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re: Everyday phrases that don’t make sense
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:20 pm to Ed Osteen
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:20 pm to Ed Osteen
I've heard that. And dumber than a coal bucket, dad burn it, it doesn't add up to a hill of beans, don't count your chickens before they hatch
This post was edited on 12/14/18 at 4:29 pm
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Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:24 pm to djangochained
"The proof is in the pudding."
This is a bastardization of the actual phrase and makes no sense. The actual phrase is:
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating of it." This makes sense/
This is a bastardization of the actual phrase and makes no sense. The actual phrase is:
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating of it." This makes sense/
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:25 pm to CatsGoneWild
The early bird catches the worm
Don't put the cart before the horse
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Beggars can't be choosy
This isn't my first rodeo
You're day late and a dollar short
More than you can shake a stick at
The Apple never falls far from the tree
Don't put the cart before the horse
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Beggars can't be choosy
This isn't my first rodeo
You're day late and a dollar short
More than you can shake a stick at
The Apple never falls far from the tree
This post was edited on 12/14/18 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:30 pm to lsualum01
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That's because somewhere along the line people flip flopped it and screwed it up. It should be "you can't eat your cake and have it too," which makes perfect sense.
I wish people would always say it that way. The "have your cake and eat it too" saying confused the frick out of me in my younger years. I thought "have your cake" meant the same thing as eating the cake like how someone would say "I'm having cake for dessert". As a kid I just assumed the saying was some kind of Yogism-like absurdity.
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:37 pm to LSURussian
quote:Because it was invented in Alabama?
Why isn't a toothbrush called a teethbrush?
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:40 pm to Masterag
Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
Why is the federal agency in charge of all public lands and national parks called the department of the interior?
Why is the federal agency in charge of all public lands and national parks called the department of the interior?
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:45 pm to Masterag
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Pair of pants - this has always bothered me. There’s only one pant, it’s a singular item.
Here’s your answer-
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the phrase “pair of pants” harkens back to the days when what constituted pants—or pantaloons, as they were originally known—consisted of two separate items, one for each leg. They were put on one at a time and then secured around the waist.
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:47 pm to Masterag
How would you escape on a goat?
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:48 pm to Masterag
quote:"straight Aggie"
Assless chaps
This post was edited on 12/14/18 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:49 pm to Masterag
"It is what it is"
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:55 pm to Masterag
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This post was edited on 12/14/18 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:56 pm to CatsGoneWild
quote:
The early bird catches the worm
Don't put the cart before the horse
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Beggars can't be choosy
This isn't my first rodeo
You're day late and a dollar short
More than you can shake a stick at
The Apple never falls far from the tree
Most of these make perfect sense.
Only the shake a stick at one would need explaining.
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:58 pm to MountainTiger
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The proof is in the pudding.
That’s actually only part of the phrase-
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Quinion, a leading British word maven, wrote. “The full proverb is ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating’ and the word ‘proof’ has the sense of ‘test.’ The proverb literally says that you won’t know whether the food has been cooked properly until you try it. Or, putting it figuratively, don’t assume that something is in order or believe what you are told, but judge the matter by testing it; it’s much the same philosophy as ‘seeing is believing.’ ”
Posted on 12/14/18 at 5:03 pm to Ed Osteen
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my grandfather used to say "holy mackerel"
I still do... and sometimes.
Holy Buhjebus...
Posted on 12/14/18 at 5:10 pm to CatsGoneWild
quote:nonsense. You realize how many worms their are? Billions. A bird could conceivably wake up whenever it damn well pleases and find a worm or a grub or some other creepy crawly somewhere.
The early bird catches the worm
Should be something like “the early bird can probably forgoe the worms altogether and get some birdseed from the nice old lady who hates cats.”
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Don't put the cart before the horse
Well at that point it’s basically a bloody wheelbarrow, innit?
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Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Well what’s the point of having a basket if you aren’t going to carry things in it? What are you supposed to carry one in each hand? Balance some on your shoes? Maybe have them all in a sombrero?
The saying should be “if you’ve got a basket full of eggs, don’t be a clumsy git maybe?”
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Beggars can't be choosy
They must have never been to BR. Greedy buggers, and pushy.
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More than you can shake a stick at
I’ll shake my stick at pretty much anything with a pair of tits, shows what they know.
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Apple never falls far from the tree
Well of course not. It’s a tree, not a fricking catapault. All this is saying is that gravity works. Imagine walking up on an apple and saying “hold on, that apple tree is a mile that way.”
But then what if the apple tree is on a hill? Then i’d think falling far from the tree is a fairly common occurrence.
Posted on 12/14/18 at 5:20 pm to bengalbait
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Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
We park on a driveway because that used to be that path from which we got to the road from our homes or businesses. It was the path - or way - that was taken, and naturally when you arrived at your house or intended business you would “park.”
As for driving on a parkway - it comes from a time when the primary way through the park was the path used to pass (or drive in modern times) through it; hence “parkway.”
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Why is the federal agency in charge of all public lands and national parks called the department of the interior?
This seems self explanatory, but from their website-
quote:
Although the Department of the Interior has been around for more than 150 years, it has not always been the government’s leading voice on American lands and conservation. In fact, when it was first created by Congress, Interior (originally known as the Home Department) was something of a “kitchen sink” department where various agencies were placed to address domestic matters of one kind or another. As a result, Interior was known during its early years as the “Department of Everything Else,” responsible for such things as the construction of Washington, DC’s water system, oversight of the District of Columbia jail, the colonization of freed slaves in Haiti, exploration of western wilderness, regulation of territorial governments, management of hospitals, universities and public parks, and basic responsibilities for Native Americans, public lands, patents and pensions.
Posted on 12/14/18 at 5:48 pm to Masterag
Kardashians make more money than 99% of us
Posted on 12/14/18 at 5:59 pm to Masterag
This post was edited on 12/14/18 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 12/14/18 at 6:01 pm to mdomingue
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Why isn't a toothbrush called a teethbrush?
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Because it was invented in Alabama?
Growing up in Louisiana, this is what we were always taught in school.
Posted on 12/14/18 at 6:24 pm to LSURussian
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Why isn't a toothbrush called a teethbrush?
Because the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas.
Or Alabama, West Virginia, Livingston Parish, etc.
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