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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:28 AM Original message |
Rather obscure figures of speech that are really cool |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Jesus Christ on rollerblades! |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. that means "really painful" right? |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. ... |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. Shit fire and save matches....." |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. As much use as a chocolate teapot. |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "I'm busier than a two-peckered goat." |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. that's hysterical |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. As useful as tits on a boar |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. Piffle! |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Pshaw! |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. Busier than a one-legged man... |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. Flibertygibbet. n/t |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Vonnegut used that once |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I did a quick Google and it looks like Vonnegut is right. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Well, he had an editor |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Have to be a bit careful with golliwogs. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. And Shakespeare used it in King Lear - although he probably |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
17. hotter then a half fucked female fox in a forest fire... |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. Dumber than a box of chicken beaks |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. dumber than a box of chicken beaks...... |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
21. Hotter than ten yards of hell |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. Wake up and smell the grits! |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. Ugly as a bag of frogs. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. An oldie from the UK. |
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hotforteacher (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. "Sharp as a sack of wet mice" n/t |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. busier than a one armed paperhanger |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
27. I like |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
28. Just between you, me, and the lamp post. |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
29. All around Robin Hoods barn |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
30. Hot enough to roast the balls off a brass monkey. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
31. I am a fan of "be that as it may". I really don't even know what that |
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