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lurkin old school
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Bob's yer uncle!
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11-04-2005, 01:07 AM
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'Bob's yer uncle, Fanny's yer aunt' I think it was often used to confirm that something had been repaired or done properly and to someone else's satisfaction, a sort of recognition factor that it was back the way you it used to be and you'd recognise it as such and not really remember that it had been broken in the first place. There's another one which I guess came from the longer saying: 'Not on your aunt Fanny' and also 'Not on you Nelly' both of which were used as the equivalent of 'no way' and meaning you wouldn't do that to a close and dearly loved relative (perhaps...?)
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11-04-2005, 06:05 PM
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This may count as weird to most Frenchmen, Barga: a Légion Étrangère-ism that the US Army would translate as "get off your ass": se démerder, just about always used in the imperative, démerdes-toi, démerdez-vous.
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11-06-2005, 03:14 PM
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Quite close from "Bouges ton cul !" "Move your ass" that means "act !" Last edited by bargalunan; 11-06-2005 at 03:19 PM. |
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11-06-2005, 05:05 PM
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We have "Get your ass in gear".
  
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11-06-2005, 05:53 PM
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Aaahh, yes - AIG! Here's one that's related and goes around the shipping fraternity. Meaning-wise it's the state that precedes and precipitates the 'get your AIG' instruction. It abbreviates to TIBAMIN, which translates as 'thumb in bum and mind in neutral!'
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11-06-2005, 06:08 PM
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The Prodigal Brat Returneth
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As a tech support rep - we had lots of PICNIC errors.
Problem's In Chair, Not In Computer
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11-06-2005, 06:12 PM
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Blatantly Homosapien
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get the lead out use your head for something besides a hat rack get your head out of the sand
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11-07-2005, 11:59 PM
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Larger than life and twice as ugly.
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Get your head out of your ass!
I will stomp a mudhole in your ass and walk it dry! You got beat like a red-headed stepchild. Tore up from the floor up.
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We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period.   Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years |
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11-08-2005, 08:23 PM
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11-09-2005, 03:49 AM
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Here's an nice medieval English one: 'He was hoist by his own petard' meaning he stuffed himself on that one - 'scored an own goal' having a similar meaning.
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11-09-2005, 08:44 AM
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Heh, petard itself is etymologically pretty rude!
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11-09-2005, 10:17 AM
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11-11-2005, 12:12 AM
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The more you eat 'em, the more you fart The more you fart, the better you feel So eat Gene's Beans with every meal!"
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11-09-2005, 10:52 AM
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I always understood that to be hoist by one's own petard was to be run up one's own flagpole, as it were.
In fact its closer to being a suicide bomber! |
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