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"I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse."
Really? I've had bacon, lamb chops, pork chops, steaks, burgers, chicken patties, chicken legs, and everything in between. Never have I once eaten a horse product, so who coined that phrase? No one eats horses, not even parts of them (let alone entire ones). Some people say, "Well, horses are big." Well, so are cows. And if horses are big, what the fuck does that make giraffes and elephants? Seriously. A horse? That doesn't even make sense.
"You can't have your cake and eat it, too."
So? What the fuck else do you do with cake? When have you ever eaten a cake and said, "Damn...I wish I still had that cake on my plate so I could admire it." The only time you want to "have your cake" is for the sole purpose of eating it. And if you eat it and still want it, get more. That just means you're hungry. And not eating the cake would just mean you're more hungry than you would be had you eaten the cake. Again, doesn't make sense.
I had another one, but I can't remember it.
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The horse one is just saying that you're so hungry that you'd even be willing to eat a horse. As in one of the horses you are traveling with. Translated: I'm so hungry, I'd walk the rest of the way so that I could make my steed into a meal.
The cake one doesn't make sense to me either.
My favorite is the the using the word frank as blunt. As in:
"I'm going to be frank with you."
To which I respond:
"Really, I thought you were going to be John."
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Wow, that first one makes more sense now. Ha.
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"I could care less"
I hate it when people say that. It makes no sense. It's "I couldn't care less" damnit! ><
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"I could care less" I hate it when people say that. It makes no sense. It's "I couldn't care less" damnit! >< That's not really a messed up phrase, that's people messing up a phrase.
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"I could care less" I hate it when people say that. It makes no sense. It's "I couldn't care less" damnit! >< That's not really a messed up phrase, that's people messing up a phrase. Fair enough. Still drives me nuts, though. 
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newfieldgrafix
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The cake it "you can't have it both ways". Meaning If you've eaten it, you no longer have it - because you've eaten it.
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The cake it "you can't have it both ways". Meaning If you've eaten it, you no longer have it - because you've eaten it. Yes, but the analogy sucks is Luci's point.
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newfieldgrafix
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The cake it "you can't have it both ways". Meaning If you've eaten it, you no longer have it - because you've eaten it. Yes, but the analogy sucks is Luci's point. Oh that's true though...
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The ones Ben Bailey pointed out are my favorites. I'd link to the video, but... it got removed due to a YouTube ToS violation (of course). So, to sum up the good ones~
"They've got more Mexicans down there than you can shake a stick at!"
More... as if there's a certain number of Mexicans at whom it's perfectly acceptable to shake a stick. Just don't go beyond that number. Like there's a person standing out in El Paso shaking a stick and some guy walks up to him...
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?"
"Well I'm just shaking a stick at these Mexicans!"
"You can't do that my friend!"
"Why not?"
"Because there are too many. Break them down into smaller groups and shake your stick at each group, individually."
"How often do you get down there?" "Oh, every now and again."
What? How often is that? Think about it... every now... and again. You can't go somewhere that often. If you go somewhere every now and again, you are trapped there for eternity... and again.
"Oh I've been working like a dog."
What? Have you been laying on the floor all afternoon? Are you licking your balls professionally, now? Where exactly do you work? ...and do they have any openings?
"He beat him half to death!"
How can you possibly know that? The only way to be sure is if you were to beat him again, exactly the same as the initial beating, and he were to die right at the end. Ben's example of this played out where this is exactly what happened. Then the police showed up...
"What has happened here? This man is exactly dead!"
"Oh, well he was beaten half to death... twice."
Ben Bailey = win
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newfieldgrafix
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"I could care less" I hate it when people say that. It makes no sense. It's "I couldn't care less" damnit! >< Never noticed that... good catch.  You say it all the time...
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The ones Ben Bailey pointed out are my favorites. I'd link to the video, but... it got removed due to a YouTube ToS violation (of course). So, to sum up the good ones~ "They've got more Mexicans down there than you can shake a stick at!" More... as if there's a certain number of Mexicans at whom it's perfectly acceptable to shake a stick. Just don't go beyond that number. Like there's a person standing out in El Paso shaking a stick and some guy walks up to him... "Hey, what do you think you're doing?" "Well I'm just shaking a stick at these Mexicans!" "You can't do that my friend!" "Why not?" "Because there are too many. Break them down into smaller groups and shake your stick at each group, individually." "How often do you get down there?" "Oh, every now and again." What? How often is that? Think about it... every now... and again. You can't go somewhere that often. If you go somewhere every now and again, you are trapped there for eternity... and again. "Oh I've been working like a dog." What? Have you been laying on the floor all afternoon? Are you licking your balls professionally, now? Where exactly do you work? ...and do they have any openings? "He beat him half to death!" How can you possibly know that? The only way to be sure is if you were to beat him again, exactly the same as the initial beating, and he were to die right at the end. Ben's example of this played out where this is exactly what happened. Then the police showed up... "What has happened here? This man is exactly dead!" "Oh, well he was beaten half to death... twice." Ben Bailey = win That post = Win. Holy shit I was laughing hard at that.
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Scorp... that was freaking awesome. lol
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The ones Ben Bailey pointed out are my favorites. I'd link to the video, but... it got removed due to a YouTube ToS violation (of course). So, to sum up the good ones~ "They've got more Mexicans down there than you can shake a stick at!" More... as if there's a certain number of Mexicans at whom it's perfectly acceptable to shake a stick. Just don't go beyond that number. Like there's a person standing out in El Paso shaking a stick and some guy walks up to him... "Hey, what do you think you're doing?" "Well I'm just shaking a stick at these Mexicans!" "You can't do that my friend!" "Why not?" "Because there are too many. Break them down into smaller groups and shake your stick at each group, individually." "How often do you get down there?" "Oh, every now and again." What? How often is that? Think about it... every now... and again. You can't go somewhere that often. If you go somewhere every now and again, you are trapped there for eternity... and again. "Oh I've been working like a dog." What? Have you been laying on the floor all afternoon? Are you licking your balls professionally, now? Where exactly do you work? ...and do they have any openings? "He beat him half to death!" How can you possibly know that? The only way to be sure is if you were to beat him again, exactly the same as the initial beating, and he were to die right at the end. Ben's example of this played out where this is exactly what happened. Then the police showed up... "What has happened here? This man is exactly dead!" "Oh, well he was beaten half to death... twice." Ben Bailey = win<3 -- Also, I read this thread as Pirates instead of Phrases. just thought I'd say
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newfieldgrafix
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"Pirates that just don't make sense."
Ar they be not...
I misread loads of stuff - still read "yacht" phonetically...
lol - No, seriously; "lol". It makes no sense laughing out loud.
"I'm going to the gas station laughing out loud"
Really? Are you!? You should probably be on medication.
And how many people "rofl" when I tell them that it's "raining again".
Fair enough*, It's more contextually than literally, but you see my point**.
*What, to whom is it fair?
**You do? How can you see my verbally submitted point? I don't remember binging my flip chart...
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