• k0e3@lemmy.ca
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    13 hours ago

    I think we say, “don’t hold your breath,” in English.

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      13 hours ago

      Or “don’t count on it” (because if you did you’d be counting for eternity)

      I’m sure there’s more I’m not thinking of right now…

      “Why don’t you wish in one hand and shit in the other, and see which one fills up first”

      … yeah, I like the chair one

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        3 hours ago

        That sounds kinda close to an old saying I’ve heard once in over 40 years

        Put a finger in your mouth and a finger in your anus, and hope; if that doesn’t work, switch around.

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        12 hours ago

        When I was a kid I thought the saying was “why don’t you piss in one hand and shit in the other, and see which one fills first?” And I was like wow adults are gross

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          17 minutes ago

          My mother used to say “If wishes were horses,” and I had no idea where that came from. I didn’t get internet until after her death in 2001. I looked up that saying and the complete version is, " If wishes were horses then beggars would ride. " Apparently, it’s a very old saying so I guess adults weren’t always gross.

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          12 hours ago

          idk which hand you’d fill first doing that method, lmao

          It’s basically just a crass way to say “wishing is for suckers”

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            8 hours ago

            idk which hand you’d fill first doing that method

            Definitely the piss hand, unless your bowels are unwell.

            …is not a sentence I thought I’d be typing today 😄