[AT] old expressions

[Cecil Bearden]

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
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>>>
>>>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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