Need Some " Old Time Sayings "

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Sat. Sep. 19, 2015 6:38 am

snuffy wrote:My grandmother would tell her husband "What's yours is mine, and what's mine is "meown" in her Irish brogue.
I divorced a wife like that ! :D

Paul


 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Sat. Sep. 19, 2015 6:39 am

"In a New York minute"

Meaning to do, or say, something very quickly.

Paul

 
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Post by Eb426 » Sat. Sep. 19, 2015 6:42 am

Know safety no pain
No safety know pain

 
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Post by Eb426 » Wed. Sep. 23, 2015 5:37 pm

I wish I had 11 more workers like you.
If I did I would have a dozen men lay off

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Thu. Oct. 20, 2016 8:46 am

He's a real go getter....drops her off at work and then goes and gets 'er.
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Post by lsayre » Thu. Oct. 20, 2016 9:03 am

"This too, shall pass".

 
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Post by Freespirit » Sun. Oct. 23, 2016 11:09 am

Snug as a bug in a rug. I didn't fall off the turnip wagon yesterday. Colder than a witches tit. Dumber than a box of rocks.


 
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Post by plumberman » Sun. Oct. 23, 2016 1:00 pm

He's so crooked when he dies they will have to screw him into the ground when he dies.

 
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Post by hank2 » Thu. Oct. 27, 2016 2:54 pm

"Dumber than a pail of Mink bait"

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Thu. Oct. 27, 2016 2:57 pm

Money can't buy love but you can buy something so close you will never tell the difference.

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Thu. Oct. 27, 2016 3:50 pm

...tougher than a boiled owl.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Thu. Oct. 27, 2016 4:11 pm

The meat was so tough you couldn't chew the gravy !

Paul

 
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Post by coalturkey » Thu. Nov. 10, 2016 10:47 pm

Stingy " tighter than a crab's ass."

 
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Post by scrapper_23jr » Sat. Dec. 03, 2016 5:12 pm

don't write a check with your mouth that you cant cash with your ass SCRAPPER

 
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Post by joeq » Sat. Dec. 03, 2016 5:39 pm

"Never argue with a fool. People may not know the difference."


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