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Moving Bags of Lettuce

A phrase used to describe something that:
A) should be incredibly simple, but is instead quite complicated
B) should be easy, but instead requires immense effort
C) seems like it should take only a short while to accomplish, but instead takes exponentially longer than expected

The phrase appears to have originated from a conversation between an engineer and his sister early in 2024. The story goes that in describing his day, he was explaining a conveyor belt that he was designing. Intending to use “like” as a filler word, he said, “It’s just, like, moving bags of lettuce! It shouldn’t be so hard!” His sister, thinking he was using some new expression she had never heard, asked him to explain what he meant by, “like moving bags of lettuce.” Thus the expression was born.
My work was terribly difficult today. I felt like I was moving bags of lettuce.

Changing that tire was like moving bags of lettuce. It took three hours longer than I thought it would have.
by The Guy from Up North September 22, 2024
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plea bargaining

A way for some offenders to abuse the criminal justice system by avoiding conviction of more serious charges which would result in a sentence that includes a term of incarceration or other requirements that would get in the way of their future criminal activity.
In the plea bargaining phase the defendant was able to negotiate with the help of their attorney a pleas of guilty to the charge of Conspiracy to Commit Murder over Sex Abuse because they didn't want to have to register as a Sex Offender.
by ClassicRow_idk November 11, 2024
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She has some great bounce bags.
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Members: Alice Bag, Patricia Morrison, Rob Ritter, Craig Lee and Terry Graham.
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Raining Sleeping bags

A word for when someone isn't going to get lucky...
'Hey the day that he'll get lucky will be the day that it is finally raining sleeping bags...'
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