Old Sayings

[Neferti]

Do you remember these sayings?

"Not a leaf stirred, not a dog's turd."
"Tonguing for a drink."
"Working like a black ant."
"Not this little black duck."
"Couldn't give a rats a*se."
"Talk the back legs off a donkey."
"He could part his hair with a towel."
"About as useful as two men short."
"As useful as tits on a bull."
"Didn't know sh*t from shoe polish."
"As mad as a cut snake."

[Neferti]

I remember when asked "what's for dinner", my Mum used to say "Duck under the table, followed by wind pudding".

[Neferti]

Remember asking "where are you going?" and being told "to see a man about a dog".

[Black Orchid]

I remember these three but have never heard of the others lol

"Couldn't give a rats a*se."

"As useful as tits on a bull."

"As mad as a cut snake."

This one has me baffled ...

"He could part his hair with a towel."

[Neferti]

I don't get parting hair with a towel either .... maybe I should Google it and find out what it means?

[Neferti]

Googled and found a reference to the saying ....

When I was young, I used to give my bald-headed Dad a hard time. My observation that he could part his hair with a towel was not well received.

I remember when he and a long-time friend would debate why some men get gray hair and others, like my Dad, go bald. Both were college professors and had their own theories based on their own condition. Dad argued that a person went bald because when the roots of the hair got deep due to age, the richness of the “Grey Matter” would burn the roots and the hair would fall out. His friend, who had a full head of snow- white hair would respond with, “No, when a person goes bald it’s because the roots go down and find nothing and die of malnutrition. On the other hand, if the roots strike rich Grey Matter, it causes the hair to bleach out!” This discussion went on for several years in good-natured fun, each feeling they had won the debate.

http://blog.bearclausepublications.com/2011/01/page/2/

[Black Orchid]

I could better understand it if the saying used the word "trowel" instead of "towel". Maybe someone got it wrong somewhere along the line.

Even with that anecdote it still doesn't make sense to me

[Neferti]

I could better understand it if the saying used the word "trowel" instead of "towel". Maybe someone got it wrong somewhere along the line.

Even with that anecdote it still doesn't make sense to me

None of my family males were bald, or even "going bald" ... so ...I've never heard of the expression .... who knows?

[mellie]

Fair suck of the Sav.

[Black Orchid]

Stone the flamin' crows - Alf Stewart

Pull ya head in there's woodpeckers about - Alf Stewart