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Favorite Old Sayings
« on: July 02, 2020, 01:43:42 PM »
Winter Wolf is responsible for this thread (to be fully transparent, as they now like to say)...He posted that we had both used the same old saying, "my get up and go has done got up and went." Well, that got me thinking about how many of my father's sayings, idioms, and expressions can no longer be heard. So, I thought it might be fun to share one or two of your favorite oldies but goodies...

One of my father's sayings when someone was having a string of bad luck or problems was that "a skunk must have pissed in his tracks."  :luff: :luff: :luff:

Anyone outside of Texas ever heard that one?
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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2020, 06:18:32 PM »
Ray I've been in Texas since 1986 I've never heard that one...
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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2020, 06:46:20 PM »
Well, I can't rightly remember where I heard this one, but I do remember it as one of my favorites;

"If dog sh_t were brains, he would be a scholar"   :laffing

Remove it if not appropriate... :shake
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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2020, 07:20:19 PM »
I always liked...

If brains were dynamite he couldn't blow his nose.
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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2020, 07:28:28 PM »
When I worked with boy scouts I always chuckled at the way a bunch of boys attempt to pass through a door or gate or any small passage because it reminded me of this expression I'd heard from some local cowboy when I was young: 

"It's like two cows goin' through a one cow chute."
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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2020, 09:25:48 PM »
From my Grandpa...I'd like to buy that fella for what he’s worth...and sell him for what he thinks he’s worth!
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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2020, 10:08:41 PM »
Quote from: Two Steps on July 02, 2020, 09:25:48 PM
From my Grandpa...I'd like to buy that fella for what he’s worth...and sell him for what he thinks he’s worth!

I've heard that one sooo many times around my family!!
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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2020, 10:51:15 PM »
Grandpa " I'm so hungry I can eat the south end of a north bound horse!"
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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2020, 07:06:19 AM »
Quote from: Spotted Bull on July 02, 2020, 06:18:32 PM
Ray I've been in Texas since 1986 I've never heard that one...

Interesting...I just always figured it was a South Texas saying...but would love to find out its origin.

Got to say I am enjoying seeing some of these expressions. I know there are a ton of them out there.

Another unique saying came from an old lady who lived on the property next to our when we moved onto a farm in the mountains of Virginia. She had lived a hard scrabble life and was tougher than seasoned oak.

One example: when she was a young teen she had her tonsils removed with no anesthesia or pain meds...

Another time she was crossing her field to visit us when she was charged by a bull. Since she was crippled in one foot (the one on which she always wore a black rubber boot) she stopped and faced the bull. When he reached her she hit him between the eyes as hard as she could with her stock cane. According to her, the bull went to his knees...and she proceeded on her way to visit us...

A favorite expression of hers which I have never heard anywhere else; "Dead as four o'clock."
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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2020, 09:53:24 AM »
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« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2020, 12:23:56 PM »
Ray it may be South Texas. I was only in San Antonio for about 2 years junior and senior year
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« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2020, 01:53:10 PM »
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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2020, 12:06:56 PM »
From my Grandmother , "I'm  not  saying he's a liar but if he wants to call his cows home, he has to get someone else to do it."
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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2020, 12:18:18 PM »
From my uncle, on experts.

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Re: Favorite Old Sayings
« Reply #14 on: July 04, 2020, 12:31:40 PM »
"Assume makes an ass out of you and me."
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