Slogans That Make No Sense (Or Do They?)

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My father had some great phrases that took me a while as a kid to understand...

I'd bet dollars to donut holes... (Meaning the actual holes in the donuts, not the little round bits - so it would have to be a sure bet.)

Close enough for the girls I dance with. (Apparently Dad didn't dance with nice girls.
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Colder than a witch's t*t in a brass bra. (Meaning it was really cold...because a witch has a cold heart... That one took me a while to understand!)

Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades. (Of course, I had never played horse shoes so that didn't make much sense until someone explained the game...)

Oh yeah, one more...

Whenever we would say, "What for?" (think whiney kid voice), Dad would answer, "Cat fur...to make kitten britches."
 

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OMG, these are sooo funny! I have a couple...

A kit and caboodle? What is that? I always (like till I was 30) thought it was a "Kitten Caboodle" A caboodle full of kittens...right?
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"Let me get this off my chest!" Funny, no matter how many times I've spoken my mind, my girls are still there!!
 

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One of my mom's favourite saying when we were growing up was -

"...like a fart lost in a thunderstorm"

mmmm....thinking.....nope, I still don't know what it means!


Juli
 

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These are few of my bosses favorites:

Busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest
(yes, I get it but a butt-kicking contest? I've never seen nor heard of such a competition!)

She looks like someone licked the red off her candy
(she means someone who is a sourpuss. the perpetual sourpuss of the office is referred to as "she whose candy remains ever-white")

If you ask her "how are you," she'll say "fair to middlin'"
(I have NO idea about that one!)

these are more US southern ones though, I think.
 

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A tempest in a teapot?

Raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock.

Gotta pee like a russian racehorse.

S..it a brick

Madder than a wet hen laying sharp cornered eggs.
 
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How about this one:


You're full of Baloney


Does this mean someone is a pig inside???
 

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My boyfriend is constantly saying to me "Why are you running around like a fart in a bottle?" I mean hey, why would a fart be in a bottle? I think it's a good old Englishism this one... so I'm not surprised it's a bit odd.
 

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Falling head over heels.

I mean, isn't your head usually over your heels?
 

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Originally Posted by DaiDreamer

What about this one " laugh your pants off " when was the last time you seen someone laugh so hard there pants feel off.
...good.....you didn't see.........please don't ask! (it was not in public!)
 

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this may be off topic but a friend of my brother always talks about the "nice guy symdrom" refering to the guys who are nice have alot of female friends, is a shoulder for the girls to complain about the boyfriend but never actaully is a boyfriend himself because he is "too nice". this got me thinking, is there such thing as a 'nice girl syndrom'?? i have a few male friends, they have aweful girlfriends, complain to me about how b****y these girls are but i can't get a date to save my life. tough i am (according to a friend's father) "everything a guy would ask for in a woman" (refering to my love of football and my annoyance with many things concidered "girly") hmmmm
 
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Originally Posted by Ravyn

Falling head over heels.

I mean, isn't your head usually over your heels?
I guess it depends what position you're in!
 

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Originally Posted by Julianne

One of my mom's favourite saying when we were growing up was -

"...like a fart lost in a thunderstorm"

mmmm....thinking.....nope, I still don't know what it means!


Juli
I love it!
 
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