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Old 10-03-2010, 06:57 AM
 
Location: Limbo
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gabble

pesk(y)

flotilla (easy term to remember because:
Spoiler
they're floating
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Old 10-03-2010, 07:05 AM
 
Location: Limbo
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Originally Posted by BereniceUK View Post
nodding donkey

(also known as a horsehead pump, grasshopper pump, thirsty bird and pumpjack, according to an online dictionary)

Learn something every day.

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Old 10-04-2010, 07:17 PM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Mud bath
bannana pepper
chicken fried steak
bridge may ice in winter
water on road when raining
chilli
baked alaska
florida
beach
flip flops
ocean
water
pool
swim
awesome
dude
charge it (think god I don't have a credit card )


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Haly Mary full of grace. Help me win this stock car race. ~ Ben Mears in Stephen Kings Salems' Lot

I wish I were a glow worm. A glow worm is never glum. How could you be unhappy with the sun shines out your bum.

YDYQ ~ You Don't Know Quack ~ A new Aflac moto

Never give up. ~ Carl Edwards

Real Racin' Real Fast ~ Atlanta Motor Speedway

Racin' the way it ought'a be. ~ Bristol Motor Speedway

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I don't give a good damn.

You got it dude! ~ Michelle Tanner ~ Full House

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Where dreams come true ~ Walt Disney World

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And those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
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Old 10-05-2010, 01:16 AM
 
Location: 39 20' 59"N / 75 30' 53"W
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^^^luv the above post

Heres one that I use...

"For the love of all thats Holy"
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Old 10-08-2010, 07:09 AM
 
Location: Limbo
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mirage

reconnaissance

happy as a clam
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Old 10-08-2010, 07:14 AM
 
Location: Charlotte county, Florida
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I seem to say "ahh S**T" alot, it was pointed out to me by some co-workers. I never even realised it.
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Old 10-08-2010, 06:16 PM
 
Location: 39 20' 59"N / 75 30' 53"W
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happy as a clam
Why would clams be happy?

It has been suggested that open clams give the appearance of smiling. The derivation is more likely to come from the fuller version of the phrase, now rarely heard - 'as happy as a clam at high water'.
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Old 10-13-2010, 06:01 AM
 
Location: Limbo
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Why would clams be happy?

It has been suggested that open clams give the appearance of smiling. The derivation is more likely to come from the fuller version of the phrase, now rarely heard - 'as happy as a clam at high water'.
I thought it came from an old belief that clams had few, if any, natural predators.
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Old 10-13-2010, 07:32 AM
 
Location: right here
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My favorite phrase..right now it would be "you are hired" or worthless as ti*s on a turtle....a co- worker said that once and I laughed so hard...
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Old 10-13-2010, 12:34 PM
 
Location: Location: Location
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I seem to say "ahh S**T" alot, it was pointed out to me by some co-workers. I never even realised it.
That's a golf term, isn't it?
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