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12. All hat and no cattle

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Fri Jan 25, 2013, 06:31 PM

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Best folksy sayings [View all] WilliamPitt Jan 2013 OP

Busier than a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #1

If you keep goin' the way you're headed, pretty soon you're gonna get there siligut Jan 2013 #2

Slicker than snot on a glass doorknob. bluedigger Jan 2013 #3

So confused Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #4

so he closes one eye and farts mokawanis Jan 2013 #11

That I had never heard...but it sure is fitting! Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #16

Butter my ass and call me a biscuit! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #5

HAHAHAHAHA! DearHeart Jan 2013 #20

crazier than a shit house rat fizzgig Jan 2013 #6

Heave and set like a ram at a gatepost Glorfindel Jan 2013 #7

Suve silmad, talve hambad LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #8

love that !! Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #45

This Minnesotan loves your sage Mother's observation. myrna minx Jan 2013 #88

Maybe not best but made me laugh my ass off OriginalGeek Jan 2013 #9

My late father's favorite... llmart Jan 2013 #73

That would gag a maggot Burma Jones Jan 2013 #10

Got a $50 haircut on a nickel head..... Hysterical Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #44

"Gag a maggot" is one of my personal favorites. Evokes all kinds of lovely images. Demoiselle Jan 2013 #94

All hat and no cattle mokawanis Jan 2013 #12

what does that mean? like a wannabe cowboy? Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #23

I think it means someone who talks big mokawanis Jan 2013 #29

10 gallon hat on a five gallon head. trof Jan 2013 #70

I am in Texas now and I know that it is a big deal for someone to wear a cowboy hat when they Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #96

It was the title of a George W. Bush website.... Demoiselle Jan 2013 #95

Couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel. n/t agracie Jan 2013 #13

that one always cracks me up! nt BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #72

My Dad's favorite, it must be since he said it so often! Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2013 #14

My Dad had one..... llmart Jan 2013 #74

"If my aunt had wheels she'd be a pastry cart." The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #15

love that...what does it mean? Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #24

It express how a situation would be different if something else had been different, and The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #28

ROTFL!! "If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle." nolabear Jan 2013 #34

No way. That's hysterical ! Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #46

"Couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a bass fiddle." winter is coming Jan 2013 #17

Couldn't hit the broad side of a barn... kasanti Aug 2014 #112

You can put lipstick on a pig and call it Monique Boomerproud Jan 2013 #18

Wish wonders and shit blunders graywarrior Jan 2013 #19

Shit Fire and save your matches! DearHeart Jan 2013 #21

That's smoother than whipped owl shit NightWatcher Jan 2013 #22

"I started out with nothin', panader0 Jan 2013 #25

Slower than molasses in January... Scruffy Rumbler Jan 2013 #26

(Lady) You're about a half a bubble off of plumb.... Wounded Bear Jan 2013 #27

If he had a brain, it would be lonesome. BarbaRosa Jan 2013 #30

Busier than a kitten in a yarn factory Paulie Jan 2013 #31

Fine as frog fur n/t TexasBushwhacker Jan 2013 #32

Busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest. Grammy23 Jan 2013 #33

Or.... llmart Jan 2013 #75

My man is red hot; your man ain't doodly-squat! nolabear Jan 2013 #35

Busier'n a one-legged man in an ass kickin' contest. nolabear Jan 2013 #36

Busier'n a one-armed paper hanger Major Nikon Jan 2013 #84

Weird one from my dad mokawanis Jan 2013 #37

Damn, that one lillypaddle Jan 2013 #39

well, lillypaddle Jan 2013 #38

Do you want me to Cut Bait or Fish In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #40

Heard it the other way.... Wounded Bear Jan 2013 #60

Sometimes a play on words will change the intent. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #63

My Dad's version.... llmart Jan 2013 #76

I'll bet I've heard every one of your Dad's sayings. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #77

LOL llmart Jan 2013 #78

Backhanding any child is a bit much but when your Dad was child that In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #79

I sure do. llmart Jan 2013 #80

Now. That's a beautiful story. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #82

My grandmother used to say that union_maid Jan 2013 #91

Okay, I got it. But that's my story and I'm sticking to it. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #92

full of piss and vinegar. and. who is fucking this monkey: me or you? and. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #41

My mother would often say, "Don't come running to me if you break your leg!" Ptah Jan 2013 #42

For $5 more dollars he could have gotten red Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #43

New broom sweeps good FLSurfer Jan 2013 #47

Gosh, I'm as lost as last week's paycheck, 4_TN_TITANS Jan 2013 #48

"I'm so broke I can't even pay attention." MerryBlooms Jan 2013 #49

"there's a lid for every pot" Party Favors Jan 2013 #50

Tight as Dick's hat band. msatty99 Jan 2013 #51

forgot one... Party Favors Jan 2013 #52

"Running around like my feet were on fire and my ass was catchin" alarimer Jan 2013 #53

the way I heard this was msatty99 Jan 2013 #55

Thank the Lard for nosy neighbors!... Phentex Jan 2013 #54

"it's all fun and games Texasgal Jan 2013 #56

... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #83

More nervous than a long-tailed cat WolverineDG Jan 2013 #57

Stick to the main tent and avoid the sideshows. Raven Jan 2013 #58

Skittish as spit on a hot skillet. redqueen Jan 2013 #59

Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2013 #61

The secretary where I used to work came from Virginia. Denninmi Jan 2013 #62

I'm sweatin' like a whore in church (can only be said by the ladies) a la izquierda Jan 2013 #64

wherever you go, there you are grasswire Jan 2013 #65

Shit or get off the pot. LNM Jan 2013 #66

"Take the rag off the bush" msatty99 Jan 2013 #67

"Doesn't have a pot to piss in, a window to throw it out of, or a yard for it to land on." winter is coming Jan 2013 #68

"Grab a root and growl!" CrazyOrangeCat Jan 2013 #69

Them pants fit you a little too quick. trof Jan 2013 #71

"I haven't seen you since Hector was a pup." "I believe I'd start painting that porch from the ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #81

Hotter'n a March hare Major Nikon Jan 2013 #85

Hotter'n a bride's breath in June..... Wounded Bear Jan 2013 #99

Hotter'n a two dollar pistol kasanti Aug 2014 #111

fun thread. :) love_katz Jan 2013 #86

Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday. PuffedMica Jan 2013 #87

He could screw up a two car funeral mcar Jan 2013 #89

Uglier than a hat full of bugs. n/t A HERETIC I AM Jan 2013 #90

Madder 'n hornet in a mayonaisse jar n/t union_maid Jan 2013 #93

Trying to turn a sow's ear into silk purse. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #97

don't piss on an electric fence! rurallib Jan 2013 #98

Useful as a screen door on a submarine. vanlassie Jan 2013 #100

"I'm as happy as a guy with two dicks" Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2013 #101

Jumpier than a virgin at a raptor_rider Jan 2013 #102

Name that show raptor_rider Jan 2013 #103

Does a bear shit in the woods? Not a polar bear! RedCloud Jan 2013 #104

Fine Words Butter No Parsnips muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #105

He's lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2013 #106

If momma ain't happy, nobody's happy. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2013 #107

"He could talk the maggot off a chop" velvet Jan 2013 #108

Slicker than a Minnow's Dick Munificence Jan 2013 #109

He/She doesn't have the sense God gave geese! TuxedoKat Jan 2013 #110