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scloyd

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I worked with a guy back in the '90's that often said "I'd eat a mile of her shit just to see where it came from" when he saw an attractive woman.

Same guy often said about women, "I don't trust anything that can bleed for a week and still live".

If I had to meet up with him on a job site...I knew I was in for an interesting day.
 
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'plenty of arthritis'. Used as a way to describe a woman with large breasts.

The reason for this for this is bad arthritis in the hands can cause them to take on the shape of a claw, almost like they're holding an invisible orange.
The person using the saying would hold their 'arthritic claw hands' up to their own chest, fingers pointing towards themselves.
Example:

John: "Have you seen the new secretary in accounting?"
Peter: "No, is she pretty?"
John: "Oh yes mate. Plenty of arthritis as well (makes the arthritic clawed hands gesture).
 

captaincalabash

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My dad, when he was mad at someone: "I ought to slap him silly!"
My father-in-law, same circumstance: "I'll dot his eye for him!" (Also used by Steve McQueen in "Wanted Dead or Alive")
Father-in-law, expressing disdain for someone: "I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire!", and my personal favorite: "He ain't worth the powder and shot it'd take to blow him up!"
 

Tommy Boy

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My Grandpa use to say is this where you want to be when Jesus comes back when we were making a bunch of bad choices or where unsure if we were doing the right things.
 

mawnansmiff

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Sunny Cornwall, UK.
A friend of mine related to me a story a couple of years ago about when his son, daughter in law and their young children were travelling from Gloucestershire to Cornwall to visit him and his wife.

As they entered Cornwall the young children spied the many (many more now!) wind turbines and asked daddy what they were. He is alleged to have told them they were huge fans to make sure Cornwall had the winds for which the region is renowned for!

Regards,

Jay.?
 

jeffro

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I have a friend that is a WW2 vet. and he uses these phrases sometimes.
Well, that is really FUBAR'ed F**cked Up Beyond Repair.
SNAFU, Situation Normal: All F**cked Up.
Or I will ask him how his day is going and he would reply, SSDD!
after I while I asked so what does SSDD mean? he said,
Same S**it Different Day!
Does any one else have other Military Terms you use to describe situations?
 

jhowell

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If brains were dynamite he doesn't have enough to blow his nose.

A pregnant woman "swallowed a watermelon seed"

How's the food? "It'll make a turd,,,"

"If frogs had wings - they wouldn't bump their butts when they hopped"

Her face could - stop a clock / break a mirror.

Not the brightest bulb in the box

Not the - sharpest marble in the bag / tool in the shop

He's so ugly you'd have to tie a pork chop around his neck to get a dog to play with him

She'd be looking for her pencil with a tampon behind her ear.

Knee walking, lip dragging. commode hugging drunk

Rode hard and put away wet

Couple of bricks short of a load

If my dog was that ugly, I'd shave it's butt and train it to walk backwards
 

dino

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Back in the day, when students had a sense of humor instead of lawyers and advocates, I'd threaten a student who was out of control, "I'll hit you so hard, you're grandma will feel it."
One of my favorite lines was Taggart's comment to Hedley Lamarr:

 
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