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.
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A Scottish phrase that translates as "Go and sell your ass". "Raffle" meaning "sell" and "donut" meaning "ass". Said by Craig Ferguson on "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" on May 22, 2008.
McTeagle: Lend me 50 pounds to mend the shed.
McDonald: Away and raffle your donut ya wee girl!
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A Lego brick left on the floor that you step on in the middle of the night..
I went to get a midnight snack and stepped on a danish landmine my kid had left in the kitchen. I couldn't walk for three days.
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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.
Our weekly staff meeting at work was another measurable eternity. With every minute that passed I could feel whole geological epochs passing.
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An affliction suffered by millions of people starting in January and lasting 2 to 3 weeks. Said afflicted unconciously write the dates on checks, forms, documents, etc. as the date from the previous year.
Bank Teller: "Sir, you wrote the date on your check as 1/3/2008. Its actually 1/3/2009."
Me: "Damn my yeartardedness!"
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A combination of midget and Hitler. Describes a tyrannical boss or supervisor who is also a dwarf.
He: "That little asshole supervisor who makes the weekly schedule is making us work Saturday!"
Me: "What a fucking midgitler!"
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!"
