Crippling Idiom Shortage in US

lutzj · Feb 29, 2008, 08:22 PM

We're really up the river without a paddle.

Catharsis · Mar 01, 2008, 11:13 AM

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in an unparalleled lingual crisis that now has the entire country six winks short of an icicle.

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"This is an absolute oyster carnival," said Harvard University linguistics professor Dr. Howard Albright

Gotta love idioms.

lutzj · Mar 01, 2008, 11:37 AM

Wow. Less than expected response. I expected posters to be chirping more than cicadas in August.

Catharsis · Mar 01, 2008, 12:06 PM

Well, you were really sniffing round the wrong synagogue, weren't you?

ArneHD · Mar 01, 2008, 12:12 PM

Well, the story wasn't really a bear in underpants either, now was it?

Swedishguy · Mar 03, 2008, 04:57 AM

I'm getting out of this thread faster than a chunk of lard at a honeymoon orchestra.

lutzj · Mar 03, 2008, 09:03 PM

Your mom is a chunk of lard at a honeymoon orchestra.

I'm more proud of that than a pistoleer with a winged cob of corn in December.

Enkidu Warrior · Mar 04, 2008, 04:10 AM

That was meaner than a drunk hippopotamus in drag.

Catharsis · Mar 04, 2008, 10:35 AM

You're all six politicians short of a conspiracy.

Swedishguy · Mar 04, 2008, 12:00 PM

You shouldn't shoot polar bears in the sight of aggressive beavers.

Catharsis · Mar 04, 2008, 12:05 PM

Well, there's one for the ivory clock.

Enkidu Warrior · Mar 04, 2008, 06:15 PM

Too many pliers spoil the cutlery.

Deep Thought · Mar 05, 2008, 08:01 AM

o_0

What is whole this about?
Now I feel pretty stupid.

Swedishguy · Mar 05, 2008, 08:02 AM

Don't make vain attempts to destroy sixteen indians.

Brighteye · Mar 05, 2008, 08:56 AM

Maybe I'm filing the arrow shaft, but I think that creating even more idioms will only make politicians even more 7-key.

Paradigne · Mar 05, 2008, 01:42 PM

"The Onion" is a few french fries short of a Happy Meal.

Enkidu Warrior · Mar 06, 2008, 06:44 AM

The Onion is the best thing since self-lubricating lettuces.

Martacus · Mar 06, 2008, 05:41 PM

Well, I've been to a World's Fair, a picnic and a rodeo and this is the darndest thread I've ever seen.

(not terribly original, I know--it's the lack of idioms in the US!)

lutzj · Mar 07, 2008, 05:42 PM

@enkidu warrior: The Onion is better than a strawman made out of self-lubricating lettuce with a silver spoon up his butt.

Enkidu Warrior · Mar 07, 2008, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by lutzj

@enkidu warrior: The Onion is better than a strawman made out of self-lubricating lettuce with a silver spoon up his butt.

I don't know if I'd go quite that far, but it certainly does thrash gall bladder.

Feb 29, 2008, 08:22 PM	#1
lutzj The Last Thing You See Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England Posts: 1,693	Crippling Idiom Shortage in US We're really up the river without a paddle. __________________ Welcome to my signature. Please take a seat.

Mar 01, 2008, 11:37 AM	#3
lutzj The Last Thing You See Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England Posts: 1,693	Wow. Less than expected response. I expected posters to be chirping more than cicadas in August. __________________ Welcome to my signature. Please take a seat. Last edited by lutzj; Mar 01, 2008 at 11:37 AM. Reason: BECAUSE I CAN

Mar 01, 2008, 12:06 PM	#4
Catharsis EMBRACE THE MAINSTREAM Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Clinging onto underside of forum Posts: 3,911	Well, you were really sniffing round the wrong synagogue, weren't you? __________________ The last Milkybar Kid has died in captivity, activists say

Mar 01, 2008, 12:12 PM	#5
ArneHD Just a little bit mad Join Date: May 2006 Location: Tromsø, Norway Posts: 2,989	Well, the story wasn't really a bear in underpants either, now was it? __________________ Large capital letters attracts your attention! That is all.

Mar 03, 2008, 09:03 PM	#7
lutzj The Last Thing You See Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England Posts: 1,693	Your mom is a chunk of lard at a honeymoon orchestra. I'm more proud of that than a pistoleer with a winged cob of corn in December. __________________ Welcome to my signature. Please take a seat.

Mar 03, 2008, 04:57 AM	#6
Swedishguy Deity Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Eskilstuna, Sweden IQ: N/A Posts: 7,257	I'm getting out of this thread faster than a chunk of lard at a honeymoon orchestra.

Mar 04, 2008, 04:10 AM	#8
Enkidu Warrior Ultramagnetic Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Takoyaki Province, Sushistan Posts: 3,399	That was meaner than a drunk hippopotamus in drag. __________________ No man is free who is not master of himself Epictetus -7.25/-8.62

Mar 04, 2008, 10:35 AM	#9
Catharsis EMBRACE THE MAINSTREAM Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Clinging onto underside of forum Posts: 3,911	You're all six politicians short of a conspiracy. __________________ The last Milkybar Kid has died in captivity, activists say

Mar 04, 2008, 12:00 PM	#10
Swedishguy Deity Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Eskilstuna, Sweden IQ: N/A Posts: 7,257	You shouldn't shoot polar bears in the sight of aggressive beavers.

Mar 04, 2008, 12:05 PM	#11
Catharsis EMBRACE THE MAINSTREAM Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Clinging onto underside of forum Posts: 3,911	Well, there's one for the ivory clock. __________________ The last Milkybar Kid has died in captivity, activists say

Mar 04, 2008, 06:15 PM	#12
Enkidu Warrior Ultramagnetic Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Takoyaki Province, Sushistan Posts: 3,399	Too many pliers spoil the cutlery. __________________ No man is free who is not master of himself Epictetus -7.25/-8.62

Mar 05, 2008, 08:01 AM	#13
Deep Thought S.A.G.A.P.O Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 238	o_0 What is whole this about? Now I feel pretty stupid.

Mar 05, 2008, 08:02 AM	#14
Swedishguy Deity Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Eskilstuna, Sweden IQ: N/A Posts: 7,257	Don't make vain attempts to destroy sixteen indians.

Mar 05, 2008, 08:56 AM	#15
Brighteye intuitively Bayesian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford Posts: 5,742	Maybe I'm filing the arrow shaft, but I think that creating even more idioms will only make politicians even more 7-key.

Mar 05, 2008, 01:42 PM	#16
Paradigne Remember the Alamo Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 1,519	"The Onion" is a few french fries short of a Happy Meal. __________________ We've been hated by better

Mar 06, 2008, 06:44 AM	#17
Enkidu Warrior Ultramagnetic Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Takoyaki Province, Sushistan Posts: 3,399	The Onion is the best thing since self-lubricating lettuces. __________________ No man is free who is not master of himself Epictetus -7.25/-8.62

Mar 06, 2008, 05:41 PM	#18
Martacus World's Greatest Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 1,085	Well, I've been to a World's Fair, a picnic and a rodeo and this is the darndest thread I've ever seen. (not terribly original, I know--it's the lack of idioms in the US!) __________________ Surround yourself with human beings...they're easier to fight for than principles. --Ian Fleming

Mar 07, 2008, 05:42 PM	#19
lutzj The Last Thing You See Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England Posts: 1,693	@enkidu warrior: The Onion is better than a strawman made out of self-lubricating lettuce with a silver spoon up his butt. __________________ Welcome to my signature. Please take a seat.

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