Old Fashioned Sayings (penny, story, fun, neighbors)

[RDSLOTS]

Originally Posted by Rcm58

You wouldn't make a pimple on a good Marines a**. My brother and I used to roll on the floor when my dad had one of his more serious moments....lol I remember getting spanked while laughing till I had tears in my eyes picturing GI Joes face on some Marines Butt.

Laughing my butt off, even as I type! What's with these Marines and their sayings? My Dad, too.

I always liked his threat of sending us off to the Marines. "The Marines would make a man out of ya," he'd say. Scared, I tell ya.

That, and I'm a girl. They didn't take girls then.

[case44]

Here's one for you, gang. Read this:

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away."


That's all the more reason for me to have a juicer in my kitchen.

[RDSLOTS]

An apple for the teacher.


Makes you wonder what she and the doctor had going-on. Bet it was the doctor's wife coined "an apple a day keeps the doctor away."

[cool_mommy]

He ain't nothin but a wart on the *ss of progress!

[Northwoods Voyager]

My Grandpa used to tell me: If you keep pouting like that a little bird gonna land on your lip. Also, Your face will freeze if you keep making that face.

Plain as the nose on your face.

And 'Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.'

Throwing out the baby with the bath water.

[AksarbeN]

Stranger then a two dollar bill.
Dumber then a bucket of $h!t.
Dumber then a box of rocks.
Busier then a one arm paper hanger.
Crazy enough to have bats in the belfry. (strange person)
Smoother then a babies butt.
Poor as a church mouse.
Lights on nobody home. (dumb person)
Their elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top. (dumb person)
So ugly the dog won’t play with him.
No lead in their pencil. (dumb person)
He was sleeping when the good lord was handing out brains.
A couple cards short of a full deck.

[Northwoods Voyager]

A few bricks short of a load.
Until the fat lady sings.
Pie in the sky
Are we there yet?
My DH's : now that really hit the spot...something that I've prepared for him that he liked.
Dollars to donuts
Is s/he for real?
'Break A Leg' (hahahahahahaha)

[rrtechno]

When it doesn't really make a difference, it's

Six of one - Half dozen of the other

[Lindsey_Mcfarren]

That person fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.

That person got beat with an ugly stick.

That person is uglier then the a$$ end of a horse.

That person got in line twice when they were handing out stupid.

[Rcm58]

I wouldn't give a plugged Nickel for that.

If I remember right the US had a 3 cent Nickel coin that was plugged with Silver. Maybe some coin collector has better knowledge of this.