Ass Over Teakettle

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the donkey friend of the horse.

Thanks, I was curious. It was what my sister called me growing up.

 

[Liar]

Because you're a finger throwing bear with a bad attitude and no one wants to fuck a Swede?

Maybe that's why there are so damn few of us in the world.

 

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Maybe that's why there are so damn few of us in the world.

Aw, I can't be mean to you......
You tell anyone I was nice and I'll gut you like a fish.

 

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I doubt she meant to pleasant.
MOST people ASSume that the term references the unpleasant end of the horse. Rather the horse being a beast of burden...if it were to have a donkey (an ass)..well the horse's ass would be lower than low, eh?

(your subtlety was not lost on me)

What? I was lost reliving my childhood trauma.

 

[velvetpie]

I found a bit about the definition, so I know what it means, I just don't know where it came from.

Apparently (and perhaps one of the UK Litizens can confirm) in the UK they say "ass over tip" or "ass over tit". Means the same thing, like topsy-turvy. I've only ever heard "ass over teakettle".

Source.


Gram wasn't foul-mouthed, just spirited. Her other favorite saying was something like "damn foolishness". Like, I'd ask her, "Gram, why did you buy that?"

"Oh, for damned foolishness."

I think the modern equivalent would be "for shits and giggles".

Woo, you were lucky to have someone that was at least in touch with the real world. To her credit, my grandmother was 55 years old when she had to take in a 14 year old and experience the wonderful world of the teenager at her age. She was born in 1905 and had two ministers as her parents as did my grandfather, so life in their household was rather interesting.

UGH!!!!

 

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ah, bathing in the angst of youth.

I'll try not to BUTT in again.

It's quite alright, I'll ASSume it's how you were REARed. I think we have sufficiently threadjacked this enough.

 

[McKenna]

Woo, you were lucky to have someone that was at least in touch with the real world. To her credit, my grandmother was 55 years old when she had to take in a 14 year old and experience the wonderful world of the teenager at her age. She was born in 1905 and had two ministers as her parents as did my grandfather, so life in their household was rather interesting.

UGH!!!!

So that's what you're doing at a porn board...

 

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I made up the bit about the donkey who belonged to the horse...sounded pretty good

I'm a former blonde so I fell for it.

 

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[Weird Harold]

I looked this up. I was curious. I mean, why "ass over teakettle"? I couldn't find a satisfactory reason why "teakettle" is used and not, say, "cofeepot

My Grandmother used "Tail over Teakettle." When I asked her what that meant, she told me a story about a girl serving tea who didn't pay attention to her feet and fell, "tail over teakettle" -- much like the parable of the girl who put all of her eggs in one basket and counted her chicks before hey hatched.

Whether she made up the story on the spot or was retelling a story that was common in her youth, I have no idea -- I was a gullible five or six years old at the time. But I've always retained a suspicion that most folk expressions and euphemisms have some sort of parable or folk tale at their roots.

 

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I'm just clever beyond your wildest...hairs

Um......okay.

 

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Quite the groinal fixation ya got goin there. We can get away with this while Sherry Lewis is off enjoying Lamb Chop.

 

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[McKenna]

But I've always retained a suspicion that most folk expressions and euphemisms have some sort of parable or folk tale at their roots.

I think you're right.

I wonder how it will all evolve in another 100-200 years? Maybe "pulling a Bush" will be something like, oh, I don't know... invading a country over its natural resources?

 

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I think you're right.

I wonder how it will all evolve in another 100-200 years? Maybe "pulling a Bush" will be something like, oh, I don't know... invading a country over its natural resources?

That thought will keep me awake tonight!........after I remove my bling.

 

[McKenna]

That thought will keep me awake tonight!........after I remove my bling.

Just don't pull your bush.

 

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