Definitions by QuacksO
bedtime-vs.-age debacle
Refers to the age-old "cranky conundrum" issue about when children want to go to bed as opposed to when adults wish to do so. Many youngsters detest bedtime and want to delay it as long as possible, whereas grownups often can't wait to "hit da hay", and are also always looking to "catch a few extra winks" whenever possible.
Da whole bedtime-vs.-age debacle equally applies to getting up in the morning, as well --- many kids are totally "rarin' to go" at da crack of dawn, whereas their exhausted parents would happily "sleep till noon" if they had da choice.
bedtime-vs.-age debacle by QuacksO October 31, 2018
buyography
People with compulsive shopping disorder are often unaware --- or at least unwilling to admit --- that they even HAVE the problem, and therefore, autobuyography-writing is rare among these individuals; they are often obliged to have outside observers --- who DO perceive the financially-unwise patterns in the affected people' lives --- write the compositions for them.
buyography by QuacksO October 31, 2018
Salamander Rushdie
Salamander Rushdie is a prime example of the "lizard people" whom some conspiracy theorists believe are running this world from behind the scenes.
Salamander Rushdie by QuacksO October 30, 2018
heart of gold
The blood-pumping organ of a greedy/selfish moocher/fortune-hunter who only yearns for gold; i.e., his main goal in life is to be given money to either hoard or spend frivolously.
In the 1937 comedy-film "Way Out West", Laurel and Hardy play a couple of witless buddies who unknowingly deliver a deed for a gold mine to the wrong woman; the recipient is actually the heiress's devious guardian with a "heart of gold"... Laurel naively "hits home" by telling her, "Now that you own a mine, I bet you'll be a swell gold-digger".
heart of gold by QuacksO October 30, 2018
Murphy's Law of Clothes-drying
Similar to the old "wax your car if you want it to rain" joke, this saying reads: "It can be mild and sunny for days on end, but then just as soon as you hang out a whole bunch o' laundry to dry, THAT'S when da sun will abruptly disappear behind huge dark clouds and you'll have a bleepin' MONSOON FOR A WEEK!"
The weather had been totally "bright 'n' balmy" for a good while, and so one afternoon last week I tried to save money and electricity by using my clothesline instead of the watts-sucking dryer, but then it rained heavily during the night, and it's been foggy and drizzly ever since! Sounds like a classic case of "Murphy's Law of Clothes-drying" to me.
Murphy's Law of Clothes-drying by QuacksO October 30, 2018
redial refrain
The rapid little multi-note musical ditty that you hear when you press "redial" on a touch-tone phone.
I got a busy signal for three quarters of an hour before I finally got through to a live person in customer service --- here's a case where I am indeed glad dat my phone has auto-redial, but I got soooo tired of hearing dat 0%!$&#@ 11-note redial refrain over and over every half-minute!
redial refrain by QuacksO October 30, 2018