An early-'40's-era Deutschland-based facility staffed by highly-skilled SS agents who could magically and instantly get a car to run and perform perfectly with just a simple touch. Just ask Baron von Trapp, who personally witnessed the group's miraculous mechanical-capabilities after he and his family unexpectedly encountered said group while they were pushing their automobile out of their driveway, and --- at his supervisor's command to "repair Herr von Trapp's car, so that it will start"--- one of the agents easily fired up the car's motor on the first try.
The Gestapo Garage may indeed have been exceptionally adept at making seemingly-disabled vehicles start up and operate perfectly, but the problem was that they tended to show up without your ever having sent for them, and performing "repairs" that you'd just as soon not have had done at that particular time.
by QuacksO June 12, 2019
Get the Gestapo Garagemug. What a casually-observing neighbor will amusedly ask you if da dog dat you're taking for a stroll is enthusiastically pulling you along.
I often run into da classic "WHO'S walking WHOM???" scenareo when helping out my neighbors by leading their eager-to-be-out-and-about dogs around town on a leash, so I always opt for a harness instead of a collar, so dat I don't risk having said forward-tugging canines feel choked and breathless.
by QuacksO October 31, 2023
Get the WHO'S walking WHOM???mug. Refers to the common and acutely frustrating "doggedly pretending not to understand and thus getting the help-requester to repeat/rephrase his tale of woe over and over till he finally gives up" strategy that many adults/older siblings resort to in an effort to eventually discourage a youngster in his efforts to motivate said elder to intervene on his behalf, but the elder does not wish to get involved or bestir himself. This destructive and selfishly-deceitful practice involves a similar "hiding behind a veil of fake confusion" ruse used by the jackal in the famous fable --- the jackal pretends to never quite be able to understand the situation and thus flimflams the frustratedly enraged tiger into tempestuously re-entering the cage so that the jackal could lock him back inside again, thus preventing him from devouring the Brahman for dinner.
I tried to get my uncle to step in and settle the quarrel I was having with my cousin, but he always just kept smiling amusedly and scratching his head in apparent bewilderment and asking me to repeat my story and "explain myself" over and over --- I know full well that my story was perfectly clear and easy for him to understand, though, so I suspect now that he was pulling the old Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hide ploy on me just so that he wouldn't have to get involved in the dispute.
by QuacksO January 18, 2017
Get the Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hidemug. A huge stone monument in South Dakota dat celebrates a few of da less "speedy" U.S. Presidents; i.e., commanders-in-chief who really "took their sweet ol' time" in making significant changes to their country and its political attributes.
A lot of da U.S. Prez figures down through history are sarcastically viewed by many disgruntled citizens as being little more than dat --- "figures"... these dissatisfied folks feel dat da majority of da presidents were largely ineffective at actually making significant positive difference in da overall economy or da well-being of da country in general. It would therefore be difficult to choose which of these four-or-eight-year head-honchos should be remembered by having their ugly mugs recreated in granite and marble on Mount Dawdlemore, since so many of them were considered to have contributed so little to da health of da nation while they were in office.
by QuacksO December 05, 2020
Get the Mount Dawdlemoremug. Refers to da "shout-out" phone call dat you make to one or more local homes/businesses during a power-outage, to ask if they are without electricity, also ("Are you folks in da Dark Ages, as well?"); this allows you to reliably determine if it is indeed a widespread outage, rather than it's being "just you" (i.e., where you would need to check your home's wiring/fuse-box for unseen faulty connections).
During an unexpected power-outage, most folks will likely be at least marginally patient/understanding if you want to check wif dem about whether their electricity is off, as well, but you should still consider carefully before making said call --- usually you will want to do so only if da current weather is fairly "calm 'n' balmy" and therefore a utilities-outage would not be expected. It is generally understood dat service-wires might be downed if there is heavy snow/wind, and so in these cases your "dark ages"-inquiry phone call might be viewed as somewhat of an unnecessary/frivolous interruption, especially since those other folks will themselves probably be experiencing moderate difficulties/concerns regarding said hiccup in da flow of "angry pixies", and so at da time they may be feverishly scrambling to "batten down da hatches" while waiting for da power to come back on again. Good luck trying to call anyone, though, since nowadays da phone and electricity are no longer such "entirely separate circuits" as they used to be, and so unless it's an extremely small and "localized" outage, your home-phone service will likely be out, also, if da electricity is off. Dat's an instance where mobile phones can be an alternative means of communication, since most cellular-towers have their own "dedicated" power-source dat will remain active even if da "regular" electricity is off.
by QuacksO March 19, 2019
Get the "dark ages"-inquiry phone callmug. How someone of "conservative mind and superior morals" disapprovingly describes an excessively-butt-baring outfit that a young lady wants to wear to a social gathering of some kind, such as a dance, party, or school prom.
A lot of times when a middle-aged-or-older matron or neighborhood gramma cluckingly criticizes a teenage girl's somewhat-revealing gown as "just assking for trouble", one should seriously wonder if her real reason for objecting is that she is simply jealous that **she herself** no longer possesses a cute firm behind --- or maybe NEVER DID to begin with --- and therefore she is no longer "getting any" from the available hot hunks around town, and so she cannot stand to see a shapely younger filly gaily showing off her "merchandise" for all da raging-hormone-steeped youngblood-studs at da gathering to lust over.
by QuacksO October 26, 2018
Get the just assking for troublemug. Well, it **sorta** rhymes.
Refers to an interval of either formal schooling or first-hand experience dat really drives home da truth/validity of a belief or philosophy dat you had already been familiar wif, rather than your merely being introduced to da concept for da first time.
Refers to an interval of either formal schooling or first-hand experience dat really drives home da truth/validity of a belief or philosophy dat you had already been familiar wif, rather than your merely being introduced to da concept for da first time.
One prime example of a "confirming learning" scenario would be if you are sitting wif a much-liked individual in some form of a group-chair --- i.e., couch, bleachers, bench-swing, etc. --- and a third person comes along and unceremoniously plops himself down right between da two of you, rather than politely asking if you guys could please scooch over a bit to make room for him on one side (well, of course, if he hadn't actually been scheduled to meet up with you two in da first place, he should also humbly ask if it's okay for him to come and join you to begin with!): from da diligent guidance-tutoring of your parents and/or other caring grownups, you may have already been fully aware of how rude/upsetting it is to position yourself between two people who are conversing or otherwise actively/socially interacting, but having it actually happen to you in real life like this glaringly demonstrates da true scope/depth/nature of said inconsiderate action.
by QuacksO May 20, 2023
Get the confirming learningmug.