What are you thinking about....

1. 2018-05-18 at 1:46 PM UTC

   #261
   

   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
   In the old Western days, they had a large nail sticking out on each side of the outside of the front door of hotels which customers would use to hang their horseshoes on. Overnight, the cold wind would absorb into the nails, since they were outside all the time, and when customers would go to grab their horseshoes in the morning they'd be cold as a dead body to the touch. Thus the saying, dead as a door nail.
2. 2018-05-18 at 1:47 PM UTC

   #262
   

   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by -SpectraL In the old Western days, they had a large nail sticking out on each side of the outside of the front door of hotels which customers would use to hang their horseshoes on. Overnight, the cold wind would absorb into the nails, since they were outside all the time, and when customers would go to grab their horseshoes in the morning they'd be cold as a dead body to the touch. Thus the saying, dead as a door nail.

   
   why would people be carrying horseshoes around with them...shouldn't they be hanging on their horses feet?
3. 2018-05-18 at 1:48 PM UTC

   #263
   

   Red_Woman African Astronaut
   Why the hell would I have a cake, in the first place, if the intention is not to eat it.
   
   First of all, it's starts with wanting to eat a cake. That brings to the action, buying the cake. The climax being, eating that damn cake. So yeah, it doesn't make sense to me.
4. 2018-05-18 at 1:49 PM UTC

   #264
   

   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
   In a similar vein...the saying Freeze the balls of a brass monkey comes from the holders of cannon balls used on a ship...called a brass monkey...when the ship went into colder climates the brass would contract and the cannonballs would pop out...hence the term freeze the balls of a brass monkey.
5. 2018-05-18 at 1:51 PM UTC

   #265
   tee hee hee Naturally Camouflaged [slangily complete this slumberer]
   What about passing the "bucket"?
6. 2018-05-18 at 1:53 PM UTC

   #266
   

   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

   Originally posted by Red_Woman Why the hell would I have a cake, in the first place, if the intention is not to eat it.
   
   First of all, it's starts with wanting to eat a cake. That brings to the action, buying the cake. The climax being, eating that damn cake. So yeah, it doesn't make sense to me.

   
   But the principle involved is that some people do not follow that logic. They are so greedy and self-absorbed and entitled that they actually think they can 1/buy the cake, 2/eat the cake, but 3/still have the cake.
   The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

   • Red_Woman
7. 2018-05-18 at 1:57 PM UTC

   #267
   

   Red_Woman African Astronaut

   Originally posted by -SpectraL But the principle involved is that some people do not follow that logic. They are so greedy and self-absorbed and entitled that they actually think they can 1/buy the cake, 2/eat the cake, but 3/still have the cake.

   
   Ah...that's stupid.
   Wouldn't be better smth like, you can't eat the cake and than whine about it missing? Granted, not that cool maybe.
8. 2018-05-18 at 1:57 PM UTC

   #268
   

   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson why would people be carrying horseshoes around with them…shouldn't they be hanging on their horses feet?

   
   On long trips, spare horseshoes are heavy. It was simply a convenience to the horse not to have to carry them while the owner slept.
9. 2018-05-18 at 1:59 PM UTC

   #269
   

   infinityshock Black Hole

   Originally posted by -SpectraL Because if you eat the cake, you no longer have a cake. That's why you can't have your cake and eat it, too.

   
   thats ridiculous...of course you still have it. it didnt evaporate into nothing...its flowing through your alimentary canal somewhere. the absolute definition of 'in ones possession.'
10. 2018-05-18 at 2 PM UTC

    #270
    

    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

    Originally posted by tee hee hee What about passing the "bucket"?

    
    That saying is used when someone sees something disgusting, upsetting or overly sentimental. The person requests a bucket to vomit into.
11. 2018-05-18 at 2:01 PM UTC

    #271
    

    infinityshock Black Hole

    Originally posted by -SpectraL But the principle involved is that some people do not follow that logic. They are so greedy and self-absorbed and entitled that they actually think they can 1/buy the cake, 2/eat the cake, but 3/still have the cake.

    
    i want to meet whomever came up with that pile of shit train of thought and kick them in the balls with steel toe boots.
    
    it must have been a jedi. only a jedi would have the mental processes to be that retarded when it comes to possessions
12. 2018-05-18 at 2:02 PM UTC

    #272
    

    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

    Originally posted by infinityshock thats ridiculous…of course you still have it. it didnt evaporate into nothing…its flowing through your alimentary canal somewhere. the absolute definition of 'in ones possession.'

    
    But once you shit it out in a creamy-brown-with-a-single-white-stripe, stinky, goo-pile, you no longer have it.
13. 2018-05-18 at 2:04 PM UTC

    #273
    

    Red_Woman African Astronaut
    I would say to the whiner, buy another one. Possibly bigger and choke yourself into it. lol
14. 2018-05-18 at 2:06 PM UTC

    #274
    

    NARCassist gollums fat coach
    i feel like a cunt
    
    
    
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15. 2018-05-18 at 2:07 PM UTC

    #275
    

    Red_Woman African Astronaut
    Is it an improvement?
16. 2018-05-18 at 2:08 PM UTC

    #276
    

    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

    Originally posted by NARCassist i feel like a cunt
    
    
    
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    then have one.
17. 2018-05-18 at 2:08 PM UTC

    #277
    

    NARCassist gollums fat coach

    Originally posted by Red_Woman Is it an improvement?

    
    dunno, i haven't got to feel one yet, give me time to go locate one that is willing and i'll tell you.
    
    
    
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18. 2018-05-18 at 2:09 PM UTC

    #278
    

    Archer513 African Astronaut
    It means you can’t have it all...basically
    
    Cucumbers are cool to the touch due to the high water content and thin skin
    
    Here’s a link to more...
    
    https://www.stylist.co.uk/books/everyday-sayings-explained/124076/amp
19. 2018-05-18 at 2:10 PM UTC

    #279
    

    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

    Originally posted by -SpectraL On long trips, spare horseshoes are heavy. It was simply a convenience to the horse not to have to carry them while the owner slept.

    
    I see
20. 2018-05-18 at 2:13 PM UTC

    #280
    

    infinityshock Black Hole

    Originally posted by -SpectraL In the old Western days, they had a large nail sticking out on each side of the outside of the front door of hotels which customers would use to hang their horseshoes on. Overnight, the cold wind would absorb into the nails, since they were outside all the time, and when customers would go to grab their horseshoes in the morning they'd be cold as a dead body to the touch. Thus the saying, dead as a door nail.

    
    youre a few thousand years off...back in the olden days of egypt
    
    it has to do with the way doors were made, with wood and nails. the way the wood was connected was by driving a nail through the boards to connect them then the pointy part of the nail that was sticking out was bashed into a 90-degree angle buried into the wood to secure it. they termed that 'dead.' i dont know why but there are a lot of things in construction with the title 'dead' and from what i can tell it has to do with whatever it is being buried in something, hidden under/behind something else, or in the dirt.