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10 Nov 10 - 03:29 PM (#3028591) Subject: BS funny euphemisms From: GUEST,Kendall Now for something completely different. 1. Irish banjo (Shovel) 2. Norwegian steam (hand power) 3 Round file (Trash can) 4 Shanks mare (feet) 5. Adam's ale (Water) |
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10 Nov 10 - 05:02 PM (#3028677) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Dave MacKenzie Birmingham (or Brummy) screwdriver: a hammer |
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10 Nov 10 - 05:14 PM (#3028697) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Jack the Sailor Mudcat "woodturners" |
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10 Nov 10 - 05:25 PM (#3028704) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Georgiansilver French Weight Watcher (Guillotine) |
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10 Nov 10 - 05:48 PM (#3028725) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: MarkS Mexican Fence Climbers - Shoes with sharp pointed toes. |
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10 Nov 10 - 05:52 PM (#3028731) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: frogprince Elbow grease |
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10 Nov 10 - 05:55 PM (#3028735) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Richard Bridge For a second there I thought that said "Fanny euphemisms" |
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10 Nov 10 - 06:00 PM (#3028739) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Micca Swedish Outboard (Oars) Irish pennants (frayed strands of rope or serving that hang off rigging) Dutch courage (booze) French Leave (unauthorised absence) Egyptian PE (sleep) |
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10 Nov 10 - 06:01 PM (#3028741) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Sea Urchin (whore's egg) |
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10 Nov 10 - 06:06 PM (#3028748) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Joe_F Mexican breakfast (a cigarette & a cup of coffee) Siberian privy (a stick to beat the wolves away) |
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10 Nov 10 - 06:41 PM (#3028788) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: J-boy Irish seven course meal(six pack of beer and a potato) |
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10 Nov 10 - 06:48 PM (#3028796) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Bill D "Comfort Station" ...until a few years ago, the actual sign on the public toilet at out local amusement park. Mudcat woodturners (Wondering what was seen as 'funny' about the term) |
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10 Nov 10 - 06:49 PM (#3028800) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: robomatic Song reference here (and not the first time I've used it: The Foremen: "Firing The Surgeon General" for guess what |
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10 Nov 10 - 06:57 PM (#3028805) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Whores breakfast (a packaged cake and a Pepsi) |
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10 Nov 10 - 06:59 PM (#3028806) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Fishing in the cow shit (fishing near the coast) |
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10 Nov 10 - 07:05 PM (#3028812) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T urinal goatee (hair around the base of a public urinal) |
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10 Nov 10 - 07:19 PM (#3028821) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Finless brown trout (floating turds) |
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10 Nov 10 - 08:07 PM (#3028859) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: kendall Newfoundland Air force (Mother Caries Chickens) The Lucky bag (Ship's collection of discarded clothes) Beetle skins (condoms) |
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10 Nov 10 - 08:58 PM (#3028885) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Smokey. A fish supper. |
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10 Nov 10 - 09:07 PM (#3028892) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Whitefish (condoms or tampon dispensers floating in a waterway) |
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10 Nov 10 - 09:10 PM (#3028894) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Smokey. The tradesman's entrance. |
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10 Nov 10 - 09:18 PM (#3028901) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Mrrzy Hee hee, of course, the French call "french leave" "filer a l'Anglaise" (eg, take English leave). Go to the bathroom, as in, he went to the bathroom in the field. Irish (or Catholic) twins: non-twins born less than a year apart. (As an aside, the French call the French Horn le Cor Anglais.) |
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10 Nov 10 - 09:18 PM (#3028902) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Mrrzy I forgot French letters: condoms. |
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10 Nov 10 - 09:19 PM (#3028903) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Micca Ship out schooner rig (or rigged) having only the clothes you are wearing when you join. Join (a ship) with 53 pieces of luggage ( a pack of cards and a sweat rag) |
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10 Nov 10 - 09:32 PM (#3028910) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Dharmabum Alabama Chrome (Duct Tape) |
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10 Nov 10 - 10:17 PM (#3028932) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Jack the Sailor "Mudcat woodturners" I said that under the theory that nearly anything is a euphemism in the right tone of voice. |
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10 Nov 10 - 10:43 PM (#3028942) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Ricers (Asian made cars) |
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10 Nov 10 - 10:47 PM (#3028944) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ebbie 1. Irish banjo (Shovel) 2. Norwegian steam (hand power) 3 Round file (Trash can) 4 Shanks mare (feet) 5. Adam's ale (Water) Kendall What? No axe? |
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10 Nov 10 - 10:49 PM (#3028948) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: katlaughing French whore's bath - putting on more perfume according to my dad (with apologies to my Frenchie, Rog:-) |
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10 Nov 10 - 11:00 PM (#3028953) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Carrying last years fun (a pregnant woman) |
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10 Nov 10 - 11:01 PM (#3028954) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Shoot'in blanks (childless) |
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10 Nov 10 - 11:03 PM (#3028956) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Ruddy complexion (a drinker) |
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10 Nov 10 - 11:08 PM (#3028959) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Maquereau = mackerel in English,(a horny as hell male) used in Quebec, Canada. |
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10 Nov 10 - 11:17 PM (#3028964) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ebbie I'm still asking about no axe, the most familiar of all. Once my band was playing at a function and I noticed a bandage on the palm of the mandolin player's left hand. During a lull I raised my eyebrows questioningly and pointed to his hand. He leaned forward and whispered, "Screwdriver". I tapped my guitar and whispered back confidently, "Axe." |
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11 Nov 10 - 03:11 AM (#3029032) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Global Economy (New World Order) G20 (Piss up, Great Food & Great Time costing billions, All For Free) |
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11 Nov 10 - 03:44 AM (#3029048) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Lizzie Cornish 1 The Big Society - ("We don't give a crap about The People and are determined to dismantle the very last vestiges of *any* society at the speed of light") |
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11 Nov 10 - 04:17 AM (#3029072) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Dave MacKenzie I know what a fish supper is, but what's it a euphemism for? |
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11 Nov 10 - 05:45 AM (#3029132) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: GUEST,Grishka Great thread; being a furriner I can learn a lot rather than contribute. But this being a forum about music (though BS), I feel obliged to remind Mrrzy that cor anglais and French horn are quite different instruments, though both names are misnomers. Genuine "euphemisms" for musical instruments include:
... you'll find more; some are actually funny. |
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11 Nov 10 - 07:32 AM (#3029187) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: kendall Georgia credit card...siphon hose Tennessee air brake...mud flaps Lithuanian Edsel any useless car |
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11 Nov 10 - 08:05 AM (#3029209) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Hamish Dry shower (just spray on some deodorant) |
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11 Nov 10 - 08:31 AM (#3029230) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: MarkS Mississippi mud flap.....Mullet hair cut |
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11 Nov 10 - 08:33 AM (#3029231) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: GUEST,Patsy A lick and a promise / quick freshen up Mud flaps UK / can't say because I am a lady Face like a smacked arse / a constantly miserable person A face that only a mother could love / not very attractive Could eat a scabbie dog / very hungry Shanks pony (here) / by foot Holiday to Argate and Paignton (our gate and paint it) meaning staying home On my todd / alone Eye candy / pretty girl Scrooge's roll call / counting out coin money penny by penny |
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11 Nov 10 - 08:47 AM (#3029241) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: MGM·Lion '"Comfort Station" ...until a few years ago, the actual sign on the public toilet at out local amusement park.' BillD ==== Which reminds me: have you lot Over There any idea how funny we Over Here find your locution "Rest Room"! ~Michael~ |
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11 Nov 10 - 08:50 AM (#3029245) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: treewind "I know what a fish supper is, but what's it a euphemism for?" I wondered that too, but as as soon as I saw your question, for some perverted reason I worked out the answer. Google: fish supper slang |
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11 Nov 10 - 09:30 AM (#3029270) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Camel toe: 1) the hoof of a camel. 2) A shot consisting of one part Baileys Irish Cream and one part Cointreau. 3) A song often played on the Bob and Tom Show. 4)Results of tight pants causing a frontal wedgie, (something that few men want to see). ("also known as "a smiling eye", useage example, "Hey girl, a camel's eating your pants"). |
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11 Nov 10 - 09:56 AM (#3029285) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Green Man 'Its Pants' meaning useless. |
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11 Nov 10 - 10:03 AM (#3029289) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: TheSnail Dave MacKenzie I know what a fish supper is, but what's it a euphemism for? I think it's what you get if you "Dine at the YMCA". |
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11 Nov 10 - 10:04 AM (#3029291) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: G-Force An Italian service = driving a car at 120mph up the motorway. |
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11 Nov 10 - 10:12 AM (#3029296) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Midchuck Variant on the "Irish seven course dinner" above: "Vermont seven course dinner:" a venison steak from an illegally killed deer, and a six-pack (normally Budweiser - yuk!). Peter |
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11 Nov 10 - 10:19 AM (#3029302) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Bill D MtheGM "Which reminds me: have you lot Over There any idea how funny we Over Here find your locution "Rest Room"!" I can imagine....and We in the Colonies are bemused by "Loo"... is that an abbreviation for something? |
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11 Nov 10 - 10:34 AM (#3029315) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: greg stephens Some give a derivation from the expression Gardy Loo (= French gardez l'eau) used as a shouted warning when hurling the contents of a full chamber pot out of the window in the morning. Others suggest an origin in "le o o", a reference to French outdoor privies having the symbol of two small holes cut in the door. (o o). There may be other ideas. |
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11 Nov 10 - 10:39 AM (#3029317) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Any Mudcaters ever eaten at the Y? If so, respond to this message, "likidy split". |
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11 Nov 10 - 10:40 AM (#3029318) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Mrrzy Ooh, thanks for the info on French horn and Cor anglais, I learned that in school donkeys' years ago. Donkeys' years = a long time Coon's age also, but now disliked in US as coon is also slang for black person And yes, what IS loo from? Right, dining at the Y, I'd forgotten about that. reminds me of What's the right way to eat pussy? Lickety split! Praying to the porcelain god = throwing up The technicolor yawn = throwing up or the barf itself Whore's bath = wiping only your face, underarms and crotch, generally with a wet cloth and no soap In French French un maquereau is a pimp, or it was when I was younger Arkansas toothpick = a knife |
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11 Nov 10 - 10:41 AM (#3029321) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: frogprince So which actually makes the least logical sense: Rest Room? Comfort Station? Loo? John? Water closet? I'm reminded of a long ago cartoon of a crusty older woman: "Rest room,hell; where's the can?" |
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11 Nov 10 - 10:44 AM (#3029323) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Bill D Hmmm...so it just sort of 'appeared' in the slang and is now common. I can at least imagine the way 'restroom' (now a single word) was started....though I'm not sure WHY the almost-as-common 'bathroom' got added. I suppose because it was usually the same room. Now, people's ears just seem to expect those 'genteel' words instead of 'toilet'. I also hear 'facilities' or 'john'...and a few others, depending on what part of the country. |
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11 Nov 10 - 10:47 AM (#3029326) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Liquid Panty Remover (lemon Gin) |
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11 Nov 10 - 10:48 AM (#3029329) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: GUEST,Patsy Even funnier in the UK is what we do when we get to the loo (slang versions inc). Slash (male) usually said amongst men Splash my boots (uncareful male) the same or close family Spend a penny (ladies) when out in company Have a tinkle (ladies or children) Make room for the beer (either) or Why didn't you say you wanted to go before we left (to children) Nature calls (mixed company) The US powdering the nose really does sound better than that unless of course there are any euphemisms for the function of relieving the bladder? I won't ask about the other! |
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11 Nov 10 - 11:03 AM (#3029342) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: C-flat Lifted from the "Dictionary of Euphemisms" by R W Holder after-shave = perfume for men; haute cuisine = small portions of expensive food; family = not pornographic. He's not without a witty turn of phrase: bestseller = a book of which the first impression is not remaindered consultant = a senior employee who has been dismissed and he's also good at uncovering military euphemism: deliver = to drop an explosive on an enemy air support = a military attack Looks worth a read... |
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11 Nov 10 - 11:20 AM (#3029358) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Dave MacKenzie Make a donation to Watneys. (Don't take the piss out of Red Barrell because there'll be noting left) |
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11 Nov 10 - 11:22 AM (#3029364) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: MGM·Lion BillD ~ Purely FYI: 'Toilet' was one of the words denounced by Nancy Mitford as non-U {she preferred 'lavatory' & is also said to have popularised, if not coined, 'loo', tho she would I believe countenance such old usages as 'privy' or 'water closet'}; along with 'serviette' {for which the U is 'table napkin'}. God knows why, & as if anybody gave a flying -ah - copulation! ~M~ |
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11 Nov 10 - 11:22 AM (#3029365) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Dave MacKenzie Had a feeling "fish supper" might be something for the cunning linguist. |
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11 Nov 10 - 11:30 AM (#3029380) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Jack the Sailor I guess that you all are realizing how derogatory these are toward other peoples. Newfoundlanders were the brunt of many jokes and I would imagine such expressions on Mainland Canada for many years. After that it was Pakistanis. I haven't been there much since 9/11 but I guess that has changed. In the US it used to be the Irish, then the poles. |
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11 Nov 10 - 11:40 AM (#3029395) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: frogprince Skip, skip, skip to the loo... Again pertaining to what you do when you get to the "loo": How wide spread is, or was, the parental thing of teaching kids to distinguish between "number one" and "number two"? |
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11 Nov 10 - 11:44 AM (#3029404) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Draining the dragon, (taking a leak) |
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11 Nov 10 - 11:58 AM (#3029421) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Bill D Here, 'privy' has become a substitute for 'outhouse'....meaning not indoor plumbing. I have heard 'lavatory', but not sure by whom...and it never was a common usage where I have lived. As to what we DO in one....the list would be too long to pist (I think I'll leave that mistyping ☺) here. |
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11 Nov 10 - 12:06 PM (#3029427) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Mrrzy Hee hee, I am reminded of a time when we were playing a Star Trek game, and the person playing the first officer had to go to the bathroom, and the guy playing the Captain said Number One, take care of Number Two! And we all died laughing. Maybe you had to be there. In the States there is a raging trade in blame-the-other-state; in Arkansas, a knife is a Texas toothpick, and so on. Other euphemisms for peeing include: See a man about a horse (this one I really don't get, must date from the wild west times or something) Drain the main vein Recycle my beer (After all, you don't buy beer, you only rent it!) |
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11 Nov 10 - 12:07 PM (#3029428) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: catspaw49 The French really take a beating don't they? So just to add to the pile...........A "French jack" is a hydraulic jack that leaks pressure and so "goes down on you." And to add to the six pack list........... Louisiana---Crawdad Georgia---Moon Pie And one that you will only hear at Ohio State: Michigan---A Turd Spaw |
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11 Nov 10 - 12:18 PM (#3029437) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: frogprince I'm just a bit suprised to hear someone cite "lavatory" as uncommon. We always went to the "lavatory" in primary and secondary school (in Minnesota),apart from expressions used just among the students. Now that you mention it, though, I don't remember a reference to a "lavatory" outside a school building. Drift alert; the old Kingston Mines, a bar and music scene in Chicago, had two terlits. There were always distinct signs, or objects, attached to the two doors; any crazy thing; maybe stuffed animals, maybe just geometric cutouts. The only consistent thing was, there was no way to figure out what designated male and what female. The inside joke was, the rooms were just used unisex, first come first served, and the uninitiated were left to figure out whutnhell they were supposed to do. |
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11 Nov 10 - 12:18 PM (#3029438) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: MGM·Lion ... to see a man about a dog, or to see a man about a horse is an English language colloquialism, usually used as to apologize for one's imminent departure or absence – generally to euphemistically conceal one's true purpose, such as to go to the bathroom or going to buy a drink. The original non-facetious meaning was probably to place or settle a bet on a race, thus dogs or horses.···· Wikipedia... |
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11 Nov 10 - 01:14 PM (#3029509) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Bill D "...you don't buy beer, you only rent it! Reminding me of the time I walked into a men's room at a bar and saw a guy standing at a urinal, head tilted back, pouring beer in at the top while pouring the last one down the drain... (I was in the Kingston Mines cafe once, about 1972?...I don't remember noticing) And I 'think' in lower grade school in Kansas, we raised our hand and asked for "the restroom paddle" a piece of wood we had to carry to prove we had permission to be out of class. I never even thought about it BEING a euphemism back then. |
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11 Nov 10 - 01:36 PM (#3029532) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: GRex Micca You have given us three of the euphemisms from your shantyman song. Can you also give us the meaning of 'Portuguese hand pump', or does it mean what I think it means. GRex |
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11 Nov 10 - 01:44 PM (#3029547) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: GUEST,Grishka It is the sad fate of euphemisms that as soon as they become common usage, they need a euphemism in turn. See toilet. Funny euphemisms, however, often evolve to funny expressions, as in "Ey, f***, mate, I gotta sh**, where's the Wooloomooloo?", which I heard in NSW. (Wooloomooloo is a part of Sydney, the word is used as an extension of "loo", cf. Monty Python.) |
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11 Nov 10 - 02:55 PM (#3029625) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Mrrzy The best signs I ever heard of were in a bar in Texas, I think: Pointers and Setters. he he he. |
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11 Nov 10 - 04:51 PM (#3029727) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: kendall Misery sticks...oars |
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11 Nov 10 - 05:29 PM (#3029750) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Micca Grex, you are probably guessing right, if you have seen me sing it there is a certain British Gesture that goes with the phrase that would probably rmove any doubts |
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11 Nov 10 - 06:22 PM (#3029797) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Cancer sticks (cigarettes) |
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11 Nov 10 - 07:12 PM (#3029844) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: kendall coffin nails cigarettes. |
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11 Nov 10 - 07:26 PM (#3029852) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Dave Hanson One eyed trouser snake ? Dave H |
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11 Nov 10 - 07:36 PM (#3029861) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Dave MacKenzie coffin nails - cigarettes (especially Woodbines) |
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11 Nov 10 - 08:28 PM (#3029917) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Joe_F "Coffin nail" & "cancer stick" are dysphemisms, not euphemisms. The first is more than 100 years old. Some time ago I read a magazine article by an old man who had been an actual 19th-century cowboy. He said it made him hoot to see cigarette advertisements featuring cowboys. In his day, cowboys wouldn't have been caught dead smoking cigarettes, which they thought effeminate and referred to as pimp sticks. He explained: Cigarettes were introduced as an attempt to make a ladylike cigar that women would smoke. But in those days no respectable woman smoked, so the people who took them up first were the whores. The pimps followed their example & thus were the first male cigarette smokers. |
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11 Nov 10 - 08:37 PM (#3029924) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Woodie, the bedroom morning snake. |
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11 Nov 10 - 08:41 PM (#3029930) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Dirt Squirrel (female of questionable character) |
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11 Nov 10 - 08:55 PM (#3029944) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Flogging the frog Candid photography (nudge, nudge) Playing "hide the weiner" Horozontal recreation Playing chesterfield checkers Watching submarine races (lovers lane overlooking the water) 8+8 (ate plus ate, or 69) |
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12 Nov 10 - 12:12 AM (#3030020) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Gurney 'Just Juice' is a brand name here. It is used as a euphenism for a vasectomy. |
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12 Nov 10 - 05:51 AM (#3030152) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: GUEST,Patsy 'Just having 40 winks' rather than admitting to falling asleep. A Cat Nap, meaning short refreshing rest. 'Brahms and Lizt' meaning drunk. 'Caught with pants down' caught in the act. So busy I almost met myself coming back. My dad remarking once on a lady's big breasts said, 'she looks just like a question mark'. 'I've got eyes at the back of my head' mothers warning children to behave. |
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12 Nov 10 - 06:32 AM (#3030166) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: MGM·Lion Nobody, surprisingly, has mentioned Private Eye's "Ugandan discussions". Wiki ~~~ "Ugandan discussions", or a variation thereof, is often used as a euphemism for illicit sex, usually while carrying out a supposedly official duty. The term originally refers to an incident at a party hosted by journalist Neal Ascherson and his first wife, at which fellow journalist Mary Kenny had a "meaningful confrontation" with a former cabinet minister in the government of Milton Obote, later claiming that they were "upstairs discussing Uganda". ~Michael~ |
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12 Nov 10 - 07:10 AM (#3030180) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: McGrath of Harlow "A chocolate teapot" for something guaranteed not to be relied on. Similarly, "A LibDem pledge". |
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12 Nov 10 - 07:18 AM (#3030189) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Barney's friend, BJ Clinton, Banana juice,Big John, or Beef Jerkey (BJ) Fucking the dog and selling the pups (unemployed) |
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12 Nov 10 - 07:45 AM (#3030204) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: melodeonboy Have I missed it, or have we forgotten about Mr. James Riddle? |
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12 Nov 10 - 11:08 AM (#3030341) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Liane Moving on from excretion and sex to death: "He opened himself up a worm farm" (southern US) |
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12 Nov 10 - 11:17 AM (#3030349) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Becca72 screwed the pooch - made a big mistake paying the water bill - Number 1 assumed room temperature - died (a personal favorite) |
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12 Nov 10 - 11:22 AM (#3030357) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Not playing with a full deck, a nut job, hamsters fell of the wheel, one fry short of a happy meal, one stick short of a package of gum, one card short of a deck of cards, one donut short of a dozen, one brick shy of a full load, lights are on but nobody's home, a dime short of a dollar, a sandwich short of a cut lunch, lift doesn't go to the top floor.(not bright, crazy, simple, naive) |
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12 Nov 10 - 11:25 AM (#3030361) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: GUEST,kendall Not threaded all the way on. Has a room upstairs that's not finished. Numb as a pounded thumb |
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12 Nov 10 - 11:32 AM (#3030372) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Bill D "hiking the Appalachian trail"---meeting a mistress in secret |
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12 Nov 10 - 11:33 AM (#3030373) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Liane Continuing in this vein: not the brightest light on the porch, not the sharpest tool in the shed; and a variant on the hamster one that Ed T mentions: the wheel is still turning, but the hamster is dead. |
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12 Nov 10 - 11:53 AM (#3030405) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Becca72 the cheese fell of his cracker his Slinky is kinked |
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12 Nov 10 - 12:07 PM (#3030421) Subject: RE: BS funny euphemisms From: Ed T Over the hill, too old to cut the mustard, senior, 100 years young, (age) Been around, has a checkered past, launched a few ships (experienced) Constructed a few liquor stores (drinker) |