Random musings

[Jocephus]

full of piss and vinegar is a favorite of mine

[JL21]

- Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while

My dad's version of this one is "The sun shines on every dog's ass every once in a while"

Another gem from my dad, one of my very favorites: "You can't make chicken salad out of chicken [expletive]"

One my brother uses whenever he acquires something nice: "Looks like I'm [expletive] in tall cotton now"

[Fat_Bulldog]

My dad always used to say "[expletive] you and the horse you rode in on."

Then, he was really drunk one night and changed it to "[expletive] your horse."

We have been using the latter religiously for 20 something years now.

[wart57]

Six of one, a half dozen of the other.

He would tell a lie even if the truth sounded better.

Never get involved in a land war in Asia...

You rush a miracle man you get rotten miracles.


Sorry, those last two were Princess Bride lines....

[jim]

- Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while

My dad's version of this one is "The sun shines on every dog's ass every once in a while"

Another gem from my dad, one of my very favorites: "You can't make chicken salad out of chicken [expletive]"

One my brother uses whenever he acquires something nice: "Looks like I'm [expletive] in tall cotton now"

The first two are also staples. In fact I actually got the squirrel and no hill for a climber from mike, my Dad would say the sun shine ...

There are various others about ugly contests that I can't remember for sure. She is so nasty she'd lose an ugly contest? But that doesn't make sense really.

So many.

[lukethedrifter]

I made up my own: Turns out you can polish a turd.

[Schlich]

I need my grandpa for this thread

[MrCrowesGarden]

Fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.

[Schlich]

inspired by jim-- missed it by an RCH. (red c hair)

[go birds]

Six of one, a half dozen of the other.

i will never for as long as i live ever be able to get this line right. ive tried so many times and faile about 6 times half a dozen and another