Need Some " Old Time Sayings "

When he was quite elderly, my dad repeatedly told me : "Son, don't ever get old".

He also used to watch what was happening around the world and grumble something about "educated idiots".

How about, Slow down,Your wound tighter than a two dollar watch

lowfog01 wrote:It's colder than a brass monkey's balls. And it's not what you are thinking - the balls are the cannon balls on a sailing frigate and the brass monkey is the boy responsible for bringing the cannon ball and powder to the gunner. How about it's raining cats and dogs. Where did that come from anyway? Lisa

Sorry sir but you are incorrect.

the cannon balls are cast.

The "brass monkey" is the form in which they pile the balls on. thus making it possible to stack the balls, much like apples at the grocery store.

The saying means that is cold enough that the brass has contracted and in essence. squeezed the balls out of there molded base, thus making them tumble off.

Here's one. "Boy, as far as you're concerned, knowledge is like corn. I feed it to you and you just crap it out!"

Another one my Uncle would say,,, I'am so hungry I could eat the south end of a northbound horse!

You've got to eat a peck of dirt before you die.

theo wrote:My uncle use to tell me, You have to use your head for something other than a hatrack!

Use your head for something besides keeping your ears apart.

Heard this one a few times,, A face only a mother could love.

lowfog01 wrote:...8<... How about it's raining cats and dogs. Where did that come from anyway? Lisa

Lisa,

• I was taught that one back in high school from a good history teacher that filled his lectures with enough tid-bits to keep my interest. Seems that during the winter in the era when thatched roofs were most common, the warmest place for the animals to hang out and keep their bellies warm was to nap on top of the thatched roofs of heated buildings. When weather was such as it was to produce a downpour that the thatch would become saturated and slick, the critters trying to catch some warmth from the fires (caol fires we hope ) under the roof would loose their footing and slide off all at once, cascading off the roof's edge in numbers. Thus was born the saying it's raining cats and dogs
  
  

so ugly, they had to tie a pork chop around her neck so the dog would play with her......

VigIIPeaBurner wrote:

lowfog01 wrote:...8<... How about it's raining cats and dogs. Where did that come from anyway? Lisa

Lisa,

• I was taught that one back in high school from a good history teacher that filled his lectures with enough tid-bits to keep my interest. Seems that during the winter in the era when thatched roofs were most common, the warmest place for the animals to hang out and keep their bellies warm was to nap on top of the thatched roofs of heated buildings. When weather was such as it was to produce a downpour that the thatch would become saturated and slick, the critters trying to catch some warmth from the fires (caol fires we hope ) under the roof would loose their footing and slide off all at once, cascading off the roof's edge in numbers. Thus was born the saying it's raining cats and dogs
  
  

Thanks for refreshing my memory. Now that you say that, I vaguely remember hearing that, too. Have a great evening. Lisa

That boy's as sharp as a bowling ball

That boys so dumb he thinks the Mexican border pays the rent

Both courtesy of Foghorn Leghorn...

Dad use to tell me from time to time when I did something stuipd,, What a waste of good grocery's

murphyslaw wrote:

lowfog01 wrote:It's colder than a brass monkey's balls. Lisa

Sorry sir but you are incorrect.

the cannon balls are cast.

The "brass monkey" is the form in which they pile the balls on. thus making it possible to stack the balls, much like apples at the grocery store.

The saying means that is cold enough that the brass has contracted and in essence. squeezed the balls out of there molded base, thus making them tumble off.

I was recounting a piece of our oral history as it had been told to me.

The one big drawback with oral history is that it can change depending on the view of the one recanting the history. As time passes the story's details can blur, get fuzzy or even lost. Isn't it great things are so much clearer now that everyone can write and record the actual history as it happens. I refer you to Poconoeagle's posting on page 3. In reading through that it would appear that no one is really sure where the phrase "cold as a brass monkey's balls" come from. I heard my version from the sailor giving us a tour on the USS Constitution which was moored in Boston Harbor at the time. I guess it's origins are just one of those things that we will never be quite sure about. Take care, Lisa

Like the farmer told the potato, plant you now and dig you later!