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| "Like the old Russian wise man said: Toughsky Shitsky"
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"Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt"
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
-Bomber Harris
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| When I'd ask where he was going, he'd respond "Going to see a man about a horse." Wait, what?
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| You need that like a moose needs a hatrack. If brains were dynamite, you wouldn't have enough to blow out a match. Tedi stucki tudi goopi (something like that, as I remember it) - translated (from Yiddish I thought), Two days older, ten days dumber.
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
- Dave Barry
"Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it) |
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| Most of the language my Dad used in the 50's and 60's has aged well. Don't recall ever hearing him use the F Bomb, but pretty much everything else was in there on a daily basis. His usual opening remarks when I'd stepped on my crank was "What the hell ails you?". "If you'd use your head for something besides a hat rack" made regular appearances as well. One of my favorites concerned a neighbor that was VERY fond of barley soup. "That man hasn't shit a solid turd since 3.2 beer came back."
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
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| quote: Originally posted by mcrimm:
You'll go blind if you keep doing that.
I can stop when I need glasses.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים |
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| If a vehicle is running well, it is “runnin’ faster than a scalded dog!” Also, anytime you messed up, like busted a knuckle or banged your head, you’d hear “You can’t beat an education,” suggesting that you’ve been taught a lesson. Finally, a not so outdated term. Most national news or discussions brought out a “damn Yankees” about something.
Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus |
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| quote: Originally posted by Russ59:
"Going to see a man about a horse."
This was one of my dad's also. Another he used all the time, in lieu of cursing: "GOD...bless America and all the ships at sea." |
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| I shoulda raised pigs, at least I could have sold them.
There were too many to count, most of them NSFW. |
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Now Serving 7.62
| Put it in a poke. (Bag) |
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| "Wouldn't take a share in the railroad for it!" (I like it, and still use it, along with "We're cooking with gas." which someone else posted.) "You've got to take Willie with you." (meaning to show some willpower or determination) (This was used along with "Can't never did nothing." which was also already posted)
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"Sooner or later, wherever people go, there's the law. And sooner or later, they find out that God's already been there." -- John Wayne as Chisum
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| Think of the starving Armenians, when my grandmother was trying to get me to eat something I didn't like.
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Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible.
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| quote: Originally posted by Russ59:
When I'd ask where he was going, he'd respond "Going to see a man about a horse."
Wait, what?
LOL mine used "Going to see a man about a dog" we'd get all excited we were getting a new dog for the first few times.... |
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| One of his favorites to use on his students was "if I want any shit out of you, I'll squeeze your head." Well, I'm only related to him, it's not like it was by choice...
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| quote: Originally posted by sigcrazy7:
“damn Yankees”
Wait...Thats out dated? Y'all must live too far north. We use it all the time when driving and an Ohio plate gets in the way.
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