Wierd sayings

[binky]

Originally Posted by dar512

It is carrot and stick. The phrase implies reward for doing well and punishment for doing poorly.

Sorry, which one is the punishment?

[Cyclefrance]

'Time to climb the wooden hill' - from my father-in-law to my wife as a child, when time to go upstairs to bed....

[Urbane Guerrilla]

A navalism about the wholly incompetent: "He could fuck up a one-car funeral."

An expression derived from a Robert Fulghum story: "Fishing for groundsquirrels."

[DanaC]

'Time to climb the wooden hill' - from my father-in-law to my wife as a child, when time to go upstairs to bed....

My parents always used to say "Up tha dances" for bed time. Was a long time before I realised they weren't saying 'Up the dances'. Figured dances was a word for stairs. :P

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Was a long time before I realised they weren't saying 'Up the dances'.

What were they saying?

[DanaC]

Up tha (you) dances. Tha = thou or thee. It survives in little bits of the Northern dialects.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by Granola Goddess

"Barking Spiders"

My hubby says that everytime he farts.

Obviously I married him for his humour.

Works also for burps. More effective if one slams one's hand onto the nearest wall and then blames the "Barking Spider."

[wolf]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

An expression derived from a Robert Fulghum story: "Fishing for groundsquirrels."

You've never seen this, then?

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Only heard about it. And Fulghum... he caught one.

Of course this story would appear in a book called It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It.

[Drax]

I think the phrase "Kick yer ass" is pretty weird. It has nothing to do with an actual kicking of the buttockal area.

[bluecuracao]

It does sometimes...I've seen it happen once or twice.

[ViennaWaits]

You've never seen this, then?

I read through this - easily amused, am I. The best part of the whole thing is at the end. After all the "experimentation" and "disproving of theory," we get this:

"In the rare cases where this does succeed, the subject becomes freaked out by the experience and runs away."

So - is "freaked out" the scientific term for it?

I heart squirrels.

[Cyclefrance]

How about 'stick your oar in' - meaning to put your point of view across without being asked, or to meddle when not invited - as in 'trust you to stick your oar in'

[toranokaze]

It is carrot and stick. The phrase implies reward for doing well and punishment for doing poorly.

From what I understand the meaning is to have the carrot tied to the stick ,thus, making a beast of burden walk towards the reward aka the carrot, but out of reach due to the stick.


Here is some more random things:

Sweeting like a pig-pigs don't sweat.
better version: Sweeting like an illegal[immigrant] in a trailer

It is all Greek to me. -Many scholarly materials were first written and studied in Greek or Latin.
Alternative version: It is all Manderen to me.

Smart ass- Biblical reference to Balum and the wise donkey

Ship
High
In
Transit
This acronym refers to fertilizer because the methane gas that builds up is dangerous so it must be shipped high in transit.

"Going to the John" in world war I the most use brand of toilet in Europe was sold by John Crapper, when the Americans were there they have never seen that kind of toilet and simply called it what was printed on it.

Mad as a hatter - A part of the hat making process called to for the use of Mercury which can lead to mental illness

[dar512]

Read this in the Tribune recently: "Out in left field"

West Side Park, where the Chicago Cubs played before Wrigley, had a mental hospital across the street from left field.