Traditionally, used to denote the beginning of (American) baseball season practice anxiously awaited by enthusiasts each springtime: If there was grass growing, then the season had progressed enou gh past winter to start the new season: "play ball!" More recently, it has become a slang inferring statutory laws regarding underage females did not, in practice, realistically apply and that instead, the presence of pubic hair (grass) indicated sufficient maturation to begin sexual activity (play ball).
"I know your sister's only twelve, but I go by baseball, not age, "If there's grass on the field, play ball!"
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the only way to end a heated debate when one person continues to repeat a lie in the hopes that the other person will believe it is true.
comes from the ST:TNG episode where Capt. Picard is captured by the Cardassians and subjected to physical and psychological torture to make him believe there are five lights instead of four in the interrogation room.
comes from the ST:TNG episode where Capt. Picard is captured by the Cardassians and subjected to physical and psychological torture to make him believe there are five lights instead of four in the interrogation room.
pundit: "But the GOP hasn't contributed to the national debt!"
expert: "Two unnecessary wars..."
pundit: "But the GOP hasn't contributed to the national debt!"
expert: "Increased military spending..."
pundit: "But the GOP hasn't contributed to the national debt!"
expert: "Tax breaks for the super wealthy..."
pundit: "But the GOP hasn't contributed to the national debt!"
expert: "THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!"
expert: "Two unnecessary wars..."
pundit: "But the GOP hasn't contributed to the national debt!"
expert: "Increased military spending..."
pundit: "But the GOP hasn't contributed to the national debt!"
expert: "Tax breaks for the super wealthy..."
pundit: "But the GOP hasn't contributed to the national debt!"
expert: "THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!"
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Get the Dirty terese mug."You had to be there" is a phrase that one often uses when someone asks about a situation/joke/piece of time.
Basically, it means that it's hard to actually explain what that situation was like and that the person who is asking had to be a part of the situation to understand.
TLDR; You should have been there
Basically, it means that it's hard to actually explain what that situation was like and that the person who is asking had to be a part of the situation to understand.
TLDR; You should have been there
For example, when perhaps two of your friends have an inside joke without you, and you're curious as to what that inside joke means, and they tell you, "You had to be there" (meaning, you had to be around them at the time when the inside joke took place to truly understand it).
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Your one of my top people on there, your doing great!!
We were making apple pie and I forgot to add the apples on there
We were making apple pie and I forgot to add the apples on there
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