Screwed Up Sayings

[oldman]

"fixin' to do something"

ex: I'm fixin' to go to the grocery store

Haha. When I was in the Navy, this guy I worked with used to say "Fidden" instead of "Fixing." We were on him all the time about it.

One of mine is "Nip it in the butt" instead of "bud."

 

[clones26]

Doc: You know what they say: People in glass houses sink sh-sh-ships.
Rocco: Doc, I gotta buy you, like, a proverb book or something. This mix'n'match ****'s gotta go.
Doc: What?
Connor: A penny saved is worth two in the bush, isn't it?
Murphy: And don't cross the road if you can't get out of the kitchen.

I was thinking this same thing for references.

Doc-"Make like a tree and get the **** out of here!"

 

[oldman]

I dont' think there is any such thing as a "happy medium." It should be "happy median." As in there are just as many points on either side of the happiness continuum. A happy median. Or something like that.

What about Psychic Suzie?

 

[oldman]

Two of my favorites are "Like stink on a two-dollar crack *****" and (my Dad's) "were you born in a mule's behind?" when we left the door open. When pressed for further information, he would explain that a mule's *** closes by itself.

 

[CyGal]

This one drives me nuts with my family, and I realize I risk persecution from the board for this one:

I grew up in Nebraska. My grandparents, mother, and brother still (who is 20 but still lives back home) refers to "dinner" as the lunch meal. Drives me crazy. When I go home, Mom asks me if I'm going to be home for "dinner". To her means noon, to me means evening.

To me, noon is "lunch" and evening is "dinner" or "supper". To her noon is "dinner" and evening is "supper".

My point is, if you're taking a date to "dinner", it's an evening date. Therefore, "dinner" is not at noon. My fam has a hard time with this and it's very confusing. Anyone else have problems with this, or is it a central NE thing? (opening myself up to many NE jokes).....

My parents and I were born and raised in Iowa, and my parents do this too. In fact, I missed a meal with them one day because they wanted to meet for 'dinner'. So I went to lunch with my husband's family, expecting to meet them for the evening meal. They sat at the restaurant for nearly a half hour before they called looking for me. Now we make sure to clarify the time we are expected, and I try not to use 'dinner' around them.

 

[Celeron]

I've heard matt p say one on kxno several times. Instead on "keeping his ear to the ground" or even "nose to the grindstone" we end up with "ear to the grindstone".

 

[saf]

This one drives me nuts with my family, and I realize I risk persecution from the board for this one:

I grew up in Nebraska. My grandparents, mother, and brother still (who is 20 but still lives back home) refers to "dinner" as the lunch meal. Drives me crazy. When I go home, Mom asks me if I'm going to be home for "dinner". To her means noon, to me means evening.

To me, noon is "lunch" and evening is "dinner" or "supper". To her noon is "dinner" and evening is "supper".

My point is, if you're taking a date to "dinner", it's an evening date. Therefore, "dinner" is not at noon. My fam has a hard time with this and it's very confusing. Anyone else have problems with this, or is it a central NE thing? (opening myself up to many NE jokes).....

Dinner is the principal meal of the day, so it has no set time. Definition of Dinner from dictionary.net

 

[DaddyMac]

I've heard matt p say one on kxno several times. Instead on "keeping his ear to the ground" or even "nose to the grindstone" we end up with "ear to the grindstone".

Makes sense. Most of his listeners end up wanting to put their ears to the grindstone....

 

[DRCHIRO]

My wife once told me she "killed two stones with one bird"

and

A female patient trying to tell me "it hurt by her scrotum" instead of sacrum.

 

[cyclones500]

My parents and I were born and raised in Iowa, and my parents do this too. In fact, I missed a meal with them one day because they wanted to meet for 'dinner'. So I went to lunch with my husband's family, expecting to meet them for the evening meal. They sat at the restaurant for nearly a half hour before they called looking for me. Now we make sure to clarify the time we are expected, and I try not to use 'dinner' around them.

The best solution: never eat out with your family. :wink:

I grew up with dinner/supper — I found out it was probably Iowa ruralism because my non-farm college friends gave me crap about it, insisting it was lunch/dinner. For my family "lunch" was in mid-afternoon.

For years I found it strange to say "dinner" for the night meal, so I compromised and used lunch/supper (I was OK with lunch at mid-day, because it was "lunch" at school).

Now, I just eat dinner and supper simultaneously. Solves the entire problem. :smile:

 

[isucy1234]

Had a friend (yes she was a girl, and yes she was blonde) who once told me that I "minus whale" do something. She thought that people were always saying minus whale instead of might as well...

 

[heyguy85]

This one drives me nuts with my family, and I realize I risk persecution from the board for this one:

I grew up in Nebraska. My grandparents, mother, and brother still (who is 20 but still lives back home) refers to "dinner" as the lunch meal. Drives me crazy. When I go home, Mom asks me if I'm going to be home for "dinner". To her means noon, to me means evening.

To me, noon is "lunch" and evening is "dinner" or "supper". To her noon is "dinner" and evening is "supper".

My point is, if you're taking a date to "dinner", it's an evening date. Therefore, "dinner" is not at noon. My fam has a hard time with this and it's very confusing. Anyone else have problems with this, or is it a central NE thing? (opening myself up to many NE jokes).....

It was an unstated rule that lunch was a noon-ish meal consisting of a quick sandwich. Dinner was a noon meal if it was a bigger meal. Ex. meat, potatoes, etc.
Supper is always the evening meal. It is definitely a rural vs. urban thing because my town friends feel it necessary to correct me when I say dinner as the noon meal.

 

[CyGal]

The best solution: never eat out with your family. :wink:

This is what my husband keeps telling me, and at times I have to agree :yes:

 

[agcy68]

I think this is a rural vs. urban thing. I grew up in SW Iowa and it was dinner and supper. Lunch was a mid-morning and mid-afternoon break for when working in the field.

Agreed!

 

[agcy68]

My annoyance is people that say "prob-ly" instead of "Prob-ab-ly".

 

[VeloClone]

My wife once told me she "killed two stones with one bird"

and

A female patient trying to tell me "it hurt by her scrotum" instead of sacrum.

I once said "I bruised my scrotum" in mixed company when I meant sternum. I didn't live that one down for some time.

 

[VeloClone]

My annoyance is people that say "prob-ly" instead of "Prob-ab-ly".

Or worse yet, type "prolly" on here. Like fingernails on a chalk board.:arghh:

 

[RandomFan]

My annoyance is people that say "prob-ly" instead of "Prob-ab-ly".

Ha! I'm guilty of that one. Although it can be worse, some people shorten it to prolly or even pry.

 

[mmiille]

Ha! I'm guilty of that one. Although it can be worse, some people shorten it to prolly or even pry.

Prolly weren't pacific enuf for the likes of you.

 

[VeloClone]

prolly wun't pacific enuf fo da likes a u

Fixed it for ya!