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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:59 pm
by doctorwho
Neil, that is a fine example of a mixed metaphor. Yogi Berra is famous for them.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:58 pm
by jingle_jangle
Actually (and I realize I'm splitting hairs here, and I have few of those to spare), Yogi's fame was keyed to his malaprops, not mixed metaphors.
As Yogi said, "You've got to be really careful if you don't know where you're goin', cause you might not get there."
Or: "You can observe a lot just by watchin'"
Sounds like butter belongs to another class of bafflegab: the non-sequitur. People who write these should pay attention to the first quote above!
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:04 pm
by wayang
I used up all my butter jokes on that thread a couple of weeks ago...I keep trying to come up with a 'Last Tango in Paris' line, but it might be too arcane a reference for some of our younger readers...
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:07 pm
by ozover50
Tell 'em to find a copy and have a look, Dane - might round out their education a bit! Then again...............
Last 'what' in Paris? Is that stupid sleazbag takin' home movies again??
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:27 am
by wayang
For some reason, I could never use the phrase 'buttering someone up' after that movie...not with a straight face, anyway...
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:54 am
by ozover50
No further comment from me......... I'd like to be able to continue posting here for a while yet!!
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:05 am
by jingle_jangle
Butter stop right here, then.
Ba-da-BING.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:43 am
by mac
haha
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:02 pm
by ozover50
Corn....... with butter, no less!!
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:58 pm
by doctorwho
You aren't splitting hairs, Paul, and I stand corrected. Maybe I was thinking of Yogi The Bear?
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not get there. - Yogi Berra
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:38 pm
by wayang
It ain't over 'til the French girl gets a mysteriously-materialized crown on her head...
Bu-tter-BEANS.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:45 pm
by ozover50
?!
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:49 pm
by wayang
Sorry Howard, I had the Metaphor Mixmaster 2000 on 'Stun'....
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:55 pm
by ozover50
I'm here to tell ya..... it works!!