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Thread: Things old guys say.
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06-05-2020, 07:00 AM #126User
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06-05-2020, 07:27 AM #127
He couldn’t fight his way out of a paper bag.
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06-05-2020, 07:39 AM #128
One that I say fairly often, but I usually have to explain is “you’ll be in tall cotton” meaning things will be good for you. Originating from needing to shit while you’re working in the field, but the cotton plants are high enough so you’ll have some privacy.
Is that cultural misappropriation?
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06-05-2020, 07:53 AM #129Funky But Chic
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hm, I always thought it was because tall cotton meant you could stand up straight while harvesting it while "short" (or "low" or whatever the correct term for it is) cotton meant you had to stoop or crouch all day, which was much harder work.
edit: wikipedia says tall cotton means the crop was good so the farmer/plantation owner would make good money.
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06-05-2020, 08:00 AM #130
I like Skipper's explanation, whether it's right or wrong.
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06-05-2020, 08:05 AM #131
I guess there’s more than one reason that tall cotton is good.
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06-05-2020, 08:12 AM #132Funky But Chic
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Well there weren't any portapotties in the cotton fields, so...
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06-05-2020, 09:01 AM #133
But plenty of stuff to wipe with..
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06-05-2020, 09:37 AM #134Registered User
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Never thot of the poo facotr cuz it seemed obvious to me that if yer walkin in tall cotton it was a good crop, but how would you work tits into the discussion ?
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06-05-2020, 09:46 AM #135
Maybe the different POVs on the utility of tall cotton has to do with whether you’re working in the field or you own the crop.
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06-05-2020, 01:12 PM #136
Charles Earle Funk wrote a number of seminal texts on the origins of phrases...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Earle_Funk
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06-05-2020, 02:53 PM #137???
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do deez nuts - crusty old guy
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06-05-2020, 04:22 PM #138
Mabel, that’s what marijuana smells like.
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06-05-2020, 07:01 PM #139
Wife just reminded me of a phone convo with my dad when he was 86.
Me: hey, what’s new?
Dad: Not much. Threw Gary (his girlfriend’s son) out yesterday.
Me: wait what? You mean like physically tossed him out?
Dad: Yup. He was mouthing off and I told him to shut up. He said ‘make me’. So I opened the front door and tossed him. Think I broke his glasses. Ya know, if you get one hand on their belt and one on their collar, they’ll go pretty much wherever you want.
Miss ya dad...
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06-05-2020, 07:08 PM #140Funky But Chic
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Ha, you told that one before, still funny.
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06-05-2020, 07:15 PM #141
Ya, that's a classic.
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06-05-2020, 07:39 PM #142Registered User
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Nice. Accusing TBS of being a forgetful, senile geezer are ya?
But yeah, classic.
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06-05-2020, 07:42 PM #143Funky But Chic
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Nah just proving I'm not.
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06-06-2020, 02:11 AM #144
Perfect.
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06-06-2020, 02:15 AM #145
"Balls out"
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"Having been Baptized by uller his frosty air now burns my soul with confirmation. I am once again pure." - frozenwater
"once i let go of my material desires many opportunities for playing with the planet emerge. emerge - to come into being through evolution. ok back to work - i gotta pack." - Slaag Master
"As for Flock of Seagulls, everytime that song comes up on my ipod, I turn it up- way up." - goldenboy
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06-06-2020, 02:16 AM #146
"Don't race your motor"
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"Having been Baptized by uller his frosty air now burns my soul with confirmation. I am once again pure." - frozenwater
"once i let go of my material desires many opportunities for playing with the planet emerge. emerge - to come into being through evolution. ok back to work - i gotta pack." - Slaag Master
"As for Flock of Seagulls, everytime that song comes up on my ipod, I turn it up- way up." - goldenboy
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06-13-2020, 05:00 PM #147
Big-ass thunderstorm here right now, which reminded me of things I (an old guy) say about heavy rains. “It’s a frog choker” and “a real turd floater.”
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06-13-2020, 05:09 PM #148
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06-13-2020, 05:57 PM #149
From an older Aussie guy from northern Queensland my girl worked with in Sydney- their boss asked him to take on another task, apparently was getting overwhelmed. "Fucks sake mate i'm already up to me neck in crocodiles!"
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06-13-2020, 06:04 PM #150
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