Screwed Up Sayings
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It is pike (like turnpike): Coming Down the Pike
"Could care less" drives me crazy, as well. So you care a little? Argh.
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.
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.
So all this time, Ive been the dumb one..
I think I like pipe better.
I bet you do...:biglaugh:
I hate when people tell you to "be yourself." Who else would you otherwise be being?
I get the point of it, just annoying.
My 2 favorite to use and mess with people. "Not the sharpest crayon in the box" and "not the brightest tool in the shed". Its very rare that someone notices the mix and match
love that one, not many people are aware of it. King of Queens episode makes fun of that one too
This reminds me...Does Steve Deace pronounce "scenario" the correct way? I'm not an expert by any means, but it's like nails on a chalk board every time he says it.
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ring around the rosey pocket full of posey
Meaning to "ring around the rosey pocket full of posey"? - Yahoo! Answers
Meaning to "ring around the rosey pocket full of posey"? - Yahoo! Answers
It drives me bonkers during a sports cast when a team is down by three points and the commentator says the losing team is "within three". No!!! They are down by three. If they were within 3 they would be could be less than three...so dumb.
1. "The Saints scored 21 unanswered points before the Falcons kicked a field goal before halftime." No, the Saints scored 21 consecutive points, not unanswered points.
2. "I have never stepped foot on that campus." The correct expression is "set foot."
3. And one that I actually like -- "it's not rocket surgery". In fact, I saw a billing for a band called the Rocket Surgeons. I dig it.
2. "I have never stepped foot on that campus." The correct expression is "set foot."
3. And one that I actually like -- "it's not rocket surgery". In fact, I saw a billing for a band called the Rocket Surgeons. I dig it.
Send me that "pitcher" instead of picture...I hear this at work all the time. He also says por-trait instead of portrait.
That one always bothered me. Then I looked it up. Turns out our version "ask" is the bastardization of the older word "aks". Or something like that. I of course can't find where I read that but here is another source.
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/archives/2008/03/ask-vs-aks-ax.html
Now you know...and knowing is half the battle.
Still sounds ignorant to me though.
Sometimes I use "rocket surgery" intentionally in situations that call for it, such as when you have to explain something that should be common knowledge, just to be a touchebag...
