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Mickey Richaud

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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." ~ <span style="font-style: italic"> Not that that would EVER happen here! </span> ~ :jester:

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

Dave :cheers:
 
"More fun than a bathtub full of otters"
 
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:

<span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-style: italic">"That's more crooked than a bull's @ss sewed up with a log chain!"</span></span>

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:
 
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.
 
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!
 
"Busier 'n cat coverin' {eep} on a concrete floor." :devilgrin:
 
"He’s busier than a one-legged man at a butt kickin' contest!"
 
<span style="font-style: italic">"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil has to be lead"</span>

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

No good deed ever goes unpunished.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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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