montana slogans, sayings or quirky montana (fence, charges, winter)

[wannabeacowgirl]

What are some of the fun Montana sayings you have heard that is native to the area? I loved on one posting "harder than milking a grizzly."

[Redraven]

Always drink upstream from the herd.
Never squat with your spurs on.
when 2 of you are hiking in the woods, and a bear charges, you don't have to run faster than the bear, just run faster than the other guy.
when hiking in the woods, always carry pepper spray and wear bells. If you see bear poop in the trail, it is easy to identify what type of bear left it. Black bear scat has berries in it. Grizzly bear scat smells like pepper and has little bells in it.

[AndersonRM]

Raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock.

[MTSilvertip]

When something is really good it's "finer than frog hair".
When the mercury falls below God-awful, it's "colder than a banker's heart".

[wannabeacowgirl]

so cute! i just love montana!

[Redraven]

when something is REALLY difficult to find, it is "scarcer'n hen's teeth".

When something is really REALLY good, it is "the greatest thing since pockets on shirts" (or pockets in trousers)

[Montana Griz]

'Worryin' is like a Rockin' Horse....It's somethin' to do that don't get you nowhere

Don't mess with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none

[Redraven]

Originally Posted by MTSilvertip

When something is really good it's "finer than frog hair".
When the mercury falls below God-awful, it's "colder than a banker's heart".

Of course, some Montanaisms are not fit for "polite society", but let's see if I can clean it up some:
When it is REALLY cold, it is "colder than the tip of a witch's mammary gland in a brass support structure!"

[MTSilvertip]

Originally Posted by Redraven

Of course, some Montanaisms are not fit for "polite society", but let's see if I can clean it up some:
When it is REALLY cold, it is "colder than the tip of a witch's mammary gland in a brass support structure!"

You're good

How about when the roads are sheets of glass and are "slicker than snot on a doorknob"

My father always said you could tell when a hard winter was coming when you saw the robins hanging worms on the bob-wire fence making jerky.

I know when it is "colder than the tip of a witch's mammary gland in a brass support structure" is the only time you can hear the song of the indigenous Ki-Ki Bird.

That's the little bird that when the mercury falls starts singing, "Ki-Ki-Ki-RIST it's cold!!!"

Or when a really cold wind is too lazy to go around you, it goes straight through so it's called a "lazy wind"

[AndersonRM]

When you find something really you say "Handier than a pocket in your underwear". Or when you meet an old friend you might say "Look who shows up when you ain't gotta gun".