Stupid sayings

[chim]

No doubt done before, but the search is still flaky. Why are there so many really dumb sayings that we come out with every day.

Today got this one,,

You can't have your cake and eat it......Why the fk not, what else am I going to do with it, stick it in a fking frame and hang it on the wall.

As I kid.

I am going to take my hand off your face....Well fk me I never even noticed it was on my face, but if you would like to take it off thats fine.


and so so many more. Who comes up with these things and why do they become popular when they are clearly nonsense.

Edited by chim on Friday 17th September 17:22

[fido]

There's no such thing as a free lunch. I get free lunches all the time at work!

[wombat172a]

fido said:

There's no such thing as a free lunch. I get free lunches all the time at work!

Is it really free then....?

[Tango13]

I used to work with a toolmaker who would when fitting a couple of parts of a fixture together come out with the line...

"Two fits like that would kill a donkey!"

[NitroNick]

chim said:

You can't have your cake and eat it......Why the fk not, what else am I going to do with it, stick it in a fking frame and hang it on the wall.

I pondered this also but then realised it meant you can't eat the cake but then also have the cake (because you've just eaten it).
The one that "get's my goat" (which in its self is stupid saying) is " a one trick pony"
Should it not be "one trip pony" as in: only fit for one trip.
Can ponies do tricks, how normal is a pony which can do more than one trick, surely the actual frequency of ponies with the ability to perform more than one trick contradicts the literal meaning of the saying.

[joewilliams]

chim said:

You can't have your cake and eat it......Why the fk not, what else am I going to do with it, stick it in a fking frame and hang it on the wall.

Supposed to be "You can't eat your cake and have it."

[andyjo1982]

My Nan always says 'I dont know, i'm sure' for the last 15 years i've been desperate to say 'Nan, wtf are you on about?'

eta also wtf does 'same difference' mean?

Edited by andyjo1982 on Friday 17th September 17:36

[TheEnd]

Head over heels.

So that's standing normally then?

[crofty1984]

I friggin' hate it when the shermans say "I could care less".
GAAAAHHH!!!

[chim]

joewilliams said:

chim said:

You can't have your cake and eat it......Why the fk not, what else am I going to do with it, stick it in a fking frame and hang it on the wall.

Supposed to be "You can't eat your cake and have it."

Have never heard it said like this, makes more sense though. The way it is said though makes no grammatical sense as I can have my cake and I can then eat it.

[Silent1]

NitroNick said:

chim said:

You can't have your cake and eat it......Why the fk not, what else am I going to do with it, stick it in a fking frame and hang it on the wall.

I pondered this also but then realised it meant you can't eat the cake but then also have the cake (because you've just eaten it).
The one that "get's my goat" (which in its self is stupid saying) is " a one trick pony"
Should it not be "one trip pony" as in: only fit for one trip.
Can ponies do tricks, how normal is a pony which can do more than one trick, surely the actual frequency of ponies with the ability to perform more than one trick contradicts the literal meaning of the saying.

I don't own any ponies, but of our 12 or so dressage horses, 4 can play football and love flingin spacehoppers across fields.

[NitroNick]

Silent1 said:

NitroNick said:

chim said:

You can't have your cake and eat it......Why the fk not, what else am I going to do with it, stick it in a fking frame and hang it on the wall.

I pondered this also but then realised it meant you can't eat the cake but then also have the cake (because you've just eaten it).
The one that "get's my goat" (which in its self is stupid saying) is " a one trick pony"
Should it not be "one trip pony" as in: only fit for one trip.
Can ponies do tricks, how normal is a pony which can do more than one trick, surely the actual frequency of ponies with the ability to perform more than one trick contradicts the literal meaning of the saying.

I don't own any ponies, but of our 12 or so dressage horses, 4 can play football and love flingin spacehoppers across fields.

Helps my point really. 66% of the horses/ponies can't perform any tricks.

aren't ponies just gay horses

Edited by NitroNick on Friday 17th September 17:47

[MrPeters]

crofty1984 said:

I friggin' hate it when the shermans say "I could care less".
GAAAAHHH!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

[NitroNick]

MrPeters said:

crofty1984 said:

I friggin' hate it when the shermans say "I could care less".
GAAAAHHH!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCUsPnKD1gk

[8MRFQ340]

crofty1984 said:

I friggin' hate it when the shermans say "I could care less".
GAAAAHHH!!!

Right up there with 'Lets see if we cant do this'.

P155 boiling as we speak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spudler]

"Life's to short"

Compared to what!!

[Dixie68]

Spudler said:

"Life's to short"

Compared to what!!

Compared to "Life's too short"?

ETA: Sorry!

Edited by Dixie68 on Friday 17th September 18:29

[thatone1967]

a friend of mine (with Irish Parents, although not sure if that's relevant or not) will always "do it now, in a minute"..

and my mrs's and her family swear blind that the words "somewhen and anywhen" are real...

I beg to differ, although I suspect anyone from Southampton way will back them up..

[anonymous-user]

My dad from a few years back when asking to see something i was struggling with 'let the dog see the rabbit' I mean what was he going on about?

[Mojooo]

i before e except after c


'science'