Where do sayings come form and how many does it take to catch on?

[Jammer]

My Mom's two favorites to use on me were:

"You'd argue with a sign post". See the legally drunk one above.

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I like that one. I've never heard that one before. I hope to remember it when I have the chance.

 

[CouchCoach]

Wow, I could swear I'd heard that joke long before that.

It is an old joke, I heard it in the 60's.

 

[The Fonz]

"More than welcome" How can you be more the Welcome. You're either welcome or not.


you guys add...

I see You are Channeling George Carlin

 

[kskboys]

What the heck is plug nickel?

Back when the metal was worth something, people used to cut out part of the coin and "plug" it w/ a cheaper metal.

 

[Seven]

110% effort does not exist.

You're fired!!

Bring me another intern........

 

[CouchCoach]

I've been out of pocket for a while. If you are in the pocket, just where are you?

I've been under the weather the last few days. Since I am not an astronaut, I have spent my entire life under the weather.

 

[Ranched]

“Goodness gracious!”

 

[CouchCoach]

“Goodness gracious!”

"Sakes alive" usually followed that with my Mamaw.

 

[Winonesoon]

"Happier than a heifer in a patch of green clover" To what extent does this not involve narcotics?

 

[SlammedZero]

"right as rain!"

I never understood that one lol

 

[Vtwin]

It really sucks when you're running "three sheets to the wind", and it's "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey".

 

[Winonesoon]

"right as rain!"

I never understood that one lol

Clean, simple and honest. That's from my Grand moms lips. That's the only explanation i ever got.

 

[Winonesoon]

It really sucks when you're running "three sheets to the wind", and it's "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey".

That just ruins the buzz.

 

[Jammer]

"It's always the last place you look." Of course is the last place I look. Why would I keep looking for something when I found it?

 

[Runwildboys]

"right as rain!"

I never understood that one lol

Yeah, I'd like to know the etymology of that one.

 

[Roadtrip635]

So how or when did calling someone "nuts" or "bananas" mean they were crazy?

 

[Roadtrip635]

Why is it called blowing or giving someone a raspberry when you make a fart sound?

 

[Roadtrip635]

That boy ain't playing with a full deck, or he's a couple sandwiches short of a picnic.

 

[Roadtrip635]

Is a country mile longer than a city mile?

 

[CouchCoach]

So how or when did calling someone "nuts" or "bananas" mean they were crazy?

I think that's related to being "squirrely" and monkeys associated with bananas.