Favorite expressions and idioms based on history
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We actually had a riveting sext based story tim on "beyond the pale." I thought it was from English controlled Ireland back in the day. Rowboat corrected my shit quick fast and in a hurry. Hilarity and knowledge transfer ensued. Then we started talking about Vikings. Good tims.
On topic. I like bite the bullet...from pre-anesthesia surgery where you would literally bite a bullet to deal with the pain. -
Swaye said:
We actually had a riveting sext based story tim on "beyond the pale." I thought it was from English controlled Ireland back in the day. Rowboat corrected my shit quick fast and in a hurry. Hilarity and knowledge transfer ensued. Then we started talking about Vikings. Good tims.
On topic. I like bite the bullet...from pre-anesthesia surgery where you would literally bite a bullet to deal with the pain.
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@Doog_de_Jour approved!YellowSnow said:Swaye said:We actually had a riveting sext based story tim on "beyond the pale." I thought it was from English controlled Ireland back in the day. Rowboat corrected my shit quick fast and in a hurry. Hilarity and knowledge transfer ensued. Then we started talking about Vikings. Good tims.
On topic. I like bite the bullet...from pre-anesthesia surgery where you would literally bite a bullet to deal with the pain. -
"Trust in God and keep your powder dry" is generally attributed to Cromwell.
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"Rum, sodomy & the lash"
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"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
Battle of Bunker Hill, I think. -
Funny how much the map of Boston has changed since 1775.GrundleStiltzkin said:"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
Battle of Bunker Hill, I think.
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"Damn the torpedoes!" Farragut, Mobile Bay.
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Don't fire until you see the Black guy - Boston MassacreGrundleStiltzkin said:"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
Battle of Bunker Hill, I think. -
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"Nuts"
General McAuliffe -
Wait....you and @Swaye sext on an intellectual basis?!?!
That savage just sends me dick pics.
NTTAWWT but the Throbber is a thinker.
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The savage thing was always a myth. @Swaye comes from one of the “Five Civilized Tribes” hence the willingness to interbreed with country club white devils.PurpleThrobber said:Wait....you and @Swaye sext on an intellectual basis?!?!
That savage just sends me dick pics.
NTTAWWT but the Throbber is a thinker. -
HNWYKYellowSnow said:
The savage thing was always a myth. @Swaye comes from one of the “Five Civilized Tribes” hence the willingness to interbreed with country club white devils.PurpleThrobber said:Wait....you and @Swaye sext on an intellectual basis?!?!
That savage just sends me dick pics.
NTTAWWT but the Throbber is a thinker. -
For the last 4-5 years before my father-in-law died, I always fucked with him on the meanings of "throw your hat in the ring" and "throw in the towel".
I told him that throwing your hat in the ring obviously meant you were done, i.e., you're about to put your hat on to go outside while throwing in the towel was a sign that you ready to take on a task and the towel was there to wipe the sweat from your brow. -
Pretty sure this is why he finally threw his hat into the ring.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:For the last 4-5 years before my father-in-law died, I always fucked with him on the meanings of "throw your hat in the ring" and "throw in the towel".
I told him that throwing your hat in the ring obviously meant you were done, i.e., you're about to put your hat on to go outside while throwing in the towel was a sign that you ready to take on a task and the towel was there to wipe the sweat from your brow.
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"Dawn is when the French and Indians attack."
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So he wasn't a T.R. fan then I take it?CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:For the last 4-5 years before my father-in-law died, I always fucked with him on the meanings of "throw your hat in the ring" and "throw in the towel".
I told him that throwing your hat in the ring obviously meant you were done, i.e., you're about to put your hat on to go outside while throwing in the towel was a sign that you ready to take on a task and the towel was there to wipe the sweat from your brow. -
I have not yet begun to fight
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“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet”
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USMChawk said:
“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet”
- GeneralJamesMad Dog Mattis -
Is it supposed to burn this much when I urinate?
-P. Throbber 1983
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“Sounds serious.”
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YikesGrundleStiltzkin said:“Sounds serious.”
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I remember my ______ phase
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"All you need to be married is champagne, a box of cigars, and a double bed." — Winston Churchill
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CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
I remember my champagne, box of cigars and double bed phase
- W. Churchill
