.jpg?1227026973) By D.A. Fox |
I like cliches. Especially cheesy or vague cliches. One Sunday back in March I tried to speak in all cliches, which is something that my friend Pete Pelmo does almost every day of the year, and he largely inspired this list. |
The thing is, cliches are going away because the oral tradition in our country is lost to the digitally transmitted (typed) word. Text, IM, email, and spanking off on webcams have taken a big bite out of the spoken word, but words still count with me.
Let’s Go:
This cliche means everything and nothing at all. Here’s how you use it:
“Hey Richard, wanna grab a few beers?”
Palms facing each other in a V formation, knees pointed outwards you reply “Those are odds I can live with”
Feel free to laugh to yourself after saying this because, shit, you’re a funny oddsmaker.
UPDATED:
[12:40] Jeremy Azevedo: I DONT THINK THATS A PROPER USAGE OF THE PHRASE “THOSE ARE ODDS I CAN LIVE WITH”
[12:40] Jeremy Azevedo: wtf
[12:40] Jeremy Azevedo: caps lock
[12:41] AndyFox1979: ok
[12:41] Jeremy Azevedo: its more like “hey richard, if you drink even one more beer, you’re going to go blind. like legally blind. for real.”
[12:41] Jeremy Azevedo: richard: “those are odds i can live with!”
[12:42] Jeremy Azevedo: (drinks beer anyway)
[12:42] AndyFox1979: right
“Up One Side And Down The Other”
Like most cliches, this one can be used as sexual innuendo as well as general application. Up one side and down the other refers to something being wholly or uniformly something, or your feelings on a subject being very resolute.
“Are you enjoying your meal sir?”
“Up one side and down the other, thank you very much”
Feel free to do a diving roller coaster motion with your hand to drive the point home.
Advanced Only: Cap it off with a casual wink.
