OLD Vocabulary

I love to remember the ones Mama used---they were hum-dingers....now that too brings back memories.

I borrowed this from Loretta at Past and Present.

"I hate the loss of beautiful vocabulary....but I reckon we evolve to meet the need".

How about:

Fine as a frog hair split 4 ways.

Crooked as a dog's hind leg.

Butter my butt and call me a biscuit!

Clean as a hound's tooth.

Getting too big for your britches.

Going at it like killing snakes.

He moves like the lice is fallin' off him....(one of Dad's favorites).

He's got a tough row to hoe.

I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.

I'll knock you into next week.

I'm feelin' lower than a a snake's belly in a mud rut.

Jumpy as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

Live and learn, die and know it all.

Madder than a wet hen.

Livin' high on the hog.

Loosing my religion.

Mad as a mule chewing on bumblebees.

Running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Slower than molasses trying to run uphill in January.

Staggerin' around like a blind horse in a punkin patch.

That's as good as a cold collard sandwich...(I love this one).

She's as purty as a speckled pup under a red wagon.

He is as un-lucky as a one legged man in a butt kicking contest.

Of course today kids are inventing a whole new communication technique in text words....they use symbols and numbers as code for alphabet letters. The world is changing and they are adapting. I just hope they never go snipe hunting twice!!

Posted by Loretta at 12:18 AM 5 comments

Now for a few of Davids,

He is so ugly he must have been hit with an ugly stick.

They stink so bad, they would gag a maggot.

Or here's another favorite of his.

They stink so bad they would gag a buzzard off a gut wagon.

"What had you rather do, Slide down a razor blade a mile long into a vat or salt or Tell the truth"? (this one makes my Heine hurt)

The boys recall Saturdays with their dad and his constant humor to make them laugh or hunker down in the truck seat so no one saw them.

When he said, "Hey, That person is so ugly, he can't help being ugly he should have stayed home so no one would have to look at him."

But they loved the stop at the local country market for a soda and candy bar.

NO David is not mean, he did and said things to get a laugh out of the kids, Never to hurt.

By the way he still does that to the guys he helps.

They love him and even ask him at times "Hey Dave pick on me, Pick on me."

They all get a kick out of his humor.

Me? I kind of am like the kids were, I want to hunker down and not let anyone know I am with this strange person.

But he does make me laugh.

"Everyone is Beautiful as God is the Creator and God makes not mistakes"

He knows that, he just wants knee jerk reactions.

I guess the funniest thing I ever saw, was when one of his clients were mocking his walk.

I was driving out the driveway and here he came, dragging his leg, arm twisted around and totatlly mocking Davids Joke style.

I had to stop the car,

I Laughed and Laughed.

So hope you all learned some old lingo and laughed.