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INSULT TO EITHER SEX
NOBODY CAN CALL YOU TWO-FACED, IF YOU WERE, YOU'D BE
WEARING THE OTHER ONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS AN INSULT, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE CLASSIFIED
AS A PUN ON WORDS-TWO-FACED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT TO EITHER SEX
BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GET, YOU COULD GET SOMETHING
YOU DESERVE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SLOGAN
WE DO AND SAY THE NASTIEST THINGS IN THE NICEST WAY.
James Callow comment: (USED TO FOLLOW UP AN INSULT, SAYS COLLECTOR)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TAUNT
JUST BECAUSE YOUR HEAD IS SHAPED LIKE A HUBCAP, DOESN'T
MEAN YOU'RE A BIG WHEEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
HE'S OKAY IN HIS OWN LITTLE PLACE, BUT NOBODY HAS
DUG IT YET.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
YOU'RE ABOUT AS BRIGHT AS A BURNT OUT LIGHTBULB.
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBERED THIS FROM A CONVERSATION WHERE A BUNCH
OF GUYS WERE JOKING WITH EACH OTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
HE'S GOT A FACE ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE, AND THEN (ONLY)
AT NIGHT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
HER TEETH ARE LIKE STARS, THEY COME OUT AT NIGHT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
HER FACE LOOKS LIKE IT WAS STRAPPED TO THE OUTSIDE
OF A TIRE AND DRIVEN 50,000 MILES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GOOD LUCK
IN JAPAN, IT IS A VILLAGE BELIEF THAT WHEN STANDING ON A CERTAIN
ROCK FOUND ON A BEACH, ONE SEES THE EMPEROR, GOOD LUCK FOR ONE
YEAR WILL BE HIS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
Keyword(s): JAPANESE BELIEF ; NUMBERS: ONE ; TIME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
AS FRESHMEN WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULDN'T USE THE
ELEVATOR WITHOUT A PASS, WHICH TELLER
CONVENIENTLY HAD EXTRAS OF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN