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Old 11-07-2009, 11:02 PM
 
Location: On the dark side of the Moon
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"Life's pretty good, why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate after all."-Cap'n Jack

From the Wicked Wench
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Old 11-08-2009, 03:08 AM
 
Location: So Cal
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SW: Poor planning reminds me of the 6 Ps.

P*ss Poor Planning Prevents Proper Performance

Some others:
lush and verdant, like a lush and verdant meadow

mist, like a misty meadow
Once heard a story about a lady's product like a hair roller or something that was called Mist in English speaking countries. Was marketed in Germany and didn't do so well. Turns out in German Mist means dung.

Also:
You CAN get there from here! To all those pessimists!
Oooh, "lush and verdant," I've always liked that.

I couldn't rep you.

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"If you're always gonna do what you always did, you're always gonna get what you always got."
Nothing to say to that...
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Old 11-08-2009, 03:09 AM
 
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"life's pretty good, why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate after all."-cap'n jack

from the wicked wench
:d:d

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Old 11-08-2009, 07:33 AM
 
Location: Lancashire, England
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Two phrases with English placenames in them -

'Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire' meaning to climb the stairs to go to bed (Bedfordshire is an English county)

'All around The Wrekin' meaning to go the long way round (The Wrekin is an isolated hill in the county of Shropshire, visible from many miles around)
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Old 11-08-2009, 11:31 AM
 
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Cute sayings! I like the picture too. All around the Wrekin reminds me of...

Walkabout

Crikey!

Kangaroo Court-Did someone already say that way back in this thread?

Tie me kangaroo down sport-I have always gotten a kick out of that one.
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Old 11-08-2009, 11:40 AM
 
Location: Lancashire, England
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as much use as a chocolate teapot (or a chocolate fireguard)

flabbergasted

as rare as hen's teeth

jimjams
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Old 11-08-2009, 06:20 PM
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multiplicity Multiplicity (1996)

and one I heard a few years ago in academic circles. don't know if it'll catch on.

historiocity (not historicity)
-def. history associated with an object, like a Civil War pistol has great historiocity
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Old 11-09-2009, 01:19 AM
 
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Hey BereniceUK..

No fair that your words and phrases are some of the coolest.

You've got about.... what..... 3,000 years of a head start on us?!
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Old 11-09-2009, 02:02 AM
 
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Hey BereniceUK..

No fair that your words and phrases are some of the coolest.

You've got about.... what..... 3,000 years of a head start on us?!
Hot diggity dog! Hey, Daddy-O, you're one cool cat yourself, now I'm on cloud 9 here in squaresville.

Time for me to burn rubber and agitate the gravel, methinks. Catch you later, you guys
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Old 11-09-2009, 04:40 AM
 
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Maybe this is a bit of a curve ball, but when I was stationed in Germany, I enjoyed reading the Stars & Stripes, a newspaper published for U.S. military forces overseas. One of the staff reporters was a woman named "Dee Dee Arrington Doke"; I think hers is one of the most interesting names I've ever heard.
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