Friday OT - In Your Wheelhouse

[CascadeClone]

Former boss, when questioned as to why we didn't make sales goals, used to say "I can't manufacture demand, and I can't **** parts". She was great.

 

[MeadForMyHorses]

I'm old and grew up on a farm, OK?

When I started my business career in the big city, I once referred to a thriving business as a 'Goin' Jessie'. People had no idea what I was talking about.

And let's not even mention something being 'as useful as 't*ts on a boar', or when a failed business deal 'went 't*ts up.'

 

[SerenityNow]

6 in one, half dozen in the other. My daughters give me **** about saying it, but now they say it, too.

Also, shocking I know, but I say Serenity Now a lot if I'm about to rage. It does help, but also insanity later probably.

 

[cydnote]

He doesn't have a pot to piss in.
Too old to cut the mustard.

Or to expound on the bolded "or a window to throw it out of"

My favorite for trying to cobble something up to get it to work: " an old wh*re with a new dress"

The 2 lines people use at work that drive me nuts are some versions of
"Let's table this for later"
"Let's take this conversation offline"

I know I use some lines at home that I get blank stares from my kids when I used them because they are figure of speech but can't think of 1 off the top of my head right now.

One line I like to use once in awhile when a funny opportunity presents itself is from Major League 2
"Women, you can't live with them and they can't pee standing up"

I have a coworker that uses some strange lines from time to time that we like to bring back up to rib him a little. My favorite is
"This coffee is orgasmic"
That 1 line has led to us using "orgasmic" randomly to describe things when we are just messing around in the office.

Or as Norm on Cheers would say; "Women, you can't live with them, pass the beer nuts"

 

[Mr Janny]

I was part of a situation at my work where I was arguing against a particular approach to solving a problem, referring to it as a "Nantucket Sleigh Ride". And I learned that not everyone is familiar with that particular turn of phrase.

 

[Mr Janny]

I'm also a big fan of "He knocks over more with his ass than he can pick up with his hands"

 

[Cyfan1965]

"Nuttier than squirrel s***"
"your killing me smalls"
"I didn't float up the lagan on a bubble" Northern Ireland expression about being naive

 

[dahliaclone]

As the crow flies

 

[matclone]

Two heads are better than one.
[Un]'til the cows come home.

 

[Angie]

“More stubborn than ditch snow”

I haven’t ever heard this one, but anyone in the Midwest gets it!

Someone once described a situation that was a bit of a clusterf**k as being "like a monkey f**king a football" and I think about that quite frequently.

I use this exact phrase as often as is appropriate! If I can’t use the original phrase, it is usually a monkey using a typewriter.

 

[matclone]

I was part of a situation at my work where I was arguing against a particular approach to solving a problem, referring to it as a "Nantucket Sleigh Ride". And I learned that not everyone is familiar with that particular turn of phrase.

I knew that only as a song by Mountain. Now I know more. That's a good one.

 

[Al_4_State]

I forgot one of my favorites - “goat rodeo” for any kind of unorganized chaos.

 

[Al_4_State]

I haven’t ever heard this one, but anyone in the Midwest gets it!



I use this exact phrase as often as is appropriate! If I can’t use the original phrase, it is usually a monkey using a typewriter.

I actually made it up, and I’m trying to make it a thing. Because as you demonstrated, its meaning is quite obvious to a certain demographic.

 

[KnappShack]

I now understand why a person in California said I sounded like an "educated redneck"

 

[cycloner29]

"Nuttier than a fruitcake"
"As stubborn as a rusty old nut"
"Time to grab the bull by the horns"

From Dodgeball:

 

[Prone2Clone]

Dumber than a tavern Hok.

 

[pourcyne]

I forgot one of my favorites - “goat rodeo” for any kind of unorganized chaos.

That's "herding cats".

 

[4cy16]

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while.
I was on that like hair on soap.

 

[Al_4_State]

That's "herding cats".

Herding cats is a verb.

Goat rodeo is a noun.

 

[pourcyne]

Herding cats is a verb.

Goat rodeo is a noun.

Nossir. It's a noun phrase. Used like a noun, it walks and talks like a noun. Here it is the subject:

Herding cats is my favorite hobby.

and here it is the direct object:

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I adore herding cats.

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