[AT] old expressions

[Cecil Bearden]

Robin:
That is the best use of this I think anyone could find.  Kids need to have 
an understanding of these old expressions.  If you need a book on them, 
there is a book on old OZARK expressions or How to talk like you came from 
the OZARKS..  I had it years ago when I was in 8th grade going to a private 
school.  A country boy like me fit in like a "whore in church" and "stood 
out like a sore thumb".  I learned all of those sayings just to piss off all 
the teachers...  They transferred me out of that school iduring Christmas of 
8th grade and into the 9th grade at a public school, but the OZARK talk had 
stuck.  I spent the last 35 years paying for that learning.....Folks still 
look at me crazy.
Cecil in OKla
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Axworthy" <scemcrsa at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] old expressions


>
> I had to unsubscribe, I was getting so many message, but I've really 
> enjoyed the thread on expressions.  I've printed off this one to use in 
> school (teaching 9th grade English in an urban school) this year!  Keep up 
> the good work.  Robin
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
>>Sent: Jul 30, 2006 1:52 PM
>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Subject: Re: [AT] old expressions
>>
>>Some from Oklahoma are:
>>
>>
>>Don't know Sic'em from C'mere.
>>
>>As much fun as watching concrete set.
>>
>>Took off like a turpentine cat.
>>
>>Faster than a striped-assed ape.
>>
>>So drunk he couldn't hit the ground with his hat.
>>
>>Fell into a barrel of s**t and came out smelling like a rose.
>>
>>Town so small you can't throw a rock without hittin kinfolk.
>>
>>and then when we had our first 6v71 Detroit diesel, an old truck driver
>>looked at it and said:
>>
>> " Most efficient means known for turning good diesel into noise!"
>>
>>I was mighty proud of that old truck, it was my first real 
>>Semi-tractor....
>>
>>Cecil in OKla
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 2:07 PM
>>Subject: Re: [AT] old expressions
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Back when the first 350 diesel engines were introduced by GM I recall
>>> reading a review in which the test driver described the engine as having
>>> "a torque curve as flat as Nebraska".
>>> Of course if he'd been Canadian he might have said as flat as
>>> Saskatchewan.
>>>
>>> Ralph in Sask.
>>> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "CEE VILL" <cvee60 at hotmail.com>
>>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 6:52 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] old expressions
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>One around here comes to mind for this site: "He'd argue with a 
>>>>>compass."
>>>> _____________________________________________________
>>>> Chuckle, chuckle.  Cool.  I like that one.  Guess we all know a couple 
>>>> of
>>>> those types.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I am trying to fix some old piece of junk or another, my wife 
>>>> often
>>>> tells me  "You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear."  (like I 
>>>> really
>>>> wanted a silk purse, didn't I?) That makes me feel about as handy as a
>>>> left handed monkey wrench.  Then there is the tire on the tractor "that
>>>> is flatter than a Flounder" (certain adjective omitted) .  While we are
>>>> at it, "don't force it, get a bigger hammer".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > I always liked "slower than molasses in the wintertime".....
>>>>> >
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >      We had this one:
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >      "You can't out-pee a skunk in a peeing contest"
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >      Ted
>>>>> > >
>>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
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