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Started by Woolywolf, November 08, 2008, 10:03:12 PM

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Woolywolf

I recently heard some good old sayings (actually, I'm unsure if they're old or not, but they were amusing).  The man who used them was quite a character and good story teller.  Here are a few of the sayings he used,

"They've been here since Moby Dick was a minnow" (in reference to long time residents in a community).
"They were so low you could see the crystal in the pilot's watch, and they were lower than a snake's belly in a wagon track" (both in reference to low flying helicopter's, which he called "swing wings").
"They'd complain if you hung 'em with a new rope" (in reference to chronic complainers). 


My girlfriend's dad sometimes says, "Don't take no wooden nickels," instead of goodbye. 

I'm sure there are some people on this forum with a repertoire of good sayings.  Feel free to post--we'll only take ownership of the good ones.  ;)

tree-farmer

I enjoy the old saying as well, one of the all time favorites is, "that boy was as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs". The mental image sums it all up.
Old doesn't bother me, its the ugly that's a real bummer.

easymoney

dont let the screen door hit you on the way out. meaning i want you to leave.

scgargoyle

In reference to someone's age, "He was a busboy at the Last Supper".
"He could talk the ears off a china cat."
"Since Hector was a pup". (Not sure of the origin, but it means a long time)
We have a very bad singer where I work, and we have a bunch for him:
"He took a stab at it, but didn't draw any blood."
"He made that song his own- nobody else wants it now."
"If I could sing like that, I wouldn't."
I hope my ship comes in before the dock rots!

timberfaller390

L.M. Reese Co. Land Management Contractors
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Tom

Quote from: timberfaller390 on November 09, 2008, 09:41:25 AM
here is a thread with a ton of old sayings: https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,31108.60.html

Yeah, That thread was supposed to have been about Defunct sayings.  Things that aren't said anymore because, either the language, or technology, passed them buy.  Advertisements that no longer had a product to tout would be an example.   Still lots of folks interpreted it differently and it does have some old sayings on it.  :)

zopi

Hmmm...southernisms..

If he gets any skinnier he'll fall through his own butt and hang himself...

Hotter'n two rats umm..mating in a wool sock.

colder'n a norweigian witch's ummm..breast in a brass bra doing pushups in the snow on the third Sunday in January..

Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya..

Colder'n a well diggers...ummm rear..

Hope I I don't get in trouble...<G>
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JV

One I remember and can visualize but would get you in real trouble nowdays.

"Faster than a turpentined cat."  Another one was "faster than greased lightning."
John

'05 Wood-mizer LT40HDG28-RA, Lucas 613 Swing Mill, Stihl 170, 260 Pro, 660, 084 w/56" Alaskan Mill, 041 w/Lewis Winch, Case 970 w/Farmi Winch, Case 850 Crawler Loader, Case 90XT Skidloader, Logrite tools

bd354


  Life is easier if you plow around the stump.             



  Always drink upstream from the herd.

WH_Conley

Slicker than deer guts on a door knob.
Bill

zopi

ummm...mating like weasels on speed...
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woody1

My Pap would say " It was so hot the corn started popin', the ole mule thought it was snowin', he lated down and froze to death"
If you don't want to row, get out of the boat !

stumpy

"Drunker than nine snakes in a barrell"
Woodmizer LT30, NHL785 skidsteer, IH 444 tractor

CHARLIE

It's like driving on greased BB's.
Charlie
"Everybody was gone when I arrived but I decided to stick around until I could figure out why I was there !"

Cedarman

"That hurt worse than sliding down a razor blade into a pool of alcohol"  OUCH
I am in the pink when sawing cedar.

Mr Mom

"faster than a raped ape" was how dad would tell how fast the wild dogs ran when he would shoot at them.
There was some that we would use to say about the hot weather but not right for this fourm.

Thanks Alot Mr Mom

tcsmpsi

Quote from: Tom on November 09, 2008, 12:14:14 PM
Quote from: timberfaller390 on November 09, 2008, 09:41:25 AM
here is a thread with a ton of old sayings: https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,31108.60.html

Yeah, That thread was supposed to have been about Defunct sayings.  Things that aren't said anymore because, either the language, or technology, passed them buy.  Advertisements that no longer had a product to tout would be an example.   Still lots of folks interpreted it differently and it does have some old sayings on it.  :)

A little quid pro quo, then...

"Man to man, smoke Roi-Tan" 

:)

\\\"In the end, it is a moral question as to whether man applies what he has learned or not.\\\" - C. Jung

OneWithWood

From a song -

"That's an old saying, I just made up."

and another-

It's the same old wine in a brand new bottle...
One With Wood
LT40HDG25, Woodmizer DH4000 Kiln

timberfaller390

"That horse was so lame he couldn't walk fast enough to scatter his own manure"
L.M. Reese Co. Land Management Contractors
Stihl MS390
John Deere 50G excavator
John Deere 5103
John Deere 440 ICD dozer

Sprucegum

"Going to beat 60" is a saying that disappeared when we were forced to use Kilometeres per hour  >:(

I bet you all down south can still go to beat 60  :D  :D

zopi

's ugly she'd make a freight train take a dirt road.

Shakin' like a hound dog ummm..pooping peach seeds.

ugly as a mud fence...

bawlin' like a sick calf in a hailstorm...
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bck

If it aint broke dont fix it

zopi

Or the Gov't version..If it ain't broke...fix it 'til it is..
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woodbowl

It's time to bury the hatchet .... just leave the handle sticking out.

  Two heads are better than one, even if one is a goat head.
Full time custom sawing at the customers site since 1995.  WoodMizer LT40 Super Hyd.

beenthere

To the old neighbor next door, I used the old saying:

"You left the barn door open"

He responded quickly, "What can't get up, can't get out"
south central Wisconsin
It may be that my sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others

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