Need Some " Old Time Sayings "
- Cap
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I worked for years with a guy from Butler, PA. he had a few.
It was always *pop*. We know it as soda.
There was no such thing as a rubber band. It was called a gumband.
And if I showed up late to the jobsite. " Did you poop the bed?" But he used the censored word!
It was always *pop*. We know it as soda.
There was no such thing as a rubber band. It was called a gumband.
And if I showed up late to the jobsite. " Did you poop the bed?" But he used the censored word!
- Short Bus
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Boy I taught you everything I know, and you still don't know anything.
I see said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.
He and I went to different schools together.
Nervous as a long taled cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
I see said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.
He and I went to different schools together.
Nervous as a long taled cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
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A bit off subject, but what the hey.....a few quotes:
"I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam" -- Popeye, the sailor man (a great American)
"What's up, doc?" -- Bugs Bunny (another great American)
"Arriba, arriba, andele, andele" --Speedy Gonzales (a great American illegal immigrant)
"Sufferin' succotash" -- Sylvester, the cat
"I tink I taw a puty tat" -- Tweety, the bird
"Hi yo, silver, away!" -- The Lone Ranger
"I'll be baack"; " Hasta la vista, baby" - The Terminator
"I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam" -- Popeye, the sailor man (a great American)
"What's up, doc?" -- Bugs Bunny (another great American)
"Arriba, arriba, andele, andele" --Speedy Gonzales (a great American illegal immigrant)
"Sufferin' succotash" -- Sylvester, the cat
"I tink I taw a puty tat" -- Tweety, the bird
"Hi yo, silver, away!" -- The Lone Ranger
"I'll be baack"; " Hasta la vista, baby" - The Terminator
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A saying for racing fans: "I'm so far behind that I thought I was in the lead."
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She's been married so many times she has rice marks on her face.
Even a blind hog will find an acorn now and again.
He's tighter than two coats of paint.
Once you are pickled...you can never be a cucumber again.
I'll hit you so hard, when you come to, your clothes will be out of style.
You can lead a horse to water. but...you can not make him drink.
And one of my favorites...The early bird gets the worm...but, it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.
Even a blind hog will find an acorn now and again.
He's tighter than two coats of paint.
Once you are pickled...you can never be a cucumber again.
I'll hit you so hard, when you come to, your clothes will be out of style.
You can lead a horse to water. but...you can not make him drink.
And one of my favorites...The early bird gets the worm...but, it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.
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the king of old time sayings..... foghorn!
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One person say's, I hope it doesn't rain sunday, I'm going to a picnic, another says I hope it don't rain saturday, they are doing wash. My cousins grandmother would say ( if it rained when it suited everyone, we'd never get any )