rumblefish said:I hear a lot of hunters (not in the know) who refer to the rifle caliber 30-06 Springfield as thirty-odd-six rather than thirty-aught-six. Bit off topic-
It bothers me because I like the sound of aught, and I try night to let my New York accent pronounce auwwwt.
Selvaggio said:Sorry to lower the tone...
My nanna used to excuse little bodily explosions by saying, "It's better to have an empty house than a bad tenant".
She very rarely swore, but she would sometimes remark that someone had the "S - H - one - Ts".
My dad would always say, "Nervous as a longtailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs."Miss Dizzy Dame said:I've always liked "nervous as a cats tail"
When something really pleases my mother she says "Well ain't that the cat's backside."
My dad used to say "It's hotter'n a two-dollar pistol."
"That'll keep the honest people out."
"There's nothing older than yesterday's newspaper."
My grandfather-in-law used to say (translated from the French), "It's better to break wind in company then to die all alone". Which does beg one or two questions.
My dad would always say, "Nervous as a longtailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs."