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The Joy of Slang

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thecomicbookguy said:
I thought a Hasek was when a skater brushes the goalie, and the goalie falls down like he's been shot.
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Nope, that's a Stewart.

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Another expression from the carpentry crew, when someone was being unreasonably fussy: "It's a garage, not the Taj Mahal!"
It turned into a (joking) excuse for cutting corners against all good judgement i.e., "they don't need plumbing, it ain't the Taj Mahal".
 
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geezer said:
Another expression from the carpentry crew, when someone was being unreasonably fussy: "It's a garage, not the Taj Mahal!"
It turned into a (joking) excuse for cutting corners against all good judgement i.e., "they don't need plumbing, it ain't the Taj Mahal".
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My dad would always say, "Good enough for government work" for similar situations.
 
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"Deaf as a haddock"

"personality of a dead fish"

"close enough for handgrenades in horseshoes" (no idea where that one comes from)
 
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leswp1 said:
Mr Les came up "dumber than a rail" as in 'dumber than a fence post' but posts don't need help to stand. Rails are so stupid they cant think of anything themselves.

"brighter than a lightbulb" (ie stupid as a box of rocks)
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When someone is really stupid, I often add "...but that would be an insult to the rocks/hammers."
 
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Two others from carpentry after say, bending off a 20-penny nail:

"Someone's going to lose their religion when they try to pull that one out."

-or-

"Whoever tries to pull that one out will have dead babies." :eek:
 
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Carpenters are really the innovators of American slang.

Another very common phrase that I haven't seen posted yet.

She's a carpenter's dream (flat as a board, never been nailed).
 
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geezer said:
Another expression from the carpentry crew, when someone was being unreasonably fussy: "It's a garage, not the Taj Mahal!"
It turned into a (joking) excuse for cutting corners against all good judgement i.e., "they don't need plumbing, it ain't the Taj Mahal".
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With my old neighbor it was "We ain't building a church".
 
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