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favorite sayings...

THCTHC Posts: 525
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
i am a big fan of

'6 of one...half dozen of another'

what are some other good ones? esp. some international ones...like some good english or irish or austrailan ones...?
“Kept in a small bowl, the goldfish will remain small. With more space, the fish can grow double, triple, or quadruple its size.”
-Big Fish
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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    He Who Smelt It Dealt It: (Colloquial) The irrefutable rule of fart detection. When one smells gas and accuses a bystander, the bystander argues that the person who noticed is responsible. See also: He Who Detected It Ejected It; He Who Denied It, Supplied It.
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Might be a good time to get this one in the open.
    I read a book by Bill Bryson recently, he's an American (if you didn't know) but lives in Britain, and he was making the point about the differences in sense of humour between us as nations. He reckond the main thing is that America doesn't have a version or understanding of 'taking the piss' (which for the instance of this thread is my favourite saying :) )
    So...'taking the piss'. Any Americans have an understanding of what that means ?...just wondering.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    jamie uk wrote:
    *Might be a good time to get this one in the open.
    I read a book by Bill Bryson recently,     he's an American (if you didn't know) but lives in Britain, and he was making the point about the differences in sense of humour between us as nations. He reckond the main thing is that America doesn't have a version or understanding of 'taking the piss' (which for the instance of this thread is my favourite saying :) )
    So...'taking the piss'. Any Americans have an understanding of what that means ?...just wondering.

    I don't think they do from past conversations? Or maybe it was just this one guy.

    *Yeah... that's an embarrassing thing to admit. ;):D

    My favourites are 'Well, slap my ass and call me Judy' (don't know why) and 'Since god was a lad'.
  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    jamie uk wrote:
    Might be a good time to get this one in the open.
    I read a book by Bill Bryson recently, he's an American (if you didn't know) but lives in Britain, and he was making the point about the differences in sense of humour between us as nations. He reckond the main thing is that America doesn't have a version or understanding of 'taking the piss' (which for the instance of this thread is my favourite saying :) )
    So...'taking the piss'. Any Americans have an understanding of what that means ?...just wondering.



    I don't really know what it means. I thought it meant to give someone a hard time...just ribbinig someone. But I'm not sure. Explain.
  • THCTHC Posts: 525
    My favourites are 'Well, slap my ass and call me Judy' (don't know why) and 'Since god was a lad'.[/quote]

    solid!

    yeah, dont know what taking the piss means. i know what snogging is and what blokes are.....but thats about it...lol
    “Kept in a small bowl, the goldfish will remain small. With more space, the fish can grow double, triple, or quadruple its size.”
    -Big Fish
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    I don't really know what it means. I thought it meant to give someone a hard time...just ribbinig someone. But I'm not sure. Explain.

    It can be playful or mean, but yes, giving someone a hard time is easy to describe I guess.
    The example Bryson uses is in a train station he asks for a ticket with a reciept and the guy says.."there you go sir, the ticket is free,... but it's £15.50 for the reciept". Bryson claims that in the US the ticket guy would have been exclaimed by a cry of "what the hell sort of cockamamy system gives a free ticket and charges for the reciept?"
    I don't know if that's entirely the case, but for sure in our country people are pleasantly amused at times when someone 'takes the piss' out of them.
    It is noticable on this pit at times, the difference in sense of humour across the Atlantic :)
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Most of mine are insults, are they allowed? "Go fist yourself" is a charming recent addition :D
  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    THC wrote:
    i am a big fan of

    '6 of one...half dozen of another'

    what are some other good ones? esp. some international ones...like some good english or irish or austrailan ones...?

    I've never heard this before :eek: Took me a minute :o
  • THCTHC Posts: 525
    pearljamjen wrote:
    I've never heard this before :eek: Took me a minute :o

    ;)
    “Kept in a small bowl, the goldfish will remain small. With more space, the fish can grow double, triple, or quadruple its size.”
    -Big Fish
  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    jamie uk wrote:
    It can be playful or mean, but yes, giving someone a hard time is easy to describe I guess.
    The example Bryson uses is in a train station he asks for a ticket with a reciept and the guy says.."there you go sir, the ticket is free,... but it's £15.50 for the reciept". Bryson claims that in the US the ticket guy would have been exclaimed by a cry of "what the hell sort of cockamamy system gives a free ticket and charges for the reciept?"
    I don't know if that's entirely the case, but for sure in our country people are pleasantly amused at times when someone 'takes the piss' out of them.
    It is noticable on this pit at times, the difference in sense of humour across the Atlantic :)


    I think we in America would call that sort of thing "Giving someone shit."

    That being said, most Americans don't use the word cockamamy. :)
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  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    meistereder wrote:
    He Who Smelt It Dealt It: (Colloquial) The irrefutable rule of fart detection. When one smells gas and accuses a bystander, the bystander argues that the person who noticed is responsible. See also: He Who Detected It Ejected It; He Who Denied It, Supplied It.

    I don't think this one needed such a detailed explanation but it made me laugh the way you explained it! ;)
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  • THCTHC Posts: 525
    oh yeah...another good one...

    ain't that the pot calling the kettle black....
    “Kept in a small bowl, the goldfish will remain small. With more space, the fish can grow double, triple, or quadruple its size.”
    -Big Fish
  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    facepollution wrote:
    Most of mine are insults, are they allowed? "Go fist yourself" is a charming recent addition :D


    Yea. I've fallen into the habit of calling people cancerous cunts.
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    If someone asks you a question where the obvious answer is yes, like 'do you want another pint', a common response will be "Do bears shit in the woods?" or "Is the Pope Catholic", or if you're really drunk and can't remember it "Do nuns shit in the woods?"...
  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    No shit, Sherlock.
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    People who judge dont matter, people who matter dont judge.
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  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    a few i like ...the dogs bollocks. pear-shaped. it's all gone a bit pete tong.
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    meistereder wrote:
    I think we in America would call that sort of thing "Giving someone shit."

    That being said, most Americans don't use the word cockamamy. :)


    :) yeah, I kinda got that he was being playful with his expression :)I think he was expressing his love of our subtle, playful, sometimes biting wit....it can be hard for other nationalities to grasp....cockamamy is a great word though :D
    I had a mate from Germany here for a while, he would sit in the pub with me after football and be aghast at all these fellas telling each other to " go fu** yourself...", "yeah, that's what your wife says to me..." etc, etc... he was truly waiting for a fight to break out, when it was just what we call lads being lads...taking the piss, if you like :)
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • THCTHC Posts: 525
    facepollution wrote:
    If someone asks you a question where the obvious answer is yes, like 'do you want another pint', a common response will be "Do bears shit in the woods?" or "Is the Pope Catholic", or if you're really drunk and can't remember it "Do nuns shit in the woods?"...

    i am def. gonna start saying the 'do you want another pint'....classic :)
    “Kept in a small bowl, the goldfish will remain small. With more space, the fish can grow double, triple, or quadruple its size.”
    -Big Fish
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    THC wrote:
    i am def. gonna start saying the 'do you want another pint'....classic :)

    The slightly more naughty version (directly stolen from Shaun Of The Dead) is "Can I get... any of you cunts... a drink?" That always goes down well ina family pub ;)
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Ones I really like are the old fashioned ones...'cold as charity' :) 'poor as a church mouse'.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    jamie uk wrote:
    :) yeah, I kinda got that he was being playful with his expression :)I think he was expressing his love of our subtle, playful, sometimes biting wit....it can be hard for other nationalities to grasp....cockamamy is a great word though :D
    I had a mate from Germany here for a while, he would sit in the pub with me after football and be aghast at all these fellas telling each other to " go fu** yourself...", "yeah, that's what your wife says to me..." etc, etc... he was truly waiting for a fight to break out, when it was just what we call lads being lads...taking the piss, if you like :)

    Yeah when I lived on the other side of the pond I had to rein in my natural Brit trait of taking the piss constantly ... I would be taken seriously far too often.
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    He/She threw a mental hippie fit.
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    My friend referred to Madonna as 'as old as dirt' the other day which made me chuckle!
  • The Great CornholioThe Great Cornholio Posts: 157
    "as tight as a mouses ear"
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    facepollution wrote:
    My friend referred to Madonna as 'as old as dirt' the other day which made me chuckle!

    like that one, and also 'two days older than water'
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Jeremy'sAlive wrote:
    "as tight as a mouses ear"

    :D love it, never heard it though, we say tight as a ducks arse :)
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    "A face like a bulldog licking piss off a lamp post" - a not so attractive person.
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    facepollution wrote:
    "A face like a bulldog licking piss off a lamp post" - a not so attractive person.


    We tend to use ... "A face like a bulldog licking piss off a thistle" also "a face like a bag of spanners"
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
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