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Happier than a turd rolled up in sand?
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The dam is a paper wad used to hold solder from running, at least as understand it. A Tinker is a pot mender. He would travel from town to town, and fix cracked skillets and pots by heating the cast iron as hot as he could and fill the crack with lead. His work stunk though, and he could not work in town. He would travel out of town to the first good camping spot with running water, and set up for a while. He would build an earthen wall to funnel the winds into his fire (acts like a bellows) to stoke his coal fire. And he would not bother removing the dam when he was done. He might need it again at a later date. However, anyone else who chose this likely spot while traveling, would be using wood, and wanting a low fire and not burn all his fuel so quickly. So he would be forced to either set his fire in a less advantage spot, or remove that wall himself. It was in the way. So "worthless as a Tinker's dam " means beyond useless. There was a man who decided to be a tinker. He experimented until he became proficient at the trade. He then set out to sell his wares. As he entered the first town, he cried out, "I tink, I tink!" No one approached him to buy anything because they thought that he was announcing that he smelled bad. Not realizing this, and crushed that his efforts were in vain, he decided to give it up and repair shoes. After the necessary time to learn the trade, he entered a town and announced, "Cobble, cobble!" Unfortunately, it was near Thanksgiving, and the villagers shot him and ate him.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Campfire Kahuna
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'Scarce as hen's teeth' is one I can get.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Happier than a fart in a whirlwind.
I'd rather die in a BAD gunfight than a GOOD nursing home.
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Campfire Ranger
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Happier than a Gopher in loose dirt.
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Campfire Greenhorn
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Finer than frogs hair
Happy as a clam
Colder than a witches ---
OkieDokie
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Looks like we're just beating a dead horse, here.
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Campfire Outfitter
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We built log cabins in this country, built to last hundreds of years. The two most common methods were wood dowel joints, and nails.
Only the wood dowel joint cabins still exist....why?
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Here's one I never got?: "She's taking dog, now".
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Cute as a Button!
Never have figured out how buttons got to be so cute!
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Work like a dog
Busy as a beaver
Mad as a Wet Hen
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Raining harder than a cow pissing off a cliff onto a flat rock.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."
Ronald Reagan
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Cold as schit.
I always thought that schit was about 98.6. At least when it's fresh.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."
Ronald Reagan
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Dumber than a thimble full of owl schit.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."
Ronald Reagan
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I'll screw this jack rabbit, you just sit there and hold the tail.
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Harder than wood pecker lips.
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Pale as a goat.
White as a sheep.
--- CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE --- A Magic Time To Be An Illegal In America---
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Drier than a popcorn fart.
"Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes."
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When I was young, I worked with an old carpenter. When he'd eyeball a 2x4, 2x6, or whatever, if it was straight, he just say OK, and set it aside. If it had a bend or crown in it, he'd say, "That fu_ _ ker is headed off towards Sawyers". I never did find out where Sawyers was, or what it was.
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Pelosi is....crazier than a road lizard!
Even birds know not to land downwind!
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