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Mickey Richaud · Dec 30, 2009

No, not the tools - the sayings.

Something I read triggered a thought-line, and decided to see if there are some favorites out there.

One of mine, the one that was triggered, is "Step on a dollar to pick up a dime."

My all-time favorite is "Never get in a pukin' contest with a buzzard." ~ Not that that would EVER happen here! ~ :jester:

Others?

DrEntropy · Dec 30, 2009

Heard one on TV (not sure it's actually qualified as "old", but...) wot made me giggle:

"yer grinnin' like a 'possum chewin' peach pits!"

14dna · Dec 30, 2009

"More nervous than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockin' chairs"

Dave :cheers:

drooartz · Dec 30, 2009

"More fun than a bathtub full of otters"

aeronca65t · Dec 30, 2009

True story:

When I was in college, I worked for a crusty old builder.

On one of my first jobs for him, he had me re-roof a small building with strip shingles.

When I was all done, I called him to inspect the job......I thought it turned out pretty good.

He said to me:

"That's more crooked than a bull's @ss sewed up with a log chain!"

I had to pull the roof off and redo it. :cryin:

Still, it taught me well and I never forgot that.
I've done a lot of roofs since then and I've never once forgotten to use a snap line. :jester:

bgbassplyr · Dec 30, 2009

Shallow end of the gene pool.

Wrapped tighter than Dick's hat band.

Like looking for a black cat in a coal bin.

Had a few drinks and got higher than a kite.

Smoother than a baby's butt.

Rough as a cobb.

Tight as a tick.

Stubborn as a Tennessee mule.

Town was so small, we didn't have a village idiot. We had to take turns.

texas_bugeye · Dec 30, 2009

It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

He's as rich as possum gravy. ?? afriad to really find OUT!

TRDejaVu · Dec 30, 2009

Busier than a one-armed wallpaper hanger.

Gray_Cat · Dec 30, 2009

skitters around more than cold water on a hot skillet.
Roy

DrEntropy · Dec 30, 2009

"Busier 'n cat coverin' {eep} on a concrete floor." :devilgrin:

martx-5 · Dec 30, 2009

"He’s busier than a one-legged man at a butt kickin' contest!"

Gliderman8 · Dec 30, 2009

"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil has to be lead"

Thank you Stan Laurel

Steve · Dec 30, 2009

"He's as sharp as a sack of wet mice...."

"As much use an an ashtray on a motorcycle"

ecurie_ecosse · Dec 30, 2009

As usefull as a wet weekend in Florida.

A blind man would be happy to see that.

Stuart. :cheers:

tony barnhill · Dec 30, 2009

When it comes to money, there's no such thing as friends and family.

No good deed ever goes unpunished.

bgbassplyr · Dec 30, 2009

Useless as a teat on a boar.

Mean as a five toed tom cat.

Dumb as a box of rocks.

Poor as a church mouse.

tony barnhill · Dec 30, 2009

If you don't have enough time to do a job right the first time, when are you going to find the time to redo a hodge podge?

startech47 · Dec 30, 2009

When you drink pigs milk you can see the wind.

texas_bugeye · Dec 30, 2009

Busier than a one eyed man at a topless bar

Silverghost · Dec 30, 2009

Busier than a one armed paperhanger in a house of ill-repute on payday.
Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
Measure twice - cut once.
You can take a little more off, you can't put a little more back.
Man who pass gas in church sit in own pew.
He who cook carrot and pea in same pot not very sanitary.

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