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We are all blessed beyond imagination the Lord saw fit to create us as Southerner's we have one of the most unique cultures in the history of this country. We have a dialect and language all our own, something that should be chronicled and preserved. I would like to ask ya'll to share your favorite saying and wisdom of your regions so all can enjoy. I'm going to start this off with a phrase used by a gentleman i worked with years ago referring to a project that turned out really well. " That is jam up and jelly tight " We have all heard something that maybe made you scratch your head at first ,then it brought a smile to your face. Let's not let these gems disappear.

"Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit."

Said by my Dad, NOT in mixed company, during a particularly heavy rain.

"It is raining like a tall cow pizzin' on a flat river rock!"

If we was playing checkers, it'd be your move.
That's as f'ed up a box of brim hooks.
I show you how the cow eats the cabbage.
That's as f'ed up as a football bat.
If she had as many sticking out of her as she's had stuck in her, she'd look like a porcupine.
That's as f'ed up as a knee grows checkbook.
If you want to play hardball, batter up mfer.

If a frog had pockets he'd carry a pistol and shoot snakes.

it's comin' a:
- frog choker
- turtle floater
- gully washer

you're either a floater or a sinker...cream rises to the top and turds sink to the bottom

Son, you can't unscramble a scrambled egg

Also

The water that's done flowed under the bridge has done flowed under the bridge.

My grandpa- boy, you are so lazy and dumb you think 'manual labor' is the name of a Mexican evangelist.

My uncle (who helped pay for my college education)- that is only a small step if you are a 'high stepper'.

Youse a M@#$F@#in' lie an yo firs name is tell dat sumbitch.

That's as f'ed up as seven negroes writing out of the same checkbook.

"He's so crooked that when he dies, they gonna hafta screw him in the ground."

Another bit of wisdom bestowed on me from a very wise older gentleman. Its ok to borrow money, but remember you can never borrow yourself out of debt.

"Gone to hell in a handbasket."
"That dog don't hunt."

Grinnin' like a mule eating saw briars...
Handy as a pocket on a shirt....
On the use of condoms: that about like washing your feet with your socks on....

Worthless as tits on a boar hog.

Shatting in high cotton