone who knows what a Stumpknocker and a cypress trout are....
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Chewbongka
climber
लघिमा
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Don't piss on me and tell me it's raining.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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"fits like socks on a rooster".
always liked the visual i get
when i sez that one.
"watch yer top knot" is
from what movie?
dino
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Mungie like nobody's business
it's kinda new, like maybe from about 2:15 on 3/2/2008
meaning a project of Mungie's that nobody has any business being on.
also means very dirty, oh yes, very dirty.
or loose like a...
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Goose?
Heard this yesterday:
Disneyland, the fattest place on earth!
Thought I'd bust a gut.
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
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Oct 14, 2008 - 09:24pm PT
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Hotter'n two rabbits fuqin' in a wool sock
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 14, 2008 - 10:04pm PT
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oh GAWD, after all this time I still think of these things... worse, I can't believe I'm actually adding to it!!
don't recall seeing "fire plug"(southernese for fire hydrant) on the list...
BB
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Oct 14, 2008 - 10:07pm PT
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I hate "alls".
Bloomberg always says "find a ways."
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Oct 14, 2008 - 10:15pm PT
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Top down - best style for a convertible.
Bottoms up - best style for beer glasses or cans.
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jbar
Mountain climber
Inside my head
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Oct 14, 2008 - 11:00pm PT
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Six of one, half dozen of the other.
pissed outta my tree.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Oct 14, 2008 - 11:42pm PT
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Not here when this Thread was created from the gumbo of great taco brethren.
So here de fam's colloquialisms...
* Don't take any wooden nickels
*I may not be good but I'm slow
*I slept like a baby, up every 2 hours crying !
*Eat every bean and pea on your plate.
*He's just as happy as if he had good sense.
*Can't get enough of that POVAN,,,gotta know a pharmacist to laugh at this one.
*What can I do ? Haven't you done enough Already ?
*He's just as happy as if he had good sense.
*He's blind in one eye and can't see out of the other.
*Get a good education, it's something they can't take away from you.
*All it needs is a can of gas and a match.
*Don't let them crap all over you, open your mouth.
*There's people in the hospital that feel better than I do.
*If I felt any better I'd cry
*Sorry, I've got a bone in my leg.
*Nolo carborundum bastardlum.
*If we lived here, we'd be home NOW>
*If you don't quit crying, I'll give you something to cry about.
Smiles, cause they were great and it's been a fine life. So, go break a leg. lrl
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jbar
Mountain climber
Inside my head
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Oct 15, 2008 - 12:50am PT
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runnin like a scalded dawg
Geez, tempted to post one from NZ but it might offend a Californian's sensibilities.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Oct 15, 2008 - 01:00am PT
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Jbar, we be tough. Post away. If they can't handle it .... call my office. Smiles, lynnie
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jbar
Mountain climber
Inside my head
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Oct 15, 2008 - 01:11am PT
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O.k. O.k.
Happier than a queer in a hotdog factory.
rattle your drags
on the never never
give the ferret a run
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Oct 15, 2008 - 01:17am PT
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turtlehead
crowning
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jbar
Mountain climber
Inside my head
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Oct 15, 2008 - 01:24am PT
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If we're goin there.
gotta see a man about a dog
I need to make a deposit in the circular bank
I have to drop the browns off at the superbowl
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Oct 15, 2008 - 01:26am PT
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From this gal, god bless the Taco and goodnite. Really Big smiles to y'all ...lynnie
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shutupandclimb
climber
So. Cal..............d00d
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Oct 15, 2008 - 01:29am PT
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Overheard:
"Can't tell how much waters in the well by the length of the pump handle now can ya?"
"what's he talking about?"
"I don't know, he talks more sh1t then a Chinese radio"
"Hey look at her"
"I see her. my %@#$s harder then chinese arithmatic"
"Hey your P's and Q's cause that girls gives me a toothache?"
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 15, 2008 - 01:48am PT
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hey there halifax... say, i heard that "like shooting fish in a barrel, in LARAMIE (old western) once...
heard a few more, but i dont got hold of them right now... (will try to look some up)----had some good ones, too...
say, blackbird... you got me interested in your scottish-notations.... as, i found some something very similar to:
1--dad-gum... and:
2--dad-burn it... and:
3--dad-blamed...
seem that they may be of scottish origin (not saying as they are, but by your quick-note-sharing, it seem more to match up now)....
dad = meant on the gloomy-side (i think it said in the scottish dictionary...
well, now... i dont reckon anyone has mentioned this yet, though it is very common in some parts:
4--go-to-meeting-clothes... (or fancy go to meeting clothes)
5--duds... (clothes, again)
then, my ranching friends in montana say:
6--forking-a-horse... (for to hop on it and take a ride)
then, from the neebeeshaabookway jake smith ranch series,
we got these (used by fictional folks, thus far, though):
1--feeling like a got-loose-hound... (when one is finally free to take off)
2--feeling like a got-loose-hound that hit the cool-floor boards... (the feel of a good days adventure, now done)
3--needing a got-loose-hound-fix... (needing to cut-loose into the wild-green-yonder)
4--my learning pocket... (shirt pocket for ones notes, etc)
5--molding the clay on hand... (making the most of a situation)
and then, say, was it tarbuster??? that shared: a bird in hand, is better than two in the bush???
well say, in the jake smith ranch series, ol' jade smith can go one better:
1--two goats on hand, are better than on in then bush... ain't that right?
(hmmm, and speaking of goats, here's another from the same book series):
2--but... the goat-in-the-garden-was... (meaning, "trouble was")
3--a farmer's best bessie... (best milking cow)
well now... i got some more... they ain't too "common-use" now-abouts but who knows, by the time i am done "grandmothering-up" my little grandaughters here, they just MIGHT be used by a handful of folks in the future... hahahahhaa
thanks for all the fun... i will see if i can find some more for you guys...
did you get these yet:
1--smooth as butter....
2--slow as molasses in january...
3--rich as top-cream... (or top-cream rich)
4--chinning the moon... (horse rodeo stuff)
5--hot-off-the-press...
6--water under the bridge
future edits:
7-madder than a wet hen...
8--
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Oct 15, 2008 - 01:52am PT
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Hotter than a half-f*#ked fox in forest fire.
Gotta piss like a fire hydrant
Gotta piss like a race horse
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 15, 2008 - 01:58am PT
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hey there .... one more for now:
from the jake smith ranch series:
"the-triangle-of-good-news"... (the supper-ringing triangle, for to call folks to eat)
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Oct 15, 2008 - 02:11am PT
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just helping that sheep over the fence
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 15, 2008 - 02:30am PT
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hey there all... say, you know... this just might be a colloquialisms from around these-hear-parts...
not sure, but me, being from california and texas, and always having the sun right-on-hand to bask in, (as most naturally one should, can, and does, in the course of daily whatever-we-find-to-do's)... well, i was most-taken-off-guard when i hear this presented to me, by my stepgrandkid's mom, after i arrive there one day for a visit (had known her only a few months):
"Can i run tannin'?" she earnestly asked, (as i WAS gonna' be there to visit the kids for a spell).
"What?" came my most-bewildered answer.
"I just want to run tannin' real quick, is that okay?" she presented once again.
~~hmmm...~~~ (I'm thinking) ~~she must have a dog... Tannin? ... why would I mind if she gives him a quick run around the yard here... it's her house?~~
"Yeah... sure... I'm here for the day, so why not."
~~Odd that she'd wonder why THAT should bother me, (still thinking here) ~~sure don't take long for to run a dog, it's sure no bother on my part at all~~.
She putters around for about one minute, grabbing up some stuff, and comes up to me, saying:
"Okay then, great... I'll be back in a bit." She turns to go and I kindly lay hold of her:
"Wait a sec... say, where ya' going?" (Now, suddenly, I'M THE ODD ONE).
"I'm going tanning, remember?" she peers at me kind of strange-like.
"Tanning?" I questioned back, (well, she DID say tanning this time, and not "tannin'"--and she did NOT say, she was fixing to go "run it", this time, either).
"Yeah... I'm going to the tanning booth down the street... isn't that okay?" she waited patiently, as she knew I was not one to trick folks.
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... NOW i understand... oh, MAN! I though you had a dog named Tannin and you needed to RUN him, first, before we sat to visit. Man, oh, man... i never heard anything like THAT before... so THAT'S what you folks do up here, huh?"
Well, guys, she kind of laughed, and moseyed on out the door, perhaps still wondering what the "heck" was wrong with me, but i had NO CLUE... HONEST... where i come from (hmmmm, an allan jackson song)... wellllllllllllll:
where i come from:
we just go to beach OR sit out in the yard, and tan as we enjoy the greatoutdoors...
up here, well:
FOLKS RUN TANNIN'
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goatboy smellz
climber
dirty south
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Jan 14, 2009 - 11:49pm PT
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Nobody ever drowned in their own sweat.
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TYeary
Mountain climber
Calif.
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Jan 15, 2009 - 01:28am PT
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We had a house keeper when I was young. She was from the south. I heard divan used for couch, stoop for the porch, kamode for the toilet, and she would use this one on my brother when he was caught; "you lie like a dog". On the other hand she was a great cook and I still like gumbo, greens and grits.
Tony
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Jan 15, 2009 - 01:29am PT
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Couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.
I'm so broke that if it cost a nickle to chit, I'd have to throw up.
Shut up when you talk to me.
Sharper than the leading edge of a bowling ball.
Dum as a box of rocks.
My plate is full.
{Did I get one?}
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Jan 15, 2009 - 02:04am PT
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don't chew with your mouth full!
"Include me out!"...Samuel Goldwyn
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TLloyd-Davies
Social climber
Santa Clara, ca
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Jan 15, 2009 - 04:19am PT
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My favorite from my late grandfather when I was about 11:
"Judging by that girl's outfit, she's got 'round heels'"
(as in her heels are so round even a stiff breeze would put her on her back)
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perswig
climber
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Jan 15, 2009 - 08:56am PT
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Ha. TLloyd, that's great. He didn't also 'rent' you a hooker for your sixteenth birthday, did he? Sounds like that kind of guy.
From around here: "Number than a hake."
From Quantico DI: "I want you pissin' clear out your ear." A gentle reminder to maintain hydration.
Dale
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blackbird
Trad climber
the flat water trails...
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 3, 2010 - 10:39pm PT
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As per eKat's request, BumpOrJumpChump
I actually thought about one to add to it the other day, but... well... I've slept since then and am currently suffering from CRS syndrome... If it comes back to me I'll post up.
Have fun, and wishing everyone a fantastic weekend!!!
bb
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Okay, how about a refernece to some colloquialisms?
Like what kind of things, earthquakes on El Cap, going bouldering in the meadows with Russ the fish and Roy McClanahan and understanding very little the SoCal boys said but being amazed by how good they were on rock,
Shanti, another Alaskan, more or less, said she had to consult an urban dictionary when reading wyde fetish just to follow along..
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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"davenport" was quite current where i grew up, illinois-iowa-wisconsin. perhaps the influence of the town of that name on the mississippi, though unrelated to the furniture company.
there used to be forensic speech experts who could determine where you grew up from a 5-minute conversation. now they just run your plates and nail you with your dna.
post #3 on this thread shows how these things get started. in that vein, my favorite came from martha, our earthy production coordinator, who once referred to the big bosslady in the front office as "six-axhandles-wide up there".
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wallyvirginia
Big Wall climber
Stockholm, Sweden
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Did you guys ever hear someone say
 He was so scared, he was "shaking like a french soldier..?
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blackbird
Trad climber
the flat water trails...
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 4, 2010 - 03:47pm PT
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Back when BB started this thread it grew SO FAST. . . I think it was a record setter for the time. It felt like an old fashioned CHATROOM in here!
It WAS that way back then, Kath, you're RIGHT!! That WAS nice...
"six-axhandles-wide" closest I've come to hearin' that would be "broad as a barn."
Never heard the French soldier one, though!!
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Colder then a well diggers ass
Its nippley weather
You're so ugly that when you were born the doctor slapped your momma.
Ekat.. I found this about
hell bent for leather and hell for leather or hell on leather
Hell for leather is a statement that is often confused with "Hell bent for leather". Hell for leather, in American vernacular, refers to an arduous walk that may have been strewn with difficulties and was a strain on footwear. A long and difficult walk, such as over rough terrain, might be referred to as hell for leather because of the abuse the leather footwear sustained during the walk. "Hell bent for leather" has many uses and the most popular american use goes back to the 19th century american west when a particular livestock animal, such as a cow, bull or horse would be particularly difficult to handle. One of these troublesome creatures would cause their handler so much trouble that the owner or handler considered slaughter of the animal and turning the carcass into leather. When a horse or cattle became difficult to handle they were called "Hell bent for leather" meaning that the animal was hell bent to become a leather good.
I can just see some old farmer looking at his mule and thinking it was hell bent for leather. LOL
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Fletcher
Trad climber
from the place of breath
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Just read the first page of this thread, so maybe this got mentioned later on. I know about "tonic" [tawnic] for any kind of soda like Coke or Pepsi growing up in New England.
The midwest equivalent is "pop." When I started college the first week I met a guy from Michigan. He wanted to know where the "pop" machine was. But the way he said it, it sounded like "pot" machine. I remember thinking, "Wow, that stuff is flowing pretty freely around here, but they even have a machine for dispensing it too?!!"
Eric
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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i actually got in a bit of trouble with that, fletcher, working construction in florida with guys from new york city. i kept suggesting we get some cold pop on a hot day, and they all looked mystified at each other. we never seemed to get along anyway, and they were getting exasperated at me. finally one whispered to the other, "i think he means a soda."
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Larry Cook
Trad climber
Oak Hills, Ca
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You can't polish a turd
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Tobia
Social climber
GA
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In my neck of the woods in GA if someone wants a bottle of soda or pop they just say "can I have a "Co-Cola"... it is universal for either a RC, Nehi, or Coke... If you were set on a Nehi Orange you just said "Urnge"
I didn't read the thread, as southern as I am I have never heard "dusky dark"
before but the Appalachian culture is (was) a subculture that was isolated until WWI (see Sgt York) and then the TVA flooding the culture out for hydroelectricity.
A good read about these people is Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
For a peek into the life in the Cumberland Region of Kentucky read Night Comes To The Cumberlands by Harry Caudill
I used to hear "it will make a rabbit hug a hound" a lot when I was kid... I don't hear it that much anymore...
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Couldn't read through them all but here are a few-
"Drunker than a biled owl"
"Well I'll swan"
Referring to drunkenness-"out of his/her tree"
"Lord childERN"
"Warsh" instead of "wash"
"Sawl" instead of "SAW".
How about "hearth"... it is brick in front of and surrounding a fireplace, not used too often, I'm told.
Once I was informed by mom after a family reunion of sorts, "We've had a breach", which meant there had been a loud verbal argument.
If you see an unsavory person, you might suggest giving that person "a wide berth". Heehee!
My current favorite that I believe will find it's place in infamy is f*#ktard. Very useful in a wide variety of circumstances.
We have a whole family language full of fun sayings that are just embarrassing. We have even named it "Fool Talk" ...But since this thread is referring to established colloquialisms, I won't go into fool talk, recognized by a limited audience.
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Tobia
Social climber
GA
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i just read through the thread, some of the southern terms I hear and use daily or whenever the subject comes up...
What do you call the area in front of the fireplace? I wouldn't know what else to call it but a hearth.
Ask Nita what southerners call a coil on a automobile engine...
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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English speaking Canadians call all soft drinks "pop". Never "soda" or "cola". Sometimes by brand name, of course. "Soda" is club soda, something you use as a mixer with various liquors. We're mystified when someone asks for a soda.
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Tobia
Social climber
GA
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Mastadon loves this one:
"I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire"
"I had to get up before I went to bed"
used for two situations very broke (as in working two jobs)
or
staying out all night
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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this stuff was a sidebar to my graduate studies in folklore and mythology. people have been known to make careers out of it. yes, it does have a sort of fascination and universal appeal, but it's also hard to tie it in to other things. folklorists often speak of the "homely vigor" of their subject matter--a lot of home-grown wisdom, insight, humor and very respectable literary ability.
the late alan dundes at UC-berkeley was one of the best folklorists, although rather a controversial one. (he once had an article published by penthouse magazine describing the various rituals of football players as a form of homosexual bonding. nowadays that's politely called male bonding.) dundes used to give a popular lecture on proverbs--he'd run down a 10-minute list of folk proverbs, giving the first line while the entire audience completed each and every one:
a stitch in time ...
the proof of the pudding ...
don't cry over ...
there's many a slip ...
you can lead a horse ...
when you look at these things, you're kinda amazed at how much people really have in common. dundes' book on proverbs, the wisdom of many, is a classic.
a few more from the midwest:
if your nose itches, you're going to kiss a fool.
lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
that last one has always been a favorite of mine, and it shows the genius involved in these things. a sow's ear is big and soft and about the size of a small purse, and if you've ever seen one up close, this expression sets your gears to turning as to whether it could be done or not. you could certainly make a purse out of a sow's ear, but then you're faced with differentiating it to a pretty silk one. i makes you think, and applied to the situation at hand, helps you decide whether it's going to be worth the trouble or not.
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perswig
climber
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'Hot enough to breed sheep'
'Could be worse, you could be down a mine' (Sara's current favorite for 'Quit yer bitchin')
Local: dooryard (obvious), 'yard on that' (pull hard), Downeast (Maine locale, Ed H. mentioned before), 'went tits' up' (like sh*t the bed)
I grew up in eastern PA in slate/coal country, and we used to append our declarative/quasi-interrogative statements with the phrase 'say'; as in, "It was pretty windy last night, say?". Kinda like, '...ain't that right?' I'm thinking it's a Penna. Dutch holdover, but never really looked into it. I'd start doing it again in about 15 minutes if I ever went back, I think.
I like BB's OP use of chiffarobe, one of my favorite words from To Kill a Mockingbird.
Dale
(PS - anyone else surprised at what a pottymouth Ed H. is?! :))
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perswig
climber
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(Forgot this.)
I use the phrase 'even a blind pig finds a truffle once in a while' all the time. Once, someone reminded me that pigs hunt by smell, not sight.
Can't seem to turn a poetic phrase to include an olfactorally-diminished porcine.
Which leads to -
Oh, Oh, Oh, To Touch And Feel A Gorgeous Virgin Animal Handler
(mnemonic for remembering the cranial nerves)
Dale
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hossjulia
Social climber
Eastside
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I grew up with all kinds of Texan sayings, still use "Howdy" as a collective Hello to a group of people.
"Can't make a silk purse out of sows ear" I used this summer to much confusion.
But what about current, very local sayings?
Slide or ride instead of ski or snowboard.
One plank or two instead of ski or snowboard. As in Mr2planks channel on utube.
"Dude", as much as some people hate it, is alive and well.
I think we all know "shred". I tend to use "spanked" a lot, and it can mean different things, as in I got spanked by the 5.7's in JT, or I spanked that run good! It never ever means what some of you horny guys are thinking though.
Hit, hit it.
Bad ass.
I got this one from Kath and use it, "skeezin".
And then there is the reverse meaning thing common to climbers and snowsports, probably others as well.
After a great powder run, "Man! That just sucked didn't it?"
Or, My personal fav, "That did not suck." With huge grin attached.
After a successful well done climb, "Glad I managed to drag my fat ass up that one."
There's a lot more, come on, think up some ones you use locally that you don't hear much anywhere else.
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Tobia
Social climber
GA
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I like the word chifforobe also; and I remember the reading TKAMB the first time having to look it up in the dictionary. I can't remember hearing that too many times outside of a conversation concerning TKAMB.
From Oxford Dictionary:
chifforobe origin:
(early 20th century: blend of chiffonier and wardrobe)
chiffonier origin:
mid 18th century: from French chiffonnier, chiffonnière, literally 'ragpicker', also denoting a chest of drawers for odds and ends
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Ya know, a chest'odrawers is 1 word in my folks' household.
I still say that sometimes. I get the oddest looks! :-)
It's all good.
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Tobia
Social climber
GA
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Captain: Chest of Drawers is what I say to this day.
hossjulia: Know the where abouts of Turkey, Texas? That is what is on my birth certificate.
I can think of many peculiar sayings when I step away from the computer but when I come back around they plumb evade me.
I have a book (somewhere) on the origin of phrases... one example 3 square meals a day. I always assumed it meant balanced or equal based on the mathematical laws but it actually began on ships back when sailing vessels ruled the world. Common sailors were fed on a piece of board cut in squarely. If the ships stores were adequate you got 3 square meals each day.
Mike White used a term when trying to get Peter Meeks' attention one day behind the mountaineering school in the meadows. Mike was trying to get his attention and kept saying "Pete" but the guy wouldn't respond... Frustrated, Mike hollered "hey F_ knuckles" and Meeks turned around abruptly and said "yes?" Mike looked at me and we both died laughing. Meeks' never understood what was so funny.
The origin of F___knuckles is not in my book. I guess it was part of M.W.'s keen sense of humor.
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blackbird
Trad climber
the flat water trails...
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2011 - 03:47pm PT
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Just heard a new one:
"Grinnin' like a jackass chewin' sawbriars."
LOL!
BB
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Going back to the first page:
"ubetcha" as Thank You in N. Utah..
In N. Idaho I picked that up instead of "You're Welcome." It usually comes out as, "You Bet."
I've been trying to shake that for years but it's stuck.
There is a certain republican woman who has that crossed up as an air-space filler for just about everything.
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