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I wonder if da real-life American bureaucrat with da "lip-service" last name would have enjoyed reading da "Henry Hugginger" books?
by QuacksO October 27, 2025
Get the Henry Huggingermug. An "obvious" --- i.e., easily recognizable with just a casual glance, and therefore does not need to be actually verbalized --- and comparatively-simple/minor assistive action dat someone requests merely by saying, "S'il-vous plait?"
Typical example of a French favor: Person A approaches Person B in his workshop and holds out two separate pieces of an item that have come apart, and thus need to be re-attached together with glue, one or more screws/nails, re-bending a wire fastener, etc.
Person A, a bit plaintively: "S'il-vous plait?"
Person B, immediately seeing what needs to be done, and smilingly feigning indignance: "Silver PLATES?!"
Person B then performs said simple repair, prompting Person A to gleefully hug Person B and then turn and start off again with a huge joyful grin on his face.
Person A: "Merci beaucoup!"
Person B, giving Person A an affable amused clap on the back: "Mercy buckets!"
Person A, a bit plaintively: "S'il-vous plait?"
Person B, immediately seeing what needs to be done, and smilingly feigning indignance: "Silver PLATES?!"
Person B then performs said simple repair, prompting Person A to gleefully hug Person B and then turn and start off again with a huge joyful grin on his face.
Person A: "Merci beaucoup!"
Person B, giving Person A an affable amused clap on the back: "Mercy buckets!"
by QuacksO December 28, 2024
Get the French favormug. "You can sit around at home till Doomsday and the prices at the pumps will stay fairly low, incessantly tempting you to travel. But the moment you decide to take off somewhere and head out on your trip, the price for a gallon of gas will go right through the roof!"
Gas-prices seemed fairly "stable" all summer, and so I delayed a road-trip for a while to "save up" or "accumulate" a number of errands so that hopefully my trip would be more cost-effective with regards to gas-consumption, but then when I stopped to fill up my tank in the morning when I was first heading out, the price had suddenly jumped over a quarter higher per gallon! Sounds like a classic case of "Murphy's Law of Gasoline Prices" to me!
by QuacksO September 12, 2019
Get the Murphy's Law of Gasoline Pricesmug. What your taste-buds are subjected to when you unwittingly chomp on a strip of lox when you'd assumed it was merely "regular" filleted salmon.
My crafty brother-in-law loves to prankingly slip "extreme" or "spiked" foods on me (i.e., heavily-spiced, excessive onions or vinegar, alum or teriyaki added, etc.) during our backyard barbecues; I therefore always try to remember to warily test any "unattended" plates of food with my tongue before naively taking a bite, so as not to get assalted.
by QuacksO February 11, 2020
Get the assaltmug. "If you go ahead and say something, people will get mad and accuse you of being too bold/impudent/forward, expecting too much, or asking too many questions. But if you keep quiet, people will criticize you for being too wimpy to stand up for yourself."
As a child and teenager, people always griped at me for my speaking my mind, and so I finally got too timid to open my mouth. Nowadays, however, many folks --- including some of those very same criticizers from my youth --- tell me that I need to stick up for myself more and stop being such a wuss... can't win! Classic example of "Murphy's Law of Speaking Up", I guess.
by QuacksO June 12, 2019
Get the Murphy's Law of Speaking Upmug. A prize stallion whose main job is to sire award-winning foals with lovely "cookies 'n' cream"-patterned coats.
Speckle-coated fillies are indeed always a joy to have around, but you'll need to add a few colts into the herd to be sure of having a Pappaloosa or two in the future to maintain the lineage when "the ladies" grow up.
by QuacksO June 23, 2019
Get the Pappaloosamug. Similar to the tobacco-themed "take a break" saying, this phrase refers to an occasional interval during travel or work when anyone in the party who has previously been "holding it in" is now permitted to "let fly" as much as he/she desires, even if said eruptions are obscenely loud and/or odiferous. Further explanation unnecessary.
Hippie-bus driver: Okay, folks --- we're about to cross the Passagassawakeag bridge, so I'm lowering the windows --- feel free to pass it if you've got it!
by QuacksO September 29, 2018
Get the Pass it if you've got itmug.