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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:53pm PT
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that thing took off like a bat outa' hell
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:54pm PT
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gnats are good measures of size too, besides pubic hairs...
"closer than a gnat's eyelash"
"shot the balls off a gnat at 50 paces"
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:55pm PT
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"it rained like a tall cow pissing on a flat rock"*
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:55pm PT
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Snapper soup - maybe not colloquial, but definitely regional. Most people think there is going to be fish in it.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:56pm PT
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my mom used to tell us that
"rain is the angels crying"
when I got older and more cynical I used to say
"rain is the angels pissing"
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:57pm PT
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various types of hairs are used as units of measure...
you know, like hair's breadth (hare's breath?)
I think there are others
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:57pm PT
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if wishes were fishes then beggars would eat
if wishes were horses then beggars would ride
april showers bring may flowers
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:58pm PT
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don't rain on my parade
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 13, 2008 - 11:59pm PT
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Tighter than a tube sock. Et. al. :-)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:00am PT
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dude, yer bummin' my stone
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:00am PT
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there is remembering the resistor color code:
BBROYGBVGW
Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Grey, White
0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 6, 7, 8, 9
for which the mnemonic:
"Bad boys rape our young girls but Violet gives willingly"
could not be used at some point in public education...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:01am PT
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don't bogart that joint
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:01am PT
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come hell or highwater
went to hell in a handbasket
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:03am PT
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Ed, I think that is not a colloquialism.
But it also is extended for tolerance - "Get Some Now" before tolerance was dropped, so to speak.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:03am PT
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measures of quantities:
scoush
tad
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:05am PT
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not worth the paper it's written on
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:05am PT
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I was thinking about Roy G. Biv and got sidetracked in the gutter
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:06am PT
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give a tinker's damn
give a rat's ass
give a sh#t
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:07am PT
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Peter
put
my
dopey
sister
on
cocaine
ppmdsoc
Permian
Pennsylvanian
Mississipian
Devonian
silurian
ordovician
cambrian
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2008 - 12:07am PT
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