"Da' Bear" <be...@goldneedle.net> wrote in message
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Ok, I'll be quite now.
"Da' Bear" <be...@goldneedle.net> wrote in message
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My dad used to say: Colder than a witch tit.
(I note the Canadians have chimed in with the cold metaphors:)
O yeah
Hotter than a three dollar pistol ...the classic.
Kurt
John (formerly posted as Metaryder)
Caledonian Mixture 466 in a Stanwell Brass Band
"Da' Bear" <be...@goldneedle.net> wrote in message
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> OK, last one.
> It was so cold, I could see my farts.
"Heat's got me sweatin' like Mike Tyson at a spelling bee..."
" It was windier than that last time it was really windy."
"Today was hotter than a day in July that was super hot."
"It feels colder than when it gets so cold that layering of clothing
is required."
Please don't envy my genius.
SC
"Da' Bear" <be...@goldneedle.net> wrote in message
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-Doc
--
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It's only the giving that makes you... what you are
"It was like a cow, pissing on a flat rock!"
...used to describe a very hard rain ;-)
Regards,
Tim Parker ... Barbary Coast in a no-name billiard
colder than a frog on a mountain
>Cold enough to freeze the bollocks off a brass monkey
This is a nautical usage. The original is, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off
a brass monkey."
Originally, the phrase was meant to be taken literally.
Ready munitions were sometimes stored on deck in sailing ships. Included among
these were cannon balls which we held in brack racks called "monkeys." Very
cold weather could case the balls to contract, shift position in the racks and
fall off the racks.
Fair winds,
Sailorman Jack
Port of New York
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"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." Professor Bernardo De La Paz in
Robert Heinlein's "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"
>Included among
>these were cannon balls which we held in brack racks
should have been "which were held in brass racks"
Sorry.
Jack
>Da' Bear wrote:
>>
>> For some reason I get a kick out of phrases like "It's as cold out there
>> as my Mother-in-law's heart" or, "Damn Clem, it's hotter than a three
>> balled Tomcat!".
>> Any funny one's ya'll can add to my repertoire?
>
>
>"It was like a cow, pissing on a flat rock!"
>
>...used to describe a very hard rain ;-)
That's the one my dad used most often; the other was "frog strangler."
Steve
Some assimilation required. Resistance is futile.
Monty Python: "Hot enough to boil a monkey's bum."
Bill
>This is a nautical usage. The original is, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off
>a brass monkey."
>
>Originally, the phrase was meant to be taken literally.
>
>Ready munitions were sometimes stored on deck in sailing ships. Included among
>these were cannon balls which we held in brack racks called "monkeys." Very
>cold weather could case the balls to contract, shift position in the racks and
>fall off the racks.
>
>Fair winds,
>Sailorman Jack
>Port of New York
Brass monkeys were used on ceremonial occasions. Every day monkeys
were wooden.
Richard
My friend, Kobe's, favorite:
Hotter 'n a fresh f*@%ed fox in
a forest fire!
Which, for some reason, he would always
closely follow, with:
Shit cried the king, 10,000 assholes started
to swing... Oh, my God, am I here all
alone!?!
... and of course, my dad's favorite:
Cold as a witch's tit in January!
Joe
Tom
> Cold enough to freeze the bollocks off a brass monkey
>
A few of Nizo's favorites:
- Hot enough for a dog to sneeze into a ventilation fan.
- Cold enough for a stable of body builders to pass the New York State
driving exam.
- Cold enough for a tearful ventriloquist to catapult a Bishop.
>Brass monkeys were used on ceremonial occasions. Every day monkeys
>were wooden.
>
>Richard
You may be right. I got my information from an old time seaman, Stan Hugill,
who was the last of the chanteymen.
He's dead now, so I can't query him.
Jack
I know a bunch, but technically, they aren't metaphors... They are similes
(comparisons using 'as' or 'like'..)
Metaphors are much to flowery to explain how freakin' cold it is or how
hedonistically hot the weather is today...
Suffice it to say that it's hotter than a june bug on the 4th of July!
*G*
Kristyn
"Nos Pam" <nos...@wyndmyre.com> wrote in message
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Hiya,
Sky looks uglier than a jar of crushed assholes.
James Kime
.
Dont worry about me Im gonna make it alright/Got my enemies cross haired and in
my sight/I take a bad situation and make it right/In the shadows of darkness I
stand in the light/Ya see its my style and Ill keep it true/ had a bad year but
I got through
Heheh! I thought for a moment that you were there, Jack. ;-)
Regards,
Tim Parker ... Barbary Coast in a no-name dublin
Kurt Slauson wrote:
> Hotter than a three dollar pistol ...the classic.
Nope. The classic is hotter than a two dollar pistol.
Some confusion with ?Queer as a three dollar bill??
Course, there may have been a little inflation since the
cheapest pistols were $2.00...
Cheers!
jim b.
--
Unix is not user-unfriendly; it merely
expects users to be computer-friendly.
Tom Mack
Tom Mack
Propagating stereotypea and probably will have limited usage in Arizona
but....
Canada.... ten months of winter and two months of bad snowmobiling.
Robbie