weasel1969's definitions
The phrase "whipping a dead horse" means to attempt to revive a moot point or issue. "Whipping a pile of horse bones" means to keep making futile and pointless attempts to revive interest in something that no one has cared about for so long its rotted away into a skeleton of its former self.
AKA: The Simpsons
Seasons 1 through 6 were the best. By season 8, FOX and Matt Groening were whipping a dead horse. Which means for the last 10 seasons they have been whipping a pile of horse bones.
Seasons 1 through 6 were the best. By season 8, FOX and Matt Groening were whipping a dead horse. Which means for the last 10 seasons they have been whipping a pile of horse bones.
by weasel1969 October 9, 2008
Get the whipping a pile of horse bonesmug. Family Guy was on and I emitted a yawn.
by weasel1969 August 27, 2007
Get the yawnmug. He: "That little asshole supervisor who makes the weekly schedule is making us work Saturday!"
Me: "What a fucking midgitler!"
Me: "What a fucking midgitler!"
by weasel1969 October 10, 2008
Get the midgitlermug. A known period of time that isn't really that long but still seems to take forever.
Examples:
The last day of school before summer vacation begins.
The last 10 minutes of work before a 3 day weekend.
Waiting through all the ads and trailers before the movie you went to see starts.
Any business meeting.
Examples:
The last day of school before summer vacation begins.
The last 10 minutes of work before a 3 day weekend.
Waiting through all the ads and trailers before the movie you went to see starts.
Any business meeting.
Our weekly staff meeting at work was another measurable eternity. With every minute that passed I could feel whole geological epochs passing.
by weasel1969 December 24, 2019
Get the Measurable Eternitymug. The job a person gets when they wake up every morning, put a gun to their head, but can never summon enough willpower to pull the trigger.
As I entered the store, I was approached by the walmart greeter. Our eyes met for only a moment, but it was enough to see the deep, painful hopelessness in his gaze. Whoever the person he used to be had died long ago, leaving a spent shell, an automaton. An emotionless drone pretending to be a human being. "Good morning." he said to me. In subtext he might as well have said "Please kind stranger, kill me and end my existence, for I have not the strength to do it myself." Pity stayed my hand, and I made a mental note to avoid Walmart at all cost.
by weasel1969 July 6, 2010
Get the walmart greetermug. That one time of year when everybody thinks everyone in their neighborhood suddenly turns into a child poisoning psychopath.
October 30: "Oh howdy, neighbor! Can't wait for Halloween tomorrow. It's going to be a fun night. Make sure to bring plenty of candy for the kids."
October 31: "Check all the candy! The next door neighbor might have put drugs in it! We can't trust any of these people that we've lived next door to for years!"
October 31: "Check all the candy! The next door neighbor might have put drugs in it! We can't trust any of these people that we've lived next door to for years!"
by weasel1969 October 14, 2019
Get the Halloweenmug. noun: A character or creature in a movie, usually a sci-fi or fantasy, who exists solely to sell merchandise, toys and drink cups at McDonalds. Other than that, they add nothing to the plot. Named after a "Saturday Night Live" commercial parody from the 1990s called "Philadelphia Action Figures". The Tom Hanks figure had a flamethrower, net launcher and a "dino buddy" side kick.
by weasel1969 August 1, 2007
Get the dino buddymug.