knowman's definitions

pump bandit

Someone who drives away without paying for their gas. Some try to claim it's a form of social justice because "the oil companies are ripping us off." Basically it's stealing from the guy who owns the local gas station.

Thanks to the pump bandits you now have to prepay all the time.

by knowman April 22, 2008

Dead Doggy

A game for old owners who don't like to throw, and old dogs who don't like to fetch. Both players settle in their most comfortable spots and whoever gets up first is the loser.

I spent the afternoon playing dead doggy with Oliver, and I won.

by knowman March 23, 2008

east omaha job

Junking cars while your family lives on welfare.

If it wasn't for welfare Dickys' kids would starve, he would rather have an east omaha job than a regular job. The average east omaha job pays $1.00 an hour plus all you can steal.

by knowman April 3, 2008

custom

1. A well thought out, and designed project using the finest parts, and workmanship. 2. A cobbled together piece of junk using what trash you could get for nothing. Custom is in the eye or the stupidity of the beholder.

You can't polish a turd, but you can spray paint it gold, and call it custom.

by knowman March 27, 2012

beat like a dog

who can't read music. To be held to a standard you know nothing about or is impossible to meet, and to be constantly punished for not meeting that standard. A form of spouse abuse. The abuser uses Mr or Ms Wonderful as their standard, and average isn't good enough. A sign that a marriage is terminal.

I'm being beat like a dog who can't read music, and I don't know how much more I can take.

by knowman March 15, 2008

dead horse

in the salvage trade a dead horse is something you got for little or nothing because the former owner really wanted to get rid of it. a pallet of computer monitors the bank gave away is a dead horse. the trick is to sell the best parts as horse meat, the not so best parts as dog food,and give the rest away before it starts to stink and you have to pay to dispose of it. making money on dead horses is a skill that takes years to learn.

old computer parts,old computer monitors(disposal costs), paint (disposal costs), anything that you have to pay to get rid of. i got a load of paint for $1 a can. i hope the paint is useable, or that dead horse will really stink.

by knowman March 1, 2008

garage sale trail

The path most consumer technology takes, from gee wiz. to so what, to make an offer. In other words technology will become quickly outdated and lose most of its value. The rule of the garage sale trail is a curse to the first owner but a blessing for the next owner.

The rule of the garage sale trail makes a $1,000 tv worth $50 in 5 years.

by knowman December 20, 2011