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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2561
Location: Rapid City, SD | Subject: I really don't have too much time on my hands...
...I have a number of things I should be doing, but...
...can anyone tell me what these sayings mean?
"Don't pole-vault over horse turds."
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"He was like a mackeral in moonlight - capable of stinking and shining at the same time."
'til then,
Cora 
Edited by Corabelle 2009-09-05 2:41 PM
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Plankowner
Posts: 9165
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: I really don't have too much time on my hands...
Never heard of either, sorry..
But it seems I've finally hit that too much time thing with this.
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How much is a gazillion, exactly?
— johnt
Million, billion, trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, novillion, decillion . . . lessee, a decillion is:
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
. . . so there ain't no gazillion, it's right up there with zillion, bijillion, and uncountabillion . . . a made-up term.
Just so you know, here's the list of "named illions":
Billion has 9 zeros
Trillion has 12 zeros
Quadrillion has 15 zeros
Quintillion has 18 zeros
Sextillion has 21 zeros
Septillion has 24 zeros
Octillion has 27 zeros
Nonillion has 30 zeros
Decillion has 33 zeros
Undecillion has 36 zeros
Duodecillion has 39 zeros
Tredecillion has 42 zeros
Quattuordecillion has 45 zeros
Quindecillion has 48 zeros
Sexdecillion has 51 zeros
Septendecillion has 54 zeros
Octodecillion has 57 zeros
Novemdecillion has 60 zeros
Vigintillion has 63 zeros
Googol has 100 zeros.
Centillion has 303 zeros (except in Britain, where it has 600 zeros) ???? (Blue, this your fault???)
Googolplex has a googol of zeros |
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Old Salt
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Seems to me the "Dont pole vault over horse turds" is another way of saying "Dont make mountains out of molehills. Don't have a clue on the other one.
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Great Sage of the Sea
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Location: Inyokern, Ca. | Subject: RE: I really don't have too much time on my hands...
I agree with the above. The second seems to me to be the same as the old saying where "He could fall in a pile of sh*t and come out smelling like roses." The type of person that may be a dirtbag/BS'r but always seems to get away with everything and come out on top.
BB
Edited by BlackBeard 2009-09-05 11:40 PM
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2540
Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: I really don't have too much time on my hands...
or maybe the second one means that "if you step in bucket of "s--t", you can still come up smelling like a rose"? |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2561
Location: Rapid City, SD | Subject: Stan is right on the first one...
...I can't find the paper that I copied these from, but as I remember it, the second one means, "He has an interesting life, but is an uninteresting person." Something like that.
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Master and Commander
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Location: Oxnard, CA | Subject: RE: I really don't have too much time on my hands...
BlackBeard - 2009-09-06 6:40 AM
I agree with the above. The second seems to me to be the same as the old saying where "He could fall in a pile of sh*t and come out smelling like roses." The type of person that may be a dirtbag/BS'r but always seems to get away with everything and come out on top.
BB
BB, I think it's the reverse of what you said. "He could fall into a pile of sh*t and come out smelling like roses." meaning he was the type of person who was so good that nothing bad could happen to him. He didn't need to "get away" with anything to come out on top. |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 3202
Location: Alexandria, Virginia | Subject: RE: I really don't have too much time on my hands...
The pole vaulting over the mouse turds is a popular expression in the Airborne community meaning "Don't make a a big deal out of something that in the long run doesn't matter." My oldest daughter uses it all the time. "Dad, Don't pole vault over mouse turds. You're overkilling a subject that doesn't really make a damn." DEX |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 566
Location: Inyokern, Ca. | Subject: RE: I really don't have too much time on my hands...
Sorry Jon, I've always been told and used it as "He was so slick he could do rotten crap and come out looking great." I'd offer that you google the phrase and see multiple examples of slick operating jerks, that manipulated vile situations and came out looking great.
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