Folksy sayings

[jazzbo]

Here's one I discovered today, very Texan:

YOU CAN PUT YOUR BOOTS IN THE OVEN BUT THAT

DON'T MAKE THEM BISCUITS

Definitely reminds me of the present Administration

Edited February 18, 2005 by jazzbo

[jazzbo]

IT'S SO DRY THE TREES ARE BRIBIN' THE DOGS

[Big Al]

Only in Texas:

"I tell you what....."

(that's all; with apologies to Bill Engvall)

[jazzbo]

coupled with "That's what I'm talkin' about. . . ."

[RDK]

That dog won't hunt..."

[sheldonm]

Only in Texas:

"I tell you what....."

(that's all; with apologies to Bill Engvall)

...trust me, that's not just Texas!

[sheldonm]

"Tougher than wang leather"

[jazzbo]

AS FULL OF WIND AS A CORN-EATIN' HORSE

[BbM7]

Quicker 'n greased sh*t through a short dog.

[Alexander]

"Crazier'n a sex-maniac in a whore house with a credit card."

[Alexander]

"He's as jumpy as a rattle snake in a pickle barrel."

[jazzbo]

THEY ATE SUPPER BEFORE THEY SAID GRACE.

[Jazzmoose]

That boy's grinnin' like a mule eatin' briars through a barbed wire fence...

[jazzbo]

One of my former roommates Dad used to tell me "You keep eating like that and your middle will look like a coffeebean on a pencil."

Damned if he wasn't wrong. . . I filled out quite evenly!

[danasgoodstuff]

I liked the expression "the same difference" so much I used it as the title and basis for my philosophy thesis.

[jazzbo]

AS WELCOME AS A SKUNK AT A LAWN PARTY.

[ralphie_boy]

AS FULL OF WIND AS A CORN-EATIN' HORSE

that's a good one Lon!

[ralphie_boy]

"That's better than a kick in the ass with a frozen boot"

[ralphie_boy]

From the old Foghorn Leghorn cartoon: "That's boy's causin' more trouble than a boll weevil in a cotton plantation"

[jazzbo]

WE'RE IN TALL COTTON.

[7/4]

Like trying to push a sponge through a keyhole.

[JSngry]

"Can't never could do it 'til he tried."

[sonic1]

.....like a one-legged rockette.

....dumb as a box o' dirt.

[ejp626]

I reckon he was born with bricks in his head.

[sonic1]

this is becoming a texan sayings thread.

Here is a folksy asian-american immigrant saying that always cracked me up:

"likea hot monkey love"