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Old 07-11-2005, 01:55 PM
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

I'll bet you dollars to donuts.

Going to hell in a handbag/handbasket.
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Old 07-11-2005, 02:01 PM
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
ok, think about it...what you HAVE is worth more than what you'd have to TRY to catch.

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I'll bet you dollars to donuts.
Ok, I'll bet you a dozen donuts...if I lose, I give you 12 donuts...but, if I win, you pay me loads of money.

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Going to hell in a handbag/handbasket.
What the world is doing this instant!
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Old 07-11-2005, 02:08 PM
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ok, think about it...what you HAVE is worth more than what you'd have to TRY to catch.
OK. But why birds & why a bush?


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Ok, I'll bet you a dozen donuts...if I lose, I give you 12 donuts...but, if I win, you pay me loads of money.
That's just dumb.



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What the world is doing this instant!
I know what it means, but who came up with that one? Why not an apple cart? Why not a tool box? Why not a canoe?
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Old 07-11-2005, 02:09 PM
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I think most expressions are from a long, long time ago.
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Old 07-11-2005, 02:16 PM
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I think most expressions are from a long, long time ago.

True. But why do we still use them? Some of them are just so silly now, yet we still say them. LOVE "heavens to Betsy" and "come hell or high water"
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Old 07-11-2005, 02:16 PM
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I think most expressions are from a long, long time ago.
You are very right. I guess handbaskets were really big back in the day
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Old 07-11-2005, 02:20 PM
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I know what it means, but who came up with that one? Why not an apple cart? Why not a tool box? Why not a canoe?
I say we officially change it to canoe.
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Old 07-11-2005, 02:20 PM
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One that my mother always used (god bless her soul) is one of my favourites, "People who live in glass house's shouldn't throw stones".
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True. But why do we still use them?
They are passed down like traditions, I suppose. My mom's mother says "Go fritz-a-putz." and my mom used to say it to me as a kid. It's non-sensical, but it was passed down and people learn stuff from their family and then they teach their kids.
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Old 07-11-2005, 02:24 PM
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One that my mother always used (god bless her soul) is one of my favourites, "People who live in glass house's shouldn't throw stones".
My mother used that all the time too.

I don't live in a glass house and I'll throw as many fricken stones as I want.
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Old 07-11-2005, 02:27 PM
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I like the glass house one too.

Pot calling the kettle black I understand, but who has black pots & kettles anymore?

Fritz-a-putz? Is this like dilly-dallying?
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Stupid is as stupid does.....

What the hell is that supposed to mean???
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Old 07-11-2005, 02:40 PM
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Christ on a Crutch. Why on a Crutch?
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Stupid is as stupid does.....

What the hell is that supposed to mean???
It means if you do stupid stuff, you are stupid.
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Christ on a Crutch. Why on a Crutch?

I've never heard this.
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