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Old 05-04-2010, 10:49 AM
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When I was little I was always following my daddy around, asking him what he was doing. He would always say, " I'm white-washing a battleship gray". Since he worked at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard I was firmly convinced that's really what he did. When I was in the 4th grade our class took a tour of the shipyard but I never did see a white-washed battleship.
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Old 05-04-2010, 11:06 AM
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My grandmother likes to say "Slower than a 7 year itch and 5 years behind on the scratchin"

another phrase used in my family is "Hell's half acre" which I just found out is an actual place. :-)
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Old 05-04-2010, 11:23 AM
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if it's all the same to you . . .
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Old 05-04-2010, 02:58 PM
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"Don't even think about it!" because it ALWAYS makes me consider doing whatever it is that I shouldn't even think about doing! Haha
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Old 05-04-2010, 03:42 PM
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My DH is from Alabama. He has so many of these I can't remember them all. One I had never heard before is "don't that just beat a goose a gobbling" How about"lower then a snails belly" or "lower then whale s--t." Or" slicker then snot on a doorknob"....I could go on and on. I hear this all the time.

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Old 05-04-2010, 03:43 PM
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my grandmother always said "peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold...peas porridge in the pot, nine days old " meaning ????
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Old 05-04-2010, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Howard
my grandmother always said "peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold...peas porridge in the pot, nine days old " meaning ????
some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in the pot 9 days old

lol its a nursery rhyme :D
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Old 05-05-2010, 10:52 PM
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My ex and his family say "cut off the lights" and "pick up the floors" I always told him it's too expensive to cut off the lights just turn them off, and the floor is too heavy to pick up!
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Old 05-06-2010, 06:24 AM
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I have many of these but can't seem to remember alot of them.

My brother always say "If I was any better I would be twins!"

"He is so dumb he couldn't pour pee out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel."

"I am so hungry I could eat the a**hole out of an alligator in a phone booth.

"It's hotter than two weasels breeding in a bread sack"

"It's hotter than two rats screwing in a wool sock"

and Grandma always said "never take a lazy man's load!"
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Old 05-06-2010, 08:03 AM
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i have one that i always heard from my mom and sister[ tell me who your friend are and i,ll tell who you are? ]
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