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My mom used to describe a solution to a problem that worked well as βslicker than snotβ
Used that phrase in a work meeting once when I was younger and got the most eclectic mix of reactions ranging from, β think Iβm going to vomitβ to full on LOLs.
I'm stealing that one.
70's kid my Dad says "wadda want eggs in your milk?" (still to this day)
always said if you "upscale" something.
Me: Dad I need shoes
Dad: ok we will get some.
Me: how about those Adidas like Run DMC
Dad: Wadda want eggs in your milk too
funny thing is as dumb as the saying is. My oldest child used it the other day when a person was trying to merge in front of him
You better finish your dinner, don't you know there are starving children in Africa?
Turns out that one was actually universal.
I guess so!
Were you born in the 1970s? Both me and my wife heard that exact same sentence from our mothers.
Yup. We also might come from the "step on a crack, break your mother's back" generation?
We have a similar saying in my family, but it translates into break one generation at a time, meaning you allow the kids to be lazy while the parents work themselves to death. It is usually used as a dig when someone younger is lazy.
that persisted well into the 90s at least
"Dead meat is hung, live meat is hanged." Turns out most people's grandma's aren't radical leftist english teachers.
DEGUSTIBUSNONESTDISPUTANDUM
not sure I spelled it right, means "regarding personal tastes, there is no dispute"
Also another good one, "moderation in everything, including moderation."
We quoted Oscar Wilde around our house quite a bit. Glad someone else out there was too!
I always say "moderation in everything, including moderation" often as well
I think the full phrase is De gustibus non disputandum in contradictorium (declinations might be off somewhere)
βDoes a hawks arse pucker in a power dive?β When someone asked a question that had an unequivocal answer of yes. Similar to does a bear shit in the woods,
Slickern owlshit
"That's the cock for Dolly!" - Finally got that working.