“You’re about as dumb as a pile of bricks”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: one of her dad’s sayings (Pittsburgh)
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“You’re about as smart as a bag of hammers”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: one of her dad’s sayings (Pittsburgh)
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“I’m what’s known as a P.I.P. – a previously important person”
collected: Pittsburgh, PA, Northside neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: made it up
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“You boys are dumber than a bag of hammers”
collected: Pittsburgh, PA, Northside neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: from the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
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“Your mom is so diesel, she does back strokes in mud”
collected: Pittsburgh, PA, Northside neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: told to her by her Karate teacher in Philadelphia (circa 2011)
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“Your mom’s so fat when she saw a school bus full of white people, she said, ‘Hey! Go catch that giant Twinkie!'”
collected: Pittsburgh, PA, Northside neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: told to her by a grade schooler at a summer camp in Pittsburgh (circa 2010)
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“You’re about as smart as a bag of bricks”
collected: Pittsburgh, PA, Northside neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: often heard it from relatives in Pittsburgh
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“your mom is so old, she’s got an autographed bible”
collected: Pittsburgh, PA, Northside neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: heard them in Elementary School in Pittsburgh
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“You’re so poor, when I saw you rollin down the street in a garbage can, I asked what you were doing, you said, ‘moving'”
collected: Pittsburgh, PA, Northside neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: heard them in Elementary School in Pittsburgh
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“You’re so poor, and your house is so small, when you order pizza, you have to eat it outside”
collected: Pittsburgh, PA, Northside neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: heard them in Elementary School in Pittsburgh