Stupid Sayings

[seveer unaek]

"Im Spitting Feathers"

Are you?? Asda stopped plucking it's chicken's these days eh?

[Sipey]

From childhood I thought the following were the most pointless.....

"stop crying or I give you something to cry for" - and that's going to help how exactly??

"do you want a smack" - yes go on then, i'd like that very much

"I'll teach you to be naughty" - go on then, I am obviously not good at it yet

[Demonic Angel]

A saying I'm guilty of.....

At the end of the day.....

But its never the end of the day when I say it!

[Al J]

Going slightly off topic with this one, maybe...

I told off a 16 year old lad in my class today.

Him: "I didn't do it!"

Me: "Do what?"

Him: "Whatever it was you think I did."

You couldn't make up that sort of thing, could you?

[Carrera_C]

Has anyone else ever came accross the saying "swings and roundabouts"....

What does that even mean???????

[stevetubbyturbo]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

What that about

[Al J]

Has anyone else ever came accross the saying "swings and roundabouts"....

What does that even mean???????

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Think it means same but different. :D

[Fidgits]

My gran always says:

"Its getting a bit close out"

WTF is getting close??? An alien invasion??? 

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right, this is one of a few I am going to clear up, basically because they're not stupid sayings....

'close' is an olde english term for 'humid'... plain and simple...

so its getting close out is just an old way of saying 'its humid outside'

[Fidgits]

Mad as a badger

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it's "mad as toast" up our way, why is toast mad? yea badgers do get mad especialy when you poke them with a realy big stick, mad as toast. DOH

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Round here it's "mad as cheese"

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Round this area the saying is

"as mad as a march hare" or "as mad as a hatter"

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Mad as a hatter comes from Alice In Wonderland... the tea party with the 'hatters'

[Fidgits]

A saying I'm guilty of.....

At the end of the day.....

But its never the end of the day when I say it! 

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again, not a stupid saying, just another way of phrasing - when all is said and done...

in other words, when you have finished and looked back...

[Fidgits]

Has anyone else ever came accross the saying "swings and roundabouts"....

What does that even mean???????

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Bascially, again, another phrase...

It just is like 'going round in circles'... it just means discussing something and getting nowhere...

[Chappers]

I had a book about all these 'stupid' sayings and what they all meant..

The only stupid ones are bad grammar.. or stupid people..

'Whose coat is that jacket?'

[Fidgits]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

What that about

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again, another old phrase...

basically means, just because something looks better, doesnt mean its attainable...

[stevetubbyturbo]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

What that about

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again, another old phrase...

basically means, just because something looks better, doesnt mean its attainable...

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I want you to be on my team if im ever in a pub quiz :D

[knightrider]

Ian - book of all pointless knowledge, but damn handy at a pub quiz :P

[silvasurfa]

"ubiked as a !Removed!"

how are they connected?!!

[redbaz]

Has anyone else ever came accross the saying "swings and roundabouts"....

What does that even mean???????

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Bascially, again, another phrase...

It just is like 'going round in circles'... it just means discussing something and getting nowhere...

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nah

its all about taking the rough with the smooth

"What one loses on the swings one gains on the roundabouts."

everything averages out :D

[alanbradley]

"I was gutted..."

"Look at the muck in your ears" - could someone please explain how?

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Try this for size Alan.

http://www.doctorhoffman.com/wax.htm

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Good one! Interesting too...

Round this area the saying is

"as mad as a march hare" or "as mad as a hatter"

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Mad as a hatter comes from Alice In Wonderland... the tea party with the 'hatters'

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...and the reason Hatters (or milliners) are/were mad is because of the prolonged exposure to the lead used in the felt-making process

[GIDDLEPIN]

What would you rather be or a wasp.

It's too cold for snow (so minus 60 at the poles don't mean a thing?)

He won't get there any quicker (as somebody passes you at 100 MPH)---OF COURSE THEY WILL GET THERE QUICKER!!!

Stop pulling faces, it will stay like that. (yeah right!)

You'll go blind. (I'll just do it till I need glasses then)

I'm falling apart at the seams. (we don't have seams!)

Pull yourself together. (see above)

If brains were dynamite he wouldn't have enough to blow his hat off. (see ------------------(put who you think))

[silvasurfa]

"i cant think straight"

why? are you !Removed!?!!

[Al J]

...and the reason Hatters (or milliners) are/were mad is because of the prolonged exposure to the lead used in the felt-making process

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Well, it was mercury to be precise Alan but close! ;)

[alanbradley]

Sorry... I did actually know it was mercury - don't know why I typed lead

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[houston]

Has anyone else ever came accross the saying "swings and roundabouts"....

What does that even mean???????

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means what goes around, comes around

stupidest one i heard was at work when some old woman was talking to me "its too cold for snow"

eh? is it just me that found that thick?

its all fun and games till someone loses an eye always brings a smile to my face as well.

[cfc1]

I'll make you smile on the other side of your face.. (what are you going to do? slash me??):!Removed!:

I'll take my hand off your face. (It was the putting it on at high speed i didn't like)

Don't think that about me.....

I'll give you a piece of my mind. (have you got enough to spare?)

I never apologize. I'm sorry.. but thats just the way i am.

Dont look at me in that tone of voice.

[Big T]

The saying that i hate is when people say

"Im not fat... im big boned :D " (and before you say nething charley, i have NOT said that before)

I dont think this counts as a saying but i really like this phrase.. (or whatever its counted as..)

"I'm not as think as you confused i am.." :D

Big T