[Fellowship]funny or odd sayings

[Tallguy88]

What are some funny or odd sayings that you've heard? I've heard plenty from old people that probably used to be common. And we say some here in the South that other people don't seem to know.

So what have you heard? Keep it clean, of course.

I'll start.

My grandpa used to say "Don't take no wooden nickles" as a way of saying goodbye. It means don't do anything stupid.

 

[Hammster]

My grandma had a bunch.

The most used is "goodness gracious Peter Johnson". I have no idea the origin, but I still use it at home.

 

[Hammster]

The other one was "six of one, half dozen of the other".

 

[Tallguy88]

The other one was "six of one, half dozen of the other".

I've heard that often enough. The other is new to me though

 

[Tallguy88]

If the sun is shining and it's raining at the same time, it means "the Devil is beating his wife". No idea where that comes from, but it's uncommon enough that a lot of people I've said it to didn't know it.

 

[Tallguy88]

If someone else is "whistling Dixie" it means they are being lazy or unproductive. That's another from my grandpa.

 

[Hammster]

From my mom: scratch where it itches even if it's in your britches.

 

[Tinker Grey]

If the sun is shining and it's raining at the same time, it means "the Devil is beating his wife". No idea where that comes from, but it's uncommon enough that a lot of people I've said it to didn't know it.

My father would say that.

 

[Humble me Lord]

Someone who is dead broke;
He don't have a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out of.

 

[Humble me Lord]

Someone who is really tight with money;
He's tighter than the bark on a tree.

 

[Humble me Lord]

Someone going out to have fun;
We are going to paint the town red.

 

[PKFox]

"You're mom doesn't have any kids!"

An attempt to insult someone, but then you only insult yourself by showing your lack of competence and basic understanding. Personally, I find it hilarious.

 

[Tallguy88]

"You're name is Mudd!"

It means you are disreputable. Mudd was the doctor who patched up John Wilkes Booth after he killed Lincoln.

 

[Dave-W]

My grandpa explaining the theory of evolution:

Man sprung from monkeys - only most of them forgot to spring.

Most of the rest of his sayings are too explicit to post here ....

 

[now faith]

If you burn your butt,your gonna sit on the blister!
If you play with a rattlesnake,your gonna get bit.
Your mother is not a she..... and that meant you disrespected your mother,therfore it was time to shut my mouth or my dad would shut it for me.

 

[now faith]

Your room looks like tobacco road!

 

[St_Worm2]

Father-In-Law - "The way to go is the way you know" - he meant that by the time you try your supposedly shorter route and get lost 2-3 times on the way, it would have been quicker to have just gone the way you already know. It's actually been a very useful saying for me

Mother-In-Law - "People are funny monkeys" - she was a very sweet person. This was her way of saying in a very nice way what others use colorful expletives for when describing a frustrating and/or stupid person. Again, it has been helpful to me to think of extremely frustrating people in this way .. instead of in another way

 

[Humble me Lord]

You finish roofing your house, then your friend who was supposed to help you shows up, you say, "Here comes the blister", meaning he showed up after the hard work was done.

 

[Blackmarch]

"You're name is Mudd!"

It means you are disreputable. Mudd was the doctor who patched up John Wilkes Booth after he killed Lincoln.

wondered where star trek got the inspiration for that character.


"be careful for what you pray for; you just might get it"

 

[Belk]

Don't die like a octopus, die like a hammerhead shark

Maori saying.

Octopus are renown for their lack of resistance when being captured, however a hammerhead shark will fight bitterly to the end, to the point that when you fillet it fresh, its meat quivers. Commonly used to encourage someone not to give up, no matter how hard the struggle is.