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cyberpedant
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North Adams, MA
English USA, Northeast, NYC
- Jul 25, 2008
- #1
There are several phrases like that in the header which mean "Duh, why are you asking such a stupid question?" or something vaguely similar. Do you know of any others? I'm looking for something I may not have heard before.
Thanks for your suggestions.
bibliolept
Senior Member
Northern California
AE, Español
- Jul 25, 2008
- #2
[PROFANITY WARNING]
"Does a bear shit in the woods?"
"Is a frog's ass watertight?"
(Sometimes the Pope is actually used in place of the bear or the frog, strictly in a respectful and ecumenical spirit.)
Loob
Senior Member
English UK
- Jul 25, 2008
- #3
Biblio-bear's "bear" one was the one I thought of, too.
Urban Dictory has a collection (see the blue links here). I rather like the idea of "do one-legged ducks swim in circles?"
This whole area is surely one where there's scope for a good deal of creativity
Kevin Beach
Senior Member
Ninfield (Near Battle), East Sussex, England
British English
- Jul 25, 2008
- #4
Creativity? Oh ... okay:
"Does ewie keep moderating his own posts?!"
bibliolept
Senior Member
Northern California
AE, Español
- Jul 25, 2008
- #5
Some examples linked on UrbanDictioanry seem to be different flavors, with slightly different meanings:
Does a one-legged duck swim in circles - more of an evasion, according to the website, rather than an affirmation.
Certainly, another one linked there, "do chickens have lips," would be a negation.
sdgraham
Senior Member
Oregon, USA
USA English
- Jul 25, 2008
- #6
"Does ewie keep moderating his own posts?!"
Cat got an ass?
jforres1
Member
Winnipeg
Canada/ English
- Jul 25, 2008
- #7
Is the sky blue?
I hear this one quite often
Loob
Senior Member
English UK
- Jul 25, 2008
- #8
bibliolept said:
Some examples linked on UrbanDictioanry seem to be different flavors, with slightly different meanings:
Does a one-legged duck swim in circles - more of an evasion, according to the website, rather than an affirmation.
Certainly, another one linked there, "do chickens have lips," would be a negation.
But Bibbles, the "evasion" definition of the one-legged duck variant is the one that gets all the thumbs down
You're right about chickens & lips though!
ewie
Senior Member
Manchester
English English
- Jul 25, 2008
- #9
I'm afraid my favourite is the Pope ... woods version.
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TheAmzngTwinWndr
Senior Member
California, USA
English - USA
- Jul 25, 2008
- #10
You can say whatever you want actually, as long as it makes sense.
cuchuflete
Senior Member
Maine, EEUU
EEUU-inglés
- Jul 25, 2008
- #11
Here's an old family favorite, often uttered by my Great Uncle Wilbur, especially in the years following his demise:
Do foreros make off-topic remarks?
ewie
Senior Member
Manchester
English English
- Jul 25, 2008
- #12
Do turkeys stampede at dawn? (Or anyone else?)
cuchuflete
Senior Member
Maine, EEUU
EEUU-inglés
- Jul 25, 2008
- #13
ewie said:
Do turkeys stampede at dawn? (Or anyone else?)
Ahh, here we have clear proof that Great Uncle Wilbur was on to something.
Do chickens cross the road to get to the other side? (or is it because they are stapled to the cheeks of punk rockers crossing roads?)
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emma42
Senior Member
North East USA
British English
- Jul 25, 2008
- #14
Which cheeks?
My go:
Do Welshmen like sheep?
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katie_here
Senior Member
England
England/English
- Jul 25, 2008
- #15
emma42 said:
Which cheeks?
My go:
Do Welshmen like sheep?
That one can be quite offensive though, can't it.
bibliolept
Senior Member
Northern California
AE, Español
- Jul 25, 2008
- #16
katie_here said:
That one can be quite offensive though, can't it.
It's time we break the silence surrounding the plight of the sheep.
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emma42
Senior Member
North East USA
British English
- Jul 25, 2008
- #17
katie_here said:
That one can be quite offensive though, can't it.
I don't think so. As the Welsh are not an oppressed minority in the sense that, say, the Irish were in the 70s and before, I think they are fair game to be made fun of, as we might make fun of people from Yorkshire, Essex, Scotland, France, maybe even Nottingham...
cuchuflete
Senior Member
Maine, EEUU
EEUU-inglés
- Jul 25, 2008
- #18
Will the pulitikly keerectitude brigades find some fault or other with damned near anything? (Another of Great Uncle Wilbur's posthumous gems...)
nzfauna
Senior Member
Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand, English
- Jul 25, 2008
- #19
Basically, you can make up anything you like!!
ewie
Senior Member
Manchester
English English
- Jul 26, 2008
- #20
Do New Zealanders like sheep?
[Thanks, ewie, we've done that one]
Loob
Senior Member
English UK
- Jul 26, 2008
- #21
Do New Zealanders like ewes?
I can't believe I said that
ewie
Senior Member
Manchester
English English
- Jul 26, 2008
- #22
12 minutes have passed and I still don't get that one, LooLoo.
Loob
Senior Member
English UK
- Jul 26, 2008
- #23
I'm sorry, ewie, it was a really bad pun on ewie and ewe.
Mea culpa.
Please don't excommunicate me
ewie
Senior Member
Manchester
English English
- Jul 26, 2008
- #24
Oh I see. (I probably shouldn't be telling you this ... but Bibbles didn't get it either).
Loob
Senior Member
English UK
- Jul 26, 2008
- #25
Does the Nun translate?
Does the Mole match?
Does the (erm) Cuch uflete?
Brioche
Senior Member
Adelaide
Australia English
- Jul 26, 2008
- #26
This is looking suspiciously like a list.
panjandrum
Senior Member
Belfast, Ireland
English-Ireland (top end)
- Jul 26, 2008
- #27
It is indeed - and that's why it is now closed.
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