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mknod  ·  3711 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Oblique Strategies For The Hubski Generation

ALLITERATION (pretend I stood on a desk in a big office and yelled that cause that's what I want to do).

I'm actually holding back quite a bit because I like seeing (hearing?) other replies. But I love sitting here thinking of ridiculous "vignettes of sentences". I think what I appreciate most about them is that it's mostly something you see/hear/say and then just throw away. There is no pressure to make up something that will make people think you're deep.

"Take your apple"

"If a fish cries do they know it?"

"Was Groucho always wearing a mask?"

"Is your car alive?"

"Pens Penis"

"Last one in is the greatest person alive!"

"No president has ever been to space"

"Make a lasting impression by beheading your ego"

"Cow milk?"

"Television rots your brain in a good way"

"I recommend 30 shots of kindness, taken intravenously"

"My anger gives you power"

"Knowledge is worthless, money is all that matters"

"Don't look a gift horse in the two bushes"

"Hurry up and breathe"





_refugee_  ·  3709 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    "Don't look a gift horse in the two bushes"

The other day my friend was complaining about salt bagels, asking why they exist, and I said "So deer can lick their wounds." I love making new, barely-sensical idioms - they only appear to make sense if not read too deeply, but most everyone who hears them understands where the phrase is coming from/what it is referencing.

mknod  ·  3709 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah! I do this too. I especially like someone doesn't get it. Every day we say weird idioms and pointing this out really can throw people in a brain loop.

_refugee_  ·  3705 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have two for you.

1 from tonight: "Sounds like a rock star!" Comes from kind of combining "Sounds good" and "You're a rockstar." Like, "I totally approve of all of these things [that you are doing]!" I mean, rock stars, by definition, sound good, so I feel like this is an easy one.

2 just remembered this one I made up on the spot

    sucks more balls than a vacuum in a cotton factory