I say this! I picked it up in the midwest, where I went to high school, but then when I moved back to the east coast, nobody else was saying it.
Some of my favorite sayings:
“The wisest man is the one least set in his views.”
“Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic.” - Rosalind Russell
Since I’ve been doing strength training for many years, I love to whip out the Mark Rippetoe quote: “Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.”
At a rescue squad training one time, one person mentioned needing help, and another person quipped, “Well, you know what they say: a friend in need is no friend of mine!” Loved that.
Finally, my personal tagline is “I do what I want.” I think I initially started using it during athletic training. I sometimes train with people who are taller than me or have different goals than I do, so when they would make suggestions that didn’t really jive with what I was trying to accomplish, I’d say “I do what I want.” But soon enough I got carried away with it, to the point that someone will be like “Have a nice day!” and I’ll say “I do what I want!” or “Be careful out there!” “I do what I want!”
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on Treasure Island and at the bottom of the Spanish Main … and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.”-Walt Disney
We all know “…so quiet you could hear a pin drop.”
I recently saw this: “…so quiet you could hear a gnat fart.”
Context: Recent news article in which someone described a meeting with Trump and others, at which Trump had just said some stunningly corrupt thing. “The room got so quiet you could hear a gnat fart”.
Just tried to google it to get a cite, and couldn’t find it, but found several other variations.
My best line ever: For centuries the only people who had any power in this country were the straight, white rich Christian men. Aren’t you glad we’re not being led by a straight, white rich Christian man today?" (Pause for laughter). WAIT A MINUTE…
I’d rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it (when my kids would ask me if they should bring something with them. i.e. driver’s license, jacket, money… the list goes on.)
It’s not the ‘on purposes’ I’m worried about. (When someone, usually my kids, are doing something stupid, and I tell them to stop before they hurt someone. i.e. kid 1 coming close to hitting kid 2 with a fake punch. I would tell them to stop it, they would reply “I’m not going to hit her.” I would reply “I know you’re not going to hit her on purpose… It’s not the ‘on purposes’ I’m worried about!”
Semper Gumby - a play on the USMC’s Motto: Semper Fi (Always Ready). Semper Gumby is said when I have to be “Always Flexible” to deal with a situation.
It’s hotter (or busier) than a whore house on nickel night.
I just thought of a couple my brother would say to his nephew, when he was he a teenager (my son): “You couldn’t whip shit off of a shirttail.” -when my son was feeling tough around his uncle. And a few years later when my son was trying to grow facial hair… “What you’re trying to cultivate on your face is grows wild on my ass!”
A UK political contribution: Workington Man. In re the upcoming UK elections:
Now you might say that this is pretty tedious - a tiny, nondescript, run-down, former coal-and-steel northern town, whose exemplar citizen (male, BTW) is going to decide the election. And I agree - tedious. Except… I am.
No, for real - born and raised in Workington. And got the hell out of there asap, admittedly. But I am Workington Man and (apparently) I am going to decide the election.
I have to ask - what in the hell for? I mean, there’s no obvious reason to go, and it’s not like you were just passing through - there’s the A66, and that ends, and then there’s the Irish sea.