I've heard all but the "Chins" and "can't say"

Tain't funny McGee, came from the old "Fibber McGee and Molly show.  I think it was Molly who said it to Fibber and it was used almost every week on the show.

My dad used "Dag Nab it" when any kids were around.  I never heard a swear word come out of his mouth until I was a senior in high school and he was in the cellar trying to fix the furnace.  Something heavy fell on his fingers and SOB (the real words) drifted up to where I was standing.  He came up the steps and saw me and said "How long have you been standing there"?  My answer...."Long enough".  He chuckled But I never heard a swear word again.

Thanks for the input so far.  I'll wait for a while longer for more comment.

Will add "Dag nab it."   My wife's dad also used it.  Must be from the older generation 

I think I'll use "Taint funny McGee" even though it was from a radio show.  It has been fairly well used around here.

No kidding dick tracy  We used it as teenagers. A comment about an obvious comment by someone.

Probably will NOT use the following - too local
X - Can't say ,not knowin
X - More chins than a Chinese Phone Book
X - Better than it was.  Used by repair people my son knows. Sort of accepts sub-quality work or incomplete repair.

adding
846 - What in the Sam Hill (or similar).  Several variations.

Around here they also use...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it
Around here they use...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it! 

Often used when you can't find the problem and it seems to be working OK.












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Hi Rammel
Go Back to the Drawing Board

Restart planning again.

Its origin is from a cartoon from the New Yorker in WW2

Kelly

Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand

There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.  African saying

Hi Ramnel
Method in ones Madness.

When it seems something is a silly idea, some good comes out of it.

Like a number of sayings in the UK this one is attributed to William Shakespeare.  It s a line from Hamlet.

The saying is still used today.

Kelly

Adding
847 - "Dag nab it."
848 - "Taint funny McGee"
849 - No kidding dick tracy.
850 - Cooking with gas
851 - Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand


#205 - If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
#680 - Back to the Drawing Board
#430 - There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.  African saying
#792 - Method in ones Madness

Strike out 656 - Knowledge is power.  Repeat of 653

Thanks, Rick!

Hi Rammel

thank you

Kelly

Rammel, I've heard of Dag nab it and Tain't funny Mc Gee (still use that one), but not the others.

Mary Ann

I remember my father using "Dag nab it!" He used it in a humourous way whenever we kids caught him doing something he shouldn't have.

Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true.

# 20 and #75 are the same. - “Money doesn’t grow on trees!”

I'll strike out #75

How about...

Any old port in a storm!

Means (I think)  If you desperate and someone offers help, take it.

 

JaneS, I use that expression "any port in a storm" for "whatever works". 

Mary Ann

Quote from: so_P_bubble on April 27, 2016, 01:47:36 PM
# 20 and #75 are the same. - “Money doesn’t grow on trees!”

I'll strike out #75

Agreed --- I already had it "deleted".

Good evening all ---

Adding
852 - Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true.
853 - Money talks.


#113 - Any old port in a storm!

I heard someone say...

He tap danced all around the subject.

Meaning, he wouldn't answer directly.

Adding

854 - He tap danced all around the subject. - He danced all around it.

Hi Rammel
Fifteen minutes of fame

This saying used today is from a quotation from Andy Warhol.

It actually comes from a longer saying he said, 'n the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes'.


kelly

855 - Fifteen minutes of fame.

Hi Rammel

Thank you

kelly

One I don't especially like -

856 - The gorilla in the room.

I'm sure this one's been said...

May you be in Heaven and hour before the divil know's you're dead!

As an Irishwoman, I've known and used that a time or two.

Added
857 - May you be in Heaven and hour before the divil know's you're dead!

Strike out   63 - Heavens to Betsy!! It repeats #22

How about that old saying about, "There's only so many somedays to a customer?"