Favorite phrases you use

[DMiller]

Well the old tried and truth: All I have is the three of us, Me, Myself and I to get that done, don't expect it too soon.

 

[check]

Well the old tried and truth: All I have is the three of us, Me, Myself and I to get that done, don't expect it too soon.

When the boss tells me to do something and he knows I don't have any help. "I'll put a man right on it".

 

[92U 3406]

This is kind of my motto:

"Can't f**k it up any worse than it already is!"

"Well staring at it isn't going to get it fixed"

 

[Junkyard]

Mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it don't matter.

Rings don't plug holes.

Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

He could tear up a crowbar in a sandbox with a rubber mallet.

He's got summer teeth. Some er green, some er yellow and some er missin.

She's one of the Lee sisters. Not sure of which though, homely or ugly.

 

[Birken Vogt]

I have some that probably only make sense to me and a few who know me

"The secret is to not care" [said about minor pain, discomfort, hot or cold or something somebody declares they don't like, similar to "mind over matter"]

"He never stopped to consider, was this idea crazy" [said about someone spouting a crazy idea] [also good advice to anybody coming up with a new idea, before promulgating it, consider if it really is crazy]

 

[dirty4fun]

That is as big as it comes in that size!

 

[thepumpguysc]

I used to say this OFTEN, when 2 or more guys were standing around a machine talkin'..
"cant get no work done like that fellas.." {as your walking by}

 

[rmllarue91]

F it till it's fixed or fix it till it f'ed
Usually said to someone nervous to fix something but have noticed some of my customers have turned this into a company policy...

 

[Tradesman]

Fits tighter than your finger in your azz

 

[chroniekon]

It ain't rock science

 

[dirty4fun]

He would complain if he was hung with a new rope.

 

[Truck Shop]

WHO RANG THAT BELL! I use that when the shop phone rings.

Truck Shop

 

[DMiller]

Tighter'n a Bull's ass during fly time

Harder than times in '29(again my Dad)

Crank 'er til the water boils then choke it, I used that one a lot when guys could not get one started by normal means.

 

[Ronsii]

Well that don't sound good.... said right before something stops sounding at all.

 

[Jumbo]

Said to a Weyerhaeuser gravel truck driver by the truck boss when he wrecked a 2 month old gravel truck by driving it over a 200' embankment years ago;

(SIGH) "Well, we were thinking about scrapping in anyway, in about 10 years...."

No, I wasn't the driver, although driving for Weyerhaeuser at 19 years of age in the early 70s, I did some equally dumb stuff, just not quite so spectacular. All we knew was flat out and drive it 'til it broke.

 

[thepumpguysc]

Said by 1 of the Burton brothers at a Nascar interview>>
"He grew-up in a different part of the house.."
One speaks "perfect" English while the other one talks like Boomhower..

 

[Truck Shop]

My dad use to tell people that when I {meaning me} turn eighteen and move out of the house. He was going to do a controlled burn to remove my bedroom from
the rest of the house.

Truck Shop

 

[63 caveman]

You can pick 2 of 3, can't give you all three.
1) fast
2) cheap
3) right

 

[Ronsii]

Was 'fitting' something yesterday and this one slipped out "I'm gonna need a bigger hammer."

 

[Junkyard]

When we're getting mean with a big sledge on something and the first poor b*****d to start swinging runs out of steam we generally ask, hey can I hold your purse for you?