# "Pissing In Paris" -- The Colloquialism Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 8, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693 "2011-02-08T21:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/121 "2011-02-20T06:44:44Z")
Waltzing Matilda: trying, after far too many beers, to pick up an aged transvestite, unaware that she is actually a he. On like a prom dress ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/122 "2011-02-20T17:35:56Z")
Something that has a lot of fuss and attention for a brief period of time but is ultimately transitory and forgotten about rather quickly. “There’s a graduation ceremony for the _kindergarten_?” “Yeah, it’s on like a prom dress. And I can’t get out of going.” Unpeeled ginger. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/123 "2011-02-20T18:40:47Z")
A person who is sexy dressed but hiedeous without any clothes. Tina Louise is an unpeeled Ginger. Gilligan it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/124 "2011-02-21T04:42:27Z")
Annoy everyone around you with your haplessness, making them want to kill you. “Ted knows nothing about the system but wouldn’t ask for help. So all afternoon he just kept Gilliganing it.” Murder the limo driver. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/125 "2011-02-23T17:05:49Z")
Murder the Limo Driver - Do something really extreme which achieves nothing, and may even endanger oneself. “She complained about her boss for so long that they finally repaced him - with a real jerk. Talk about murdering the limo driver!” Whetting a screwdriver ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/126 "2011-02-24T00:30:00Z")
Altering a tool to do something it wasn’t designed to do while making it useless for it’s designed purpose. Salting the paste ---
**Author:** ![scamartistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/127 "2011-02-24T00:45:55Z")
Whetting a screwdriver - Attacking a problem from the complete wrong angle “the secretary didnt type fast enough so the old fart boss brought her 10 more keyboards, he sure was whetting the good ol screwdriver” Tuning the trombone ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/128 "2011-02-24T01:13:15Z")
Blowing/hacking particularly large amounts of phlegm and mucous out of one’s upper respiratory tract for a particularly long amount of time. Sucking the french fry ---
**Author:** ![scamartistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/129 "2011-02-24T01:23:28Z")
Sucking the french fry [/QUOTE] Associating yourself with a less desired group for personal benefits “That geek went partying with nazis, he was sucking the french fry” quoting the weatherman ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/130 "2011-02-24T14:21:31Z")
Quoting the weatherman: pretending to be knowledgable about something, while everyone around you knows you are talking out of your ass. “Stan told me I should invest in Starbucks!” “Stan is known for quoting the weatherman. Hold onto your money.” Like marshmallow fluff in the glove compartment ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/131 "2011-02-24T15:22:25Z")
A complete mess in an unexpected place. “The dog got loose while we were at the movie and totaled our living room. It was like marshmallow fluff in the glove compartment.” Kissing the sky. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/132 "2011-02-24T15:27:00Z")
Saying “Praise the Lord” for every little good thing that happens: Praise the Lord. She’s praising the Lord cause she found a dime? Talk about kissing the sky. Seinfelding it. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/133 "2011-02-24T16:41:26Z")
Senfelding it - Turning a powerful and potentially life-changing event into a mundane, pointless observation. My girlfriend asked me to marry her. What’s up with that? Is this the new thing? Girls are just up and proposing?!? Posing gumby ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/134 "2011-02-24T19:07:45Z")
Playing around with things that are really too young for you. “I was walking by the nursery and all the Legos were scattered on the floor, so of course I had to go in and play with 'em. I was really posing Gumby.” Fermenting the whey. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/135 "2011-02-27T20:09:30Z")
Using a euphanism only because the expression has a word that might offend some faint heated soul; i.e. “Fermenting the Whey” instead of [lacto fermenting](http://www.homeandgardensite.com/lacto_fermenting.htm) Hacking up a burning furball. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/136 "2011-03-02T03:32:42Z")
Doing /admitting something socially unpleasant or embarrassing to stave off worse consequences “Ok, ok, I will hack up the burning furball. I put the secret Valentine saying “I want to dip you in satay sauce and lick you all night” in Sheldon’s desk. I was NOT trying to steal his iPod!” “Ordering souffle to go.” ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/137 "2011-03-02T21:40:28Z")
Ordering souffle to go: embarking on a venture almost certainly doomed to failure, when there were several alternatives that most people would consider perfectly acceptable. “Crowding the drum major.” ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/138 "2011-03-02T21:54:54Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > Ordering souffle to go: embarking on a venture almost certainly doomed to failure, when there were several alternatives that most people would consider perfectly acceptable. > > “Crowding the drum major.” An overzealous eagerness to place oneself at the center of attention. “Can you believe that ham? He really was crowding the drum major.” Policing the wireless. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/139 "2011-03-02T22:07:24Z")
Policing the wireless: obsessively watching for juicy gossip. “Chasing the rabbit.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693/140 "2011-03-03T03:01:41Z")
“Chasing the rabbit”- Meaningless but frantic energy for little or no reward but the amusement of others, like greyhounds chasing an electric rabbit. “Spaying the Shih Tzu” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693.md?page=8)