Expressions You Love!

[Front-Ranger]

Turnaround's fair play!

One time I was falling asleep in a tent and I heard a voice on one side of me say, "Confucious say, Woman Who Run In Front of Car...Get Tired!"

After a short pause, I heard a voice on the other side of me say, "Confucious say, Woman Who Run Behind Car...Get Exhausted!"

I had too many giggles to go to sleep!!

[Artiste]

Merci Front-ranger !

That's interesting !

Au revoir,
hugs!

[Ellemeno]

I like the phrase "sense of well being and peace of mind."

[Jeff Wrangler]

A sign I saw a couple of days ago:

"The gene pool could use a little chlorine."

 

[Front-Ranger]

Ver' good friends. My mother sends me news clippings from Buck's English that talk about folksy expressions and funky English usage. These are peppered with local characters like Ms. Clarisse Van Beauregard and Betty Jean Hackberry and places like Curly's Soonerco, and the Swayback Daily Kick newspaper. It's written by Gene Owens of South Carolina. You know of him friend Truman??

[Lynne]

I tend to like adverbs derived from adjectives, like relentlessly, endlessly, redoubtably...

[CellarDweller]

I don't know why I like this saying, but it makes me laugh!

Whenever I get riled up or angry about something, or if I'm being extra "irreverent", I tend to hear people say:

"Well, you're full of piss and vinegar today, aren't ya?"

[Jeff Wrangler]

I don't know why I like this saying, but it makes me laugh!

Whenever I get riled up or angry about something, or if I'm being extra "irreverent", I tend to hear people say:

"Well, you're full of piss and vinegar today, aren't ya?"

When have you not been full of piss and vinegar, Little Darlin'? 

[CellarDweller]

When have you not been full of piss and vinegar, Little Darlin'? 

 

[Front-Ranger]

You two are so cute!

Ver' good friends. My mother sends me news clippings from Buck's English that talk about folksy expressions and funky English usage. These are peppered with local characters like Ms. Clarisse Van Beauregard and Betty Jean Hackberry and places like Curly's Soonerco, and the Swayback Daily Kick newspaper. It's written by Gene Owens of South Carolina. You know of him friend Truman??

Here's an exchange from Buck's English:
"'How many drinks did you have at the Red Eye Saloon?' Hortense asked.
'Not many,' Luther said.
'How many is "many"?' Hortense asked.
'One more than I had,' Luther said."