HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT?
#51
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Amazon,
I think most of these is a Southern thing......we've had "sayins" all my life and I'm up there in years now. Have taught a few of them here and there, especially the one, Bless her/his little heart.
We lived in New England a couple years and they had never heard any sayins I don't think. Now they have.
I think most of these is a Southern thing......we've had "sayins" all my life and I'm up there in years now. Have taught a few of them here and there, especially the one, Bless her/his little heart.
We lived in New England a couple years and they had never heard any sayins I don't think. Now they have.
#53
Or " Well, bless your heart"
My nephew told me a couple of years ago that whenever anyone says, "Well bless his heart", what they REALLY mean is, "Well ain't he stupid?". He said..."Now just think about it. Have you EVER heard anyone say, 'bless his heart' when 'ain't he stupid' couldn't be used instead and it mean the same thing? Like...'Poor Joe got himself arrested again last week. Bless his heart.', or 'Billy-Bob blew his thumb off playing with M-80's. Bless his heart'. Just switch out the 'bless his hearts' for equal placements of 'aint he stupids' and it means the same darn thing!" ROFL!
Donna
My nephew told me a couple of years ago that whenever anyone says, "Well bless his heart", what they REALLY mean is, "Well ain't he stupid?". He said..."Now just think about it. Have you EVER heard anyone say, 'bless his heart' when 'ain't he stupid' couldn't be used instead and it mean the same thing? Like...'Poor Joe got himself arrested again last week. Bless his heart.', or 'Billy-Bob blew his thumb off playing with M-80's. Bless his heart'. Just switch out the 'bless his hearts' for equal placements of 'aint he stupids' and it means the same darn thing!" ROFL!
Donna
#54
Oh! And I almost forgot! My mother used to LOVE to tell me, "You'd argue a black cat was a white one if you had to skin it to prove it!". She'd say that every time I tried to reason with her. :::::halo appearing above head:::::
Donna
Donna
#56
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 351
Bless her lil pea pickin heart.
Not the sharpest crayon in the box.
dumber than dirt.
crazy like a fox.
been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
butter my butt and call me a biscuit.
If God don't get you, I will, and you better hope God does!
You've got splinters in the windmills of your mind.
Not the sharpest crayon in the box.
dumber than dirt.
crazy like a fox.
been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
butter my butt and call me a biscuit.
If God don't get you, I will, and you better hope God does!
You've got splinters in the windmills of your mind.
#58
My Mema used to say "Sure as a dog in Georgia" when she wanted you to know she wasn't foolin'. Or if someone did something very fast it was "Like Grant through Richmond". She also said she would measure our heads for knots! But she never did even spank a one of us girls. And when she was having a bad hair day, she said she "looked like the tail-end of bad luck with worse commin'up!" I miss my Mema. She was a hoot!
#59
So many good old sayings! And they are not necessarly from the south... I was raised in Sout East Alaska and have heard nearly all of them. How 'bout " if a toad had wings he wouldn't bump his butt when he hops?"
#60
Originally Posted by NCquilter
I'm 23 and I know that saying. My mom uses it sometimes. I remember one time at church, someone had said that saying and everyone looked around dumbfounded. And my mom said, one bite at a time. And people asked her what an elephant tastes like because they actually thought she ate one.
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