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07 May 2008

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Yesterday one of my teammates reacted to a predictably awful Denver Post article about bike commuting with the quippy, eminently useful phrase: "ugh, that gave me a shooting pain in the intellect!" One of the better quips I've heard recently.

This is a quippy bunch, and I'm not on MeFi much recently so I can't get my Daily Snark Overload from our Snarky Overlords.

Heard any good quips lately? Begged, borrowed, stolen from Urbandictionary, or just shamelessly plagairised, plz!

speaking of MeFi, welcome whuffles to all the MeFites I've recently seen around these parts!

post by: lonefrontranger at: 17:24 | 16 comments

I've been describing myself during free-time, lately, as being clinically bored. Not exactly a snark, unless applied to a person or event.

posted by MonkeyButter 07 May | 17:55

Not a snark, but a nice quip nonetheless, thanks MonkeyButter! "Quippy" being the subject at hand.

Recently overheard and had to look up on UD: "What a total Curtis!" Kids these days, eh? I know a couple very nice guys who go by the name Curtis.

posted by lonefrontranger 07 May | 18:06

I am deeply fond of "That makes me as sick as a juggler's bunny" after reading it on an internet forum.

posted by cmonkey 07 May | 19:06

I have never been able to work this into a conversation, but once I heard an old irishman say, about a grade of steel or metal, "that's hahduh (harder) than my dickie on a payday night!"

I am still waiting for the opportunity.

posted by danf 07 May | 20:40

I remembered another one. It's from a friend, Charlie - who has since passed away. We where talking about our cheep, cheep landlord and the work that needed to be done on the building and he said,

"That man would squeeze a nickel till it shit a buffalo."

posted by MonkeyButter 07 May | 22:19

There are a few people in my office that, every time I talk to them, I swear I lose a few points off my IQ.

posted by danf 07 May | 22:25

I had a friend who used to refer to certain mutual acquaintances as being aggressively stupid. My father usually refers to such folks as being so dumb they wouldn't know if Jesus was crucified or shot in a hold-up.

posted by bmarkey 07 May | 22:33

That's supposed to say:
"That man would squeeze a buffalo 'till it shit nickles."

posted by MonkeyButter 07 May | 22:59

My favourite of late is referring to a relatively simple task:

"Well, it's not rocket surgery"

It's surprising how many people that sneaks up on....then they do a double take and have a chuckle.

posted by richat 08 May | 05:19

Thought of another one. . one of my witty female coworkers has been heard to say, "well today was a complete waste of makeup!"

posted by danf 08 May | 09:49

bmarkey, when I was a kid, the locals used to refer to such people as "dumb as a sack of hammers". I have no idea where it came from. Mom used to say they were "dumb as a box of rocks", which made more sense.

danf, I like that last one quite a bit.

posted by lonefrontranger 08 May | 10:09

I like Ot-nay Ooo-tay Ight-Bray, which I shamelessly stole from Kinky Friedman. He's the best for that stuff; I also got Currently orbiting the 3rd ring of Saturn from him, which is so often apropos.

posted by mygothlaundry 08 May | 10:23

lfr, my personal fave "dumber than" comparison is "dumber than a sack of wet mice". Not sure where I got it from, though.

posted by bmarkey 08 May | 12:29

bmarkey, I've never heard it before, but I lolled when I read it!

mgl, I like the 3rd ring of Saturn, I may just have to steal that one!

A colleague of mine says someone "got ALL wrapped around the axle" as a sort of catchall for general fuckups and/or cognitive dissonance. Makes sense when you hear it in context, anyhows.

posted by lonefrontranger 08 May | 12:56

A colleague of mine says someone "got ALL wrapped around the axle" as a sort of catchall for general fuckups and/or cognitive dissonance.

"It went sideways" is the term we use at my work for this. Once guy came in with this term, and it was so apt, that it's almost officially adopted, now.

posted by danf 08 May | 15:27

I have a friend who, if someone starts whining to him about something (usually work-related- he used to be a supervisor,) would say, "If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it in the dictionary between 'shit' and 'syphilis.'"

posted by BoringPostcards 08 May | 15:34

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