Coined phrases

There are very few problems that can't be solved with money, firepower or explosives, or a combination of the three.

A Cuban guy I knew years ago came up with:

With friends like that, who needs enemas?

"Them Fokkers was Messerschmidts!"

NOT MINE:

There is no kill like overkill. (To be used when bracing something that you'd overbuilt anyway. With some more gussets for flavor.)

If you can't afford to do it right, you probably can't afford to do it twice. (The one that leads to the above)

MINE:

The Boost Monster always wins.

in reference to our work (as directed ) and a former employer...

there's never enough time to do it right but there's always time to do it over...

go figure

General Motors-- cars for the easily impressed.

lewbud wrote: There are very few problems that can't be solved with money, firepower or explosives, or a combination of the three.

That sounds like another coined phrase I wish I'd been smart enough to write..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5puAN1PGQw

Trans_Maro wrote: "we're not happy, 'till you're not happy"

The motto of the FAA

• when you want something REAAAALLLYY bad: "I would punch a nun to get that insert desired item here "
• multi-use quote: "there are no problems so big they cannot be corrected with the direct application of a Louisville Slugger"

turboswede wrote:

mtn wrote: Grandpa's, when trying to get a family vacation on the road: "And we're off like a herd of turtles!"

Mine was always We're off like a terd of hurtles!

Mine is

We're off like a herd of Ninja turtles.

At construction jobs, I frequently quote the movie "Babe"

(delivered with the appropriate lazy English farmer's drawl) "That'll do, pig. That'll do."

I think this one is mine:

"Lets get this slow boat on the road"

A mixture of "slow boat to china" and "lets get this E36 M3 show on the road"

From my father in law this weekend: "I'm so tired I'd get high centered on pea gravel." He's great, you get at least one of this sort of saying every day.

If you can't finesse it, force it.

A lot of these are variations (good ones!) on the original theme. Today's mixed-up metaphor for me was,

"up to my alligator in shiny happy people."

I think it works better.

When the weather is beautiful, "It's so nice out, I feel like leaving it out."

"That car has Madonna camber"

Silverfleet & I came across a riced out Integra one day. The rear wheels had excessive negative camber, while the front had excessive positive camber. It reminded me of Madonna's "Vogue" video, hence the term.

"Shake it like a bad baby" The implicit horror of it wears off after you use it a few times

"Its like herding cats." Usually used in conjunction with having to be DD and attempting to get all your drunk friends into the car/out of the bar/etc.

Appleseed wrote: "Can I get a Hetfield?" As in Jame Hetfield of Metallica. The response is throwing the devil horns and; "Yeah-ee-yea-ah!"

I was thinking the proper response would be more like "be a whiny little bitch." My bad

I'm sure others have come up with 'em, too, but my favorite amalgamated phrases are "I'd lose my head if it wasn't stuck up my ass", and "We'll burn that bridge when we come to it."

This one's new today!:

I was gettin' stuff done like a single guy with no kids.

One of my favorites: 'berkeleyed up as a football bat'.

Old tyme variation of the shaken bad baby: 'beat it like a red headed stepchild'.

Hard to start motorcycle: 'kick it like it owes you money'.

Jackassery - actions which result in you being called... well... you can figure it out...

Use: "That is some jackassery there"

MA$$hole wrote: "That car has Madonna camber" Silverfleet & I came across a riced out Integra one day. The rear wheels had excessive negative camber, while the front had excessive positive camber. It reminded me of Madonna's "Vogue" video, hence the term.

LOL

Effing Madonna camber!

Bend over, we're driving.