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muff
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08 Oct 2012, 4:17 pm

people in public seem to be saying things like
"thats funny as Hell"
and
"it was expensive as f*ck"
or
"i can play video games like nobodys business"
i remember the first time i heard my mom say that
"it was boring as all get out"

can you think of some other ones that people use that seem to not make any sense?



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08 Oct 2012, 4:33 pm

muff wrote:
"thats funny as Hell"

Hell's pretty funny if you think about it. But if you think about how many people believe in it and let the fear of it control their lives, it becomes slightly more sad than funny.
muff wrote:
"it was expensive as f*ck"

Depends on your prostitute budget.
muff wrote:
"i can play video games like nobodys business"

I never played "Nobody's Business", but depending on the genre, I may or may not have played video games like it.
muff wrote:
"it was boring as all get out"

That's just bad grammar. It should be "It was boring, so all got out" or "It got boring as all got out", depending on the meaning.


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09 Oct 2012, 12:11 am

Vince wrote:
muff wrote:
"it was boring as all get out"

That's just bad grammar. It should be "It was boring, so all got out" or "It got boring as all got out", depending on the meaning.

not as bad as "make like a tree and get outta here!"



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09 Oct 2012, 11:47 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Vince wrote:
muff wrote:
"it was boring as all get out"

That's just bad grammar. It should be "It was boring, so all got out" or "It got boring as all got out", depending on the meaning.

not as bad as "make like a tree and get outta here!"


That's not bad grammar, that's just bad sense.

I knew a man who said "make like a sheep herder and get the flock out of here." I thought that was kind of cute.