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Grinning like a fox biting yellow jackets.
Slicker than snot on a 'nanner.
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My maternal grandmother was fond of saying " That's a doozy", to signify something special or exceptional. I later learned that the phrase came from the 1920's and 30's when Duesenberg cars were some of America's most expensive and prestigious automobiles and were sometimes nicknamed "Doozies" ; so "Doozy" became slang for something very special, or exceptional, or expensive.
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My uncle used to quote, every time "Old Barny" blew a load of gas toward the front of the feed wagon
"A fartin' horse never tires, and a tired horse never farts: Uncle Ernie used to say, “A fartin’ horse will never tire, a fartin’ man’s the one to hire.” How about, “Crazier than a schitt house rat.” Here too, My dad used to say "a fartin mule will never tire, and a fartin man is the man to hire"
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Was gonna throw a smart arsed reply but yeah....you do have a point. Like when someone gets two pages of scope recommendations other than the particular one he mentioned?
So...thinking this should qualify - " Lord willing and the Creek don't rise."
Pretty sure they won't. wonder does anyone really know what '...and the creek don't rise...' was really talking about????? This is one of the 'OLD' maxims that have no use today! Thank you. I was trying to play by the rules of the OP.
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of
. Confucius
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Aw hell, who cares about how relevant they are today today. They're funny. And have generated 6 pages of posts too.
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Yer noisier than two skeletons [bleep] on a tin roof.
Yer phuggee up as a football bat.
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Then there was that saying about "The Whole Nine Yards" , meaning all of something or the entirety of it all....... I can recall using that myself many years ago but never knew where it originated. Then an old guy told me it was a reference to the length of the ammo belt for the machine guns on a WW2 fighter plane, ( don't recall which one), If a plane came back out of ammo it was said he did the whole nine yards. Sounds plausible to me unless he was pulling my leg. The Whole Nine Yards. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/hjVPBcG2/Whole-Nine-Yards.jpg) L.W. I thought it was for the 50s on a B-17 but you guys could easily have it right, for a fighter.
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