Caught me another one on this board...

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:46 am

SilverLady(SO) wrote:

How about these:

He has more money than brains.

- SL

I've heard that as "He has more dollars than sense."

Lydia · Post by **Lydia** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:23 am

Statistician:

"He's about two sigmas short of the mean"

Lydia

Kay · Post by **Kay** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:42 am

"Life is just a bowl of toe-nails"

Kay

Kerri · Post by **Kerri** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:24 pm

Kay,

I havent ever heard that one before honey!

I have heard of a car being "a bag of nails"

he he

Kerri

Lori A · Post by **Lori A** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:28 pm

Connie wrote:Virginia, because the name "Parkway" was already taken!

Connie

Yea, we park in drive ways and drive on park ways, but if we aren't supposed to drink and drive then why do bars have parking lots and when buying adult beverages they always ask to see my drivers license

Connie · Post by **Connie** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:31 pm

Lori,
You've been in many parts of the country, right? How many "24-hour" stores/restaurants, etc. have you been in that have locks on the doors? Why?

Connie

Lori A · Post by **Lori A** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:34 pm

SilverLady(SO) wrote:The only place you'll find sympathy is in the dictionary - between manure and syphillis. {Bad, I know, but I used to work with a bunch of people who loved to complain about anything and everything. }

- SL

I thought I was the only one who used that expression when people were whinning about what they didn't have or weren't willing to work for!

Carolynn · Post by **Carolynn** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:02 pm

"Give me bite of sugar before you go."

It comes from a conclusion that kisses from those you love and who love you are sweet, and sugar is sweet, ergo........ Could have been "give me a bite of molasses", I supposed, but that would have been sticky and perhaps a bit confusing!

A variation is "give me a bit of sugar", but the older folks still use bite.

My mother said this to me as I was leaving after a 3 hour visit at the nursing home last Sunday. She is blind, has a degree of dementia, can't hear well, and is incontinent, but she had a good day and enoyed the greek dinner I took her. She will be 88 tomorrow (Oct. 4). She asked for Chinese food for dinner tomorrow.

Stephanie H · Post by **Stephanie H** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:41 pm

I have seen a better head on lettuce. (after someone got a hair cut)

Lori A · Post by **Lori A** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:53 pm

[quote="Connie"]Lori, How many "24-hour" stores/restaurants, etc. have you been in that have locks on the doors? Why?

I don't know, probably for the same reason they put braille instructions on the drive up ATM's

Lori A · Post by **Lori A** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:17 pm

C J,
I had to laugh the other night during the V P debates when Governor Palin said
"There you go again Joe, pointing backwards."
As a colloquialism junkie you should really like her.