# Odd sayings **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 29, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sayings/378319 "2006-10-29T10:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PBear42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PBear42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PBear42)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sayings/378319/21 "2006-11-18T16:30:22Z")
WAG but, **Lissa** , could the [pudding](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mspotteddick.html) usage of dick be the provenance of Grandma’s expression? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sayings/378319/22 "2006-11-18T18:56:33Z")
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**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sayings/378319/23 "2006-11-18T19:40:58Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] **Lissa** I never heard that expression but I have heard “Face like a blind cobblers thumb” or Face like a Slaters Nailbag" or even “Face like a sack full of Hammers” [/QUOTE] My personal favorite is “Face like a pitbull licking piss off a thistle”. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sayings/378319/24 "2006-11-18T21:53:11Z")
[QUOTE=11811] Or the American redneck version “about” Heard someone say to his misbehaving dog, “Dog, you’re about a mother\*\*\*\*\*\*, ain’t ya?” See also, Doug Sahm’s “She’s About A Mover” [/QUOTE] Yep, see it [Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4J-5997x6c&feature=RecentlyWatched&page=1&t=t&f=b) folks. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sayings/378319/25 "2006-11-19T02:13:11Z")
“I’ll whup you upside the head, I will.” …thus speaketh a 'Merkin. We knows how to speak proper English, we does. ---
**Author:** ![C-TATUM89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@C-TATUM89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C-TATUM89)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sayings/378319/26 "2006-11-19T05:53:38Z")
You should’ve named this thread, “Confusing Yanks For Fun And Profit.” Just as a precaution, I’m not the stereotypical American gun-nut bible-thumping hillbilly imbecile from your fancy british TV shows. I hate rednecks with a passion. Adding to the mix: What are some af the worst derogatory slangs for “American” that you guys know? Gimme your best shot. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sayings/378319/27 "2006-11-19T07:31:33Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard] My personal favorite is “Face like a pitbull licking piss off a thistle”. [/QUOTE] …while chewing a wasp ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sayings/378319/28 "2006-11-19T14:14:04Z")
…and Bob’s yer uncle ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sayings/378319/29 "2006-11-19T15:37:21Z")
[QUOTE=Civil Guy] “I’ll whup you upside the head, I will.” …thus speaketh a 'Merkin. We knows how to speak proper English, we does. [/QUOTE] Or better yet: "I’ll whup you upside yo head with a 2 X 4 'bin soaked for 6 months in a barrel of used motor oil, heah? 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sayings/378319.md?page=1)