I have certainly heard 'big boy pants' used in the same context in the UK, though it's notable that in the UK, 'pants' means 'underwear' and not 'trousers', which makes the phrase rather more humorous IMO.Hey, what's some British Slang for 'act like a responsible adult'?
We're translating some of our traing for the UK. Their weapon system has a different number of missiles, the tubes are painted differently, the sailors have different uniforms, the subs a different configuration. Noting all that, i came across the avatar telling the learner, "But you won't panic, because you put your big boy pants on, today."
I doubt that '...your long trousers on, today,' will convey quite the same meaning.
WORKERS on a North Sea oil rig were told to put on their "big-boy pants" or quit if they were afraid of going on a helicopter - just days before four people died in a crash.
That sounds like a couple GS-12 pay grade government employees trying to fill their eight hours to justify their jobs. Obviously essential workers.Downtown, there is a building that once hosted my wife's doctor's office, and a VA office for mental health issues. The building was originally two separate structures, now connected thru a long hallway that slopes, a ramp between one building's 1st floor, and the other building's 2nd.
The one time i was there, an individual was walking down the ramp, adjusting the art on the walls so that the frames were aligned to the handrail, about the angle of a ski slope.
Ten feet behind him, another individual was pacing the first, moving the pictures back to vertical.
Every so often, thry nodded to each other.
The "Administrative Officer". Either let me telework or so help me god all make you all wish you were never born.That sounds like a couple GS-12 pay grade government employees trying to fill their eight hours to justify their jobs. Obviously essential workers.Downtown, there is a building that once hosted my wife's doctor's office, and a VA office for mental health issues. The building was originally two separate structures, now connected thru a long hallway that slopes, a ramp between one building's 1st floor, and the other building's 2nd.
The one time i was there, an individual was walking down the ramp, adjusting the art on the walls so that the frames were aligned to the handrail, about the angle of a ski slope.
Ten feet behind him, another individual was pacing the first, moving the pictures back to vertical.
Every so often, thry nodded to each other.
Back when I worked at Lockheed in the 80's there were a bunch of old, low energy guys who had long outlived their usefulness to the company, but apparently they had seniority and/or connections, so they managed to keep their salary and employment. They were just hanging on until their pension matured. If you looked at the org charts, they would be in a box connected directly to a manager, with the title of "Special Assignment". From what I could tell, their "special assignment" was to assign conference rooms, rearrange chairs, desks and file cabinets, order name tags and business cards for new employess, cite people for messy desks, inappropriate desk materials, etc. But mostly sitting at their desk nodding off and shuffling papers. Stuff a low performing kid out of high school could do. That was my first real experience with corporate waste, bloat and politics. All those rumors I heard as a kid were true afterall.That sounds like a couple GS-12 pay grade government employees trying to fill their eight hours to justify their jobs. Obviously essential workers.Downtown, there is a building that once hosted my wife's doctor's office, and a VA office for mental health issues. The building was originally two separate structures, now connected thru a long hallway that slopes, a ramp between one building's 1st floor, and the other building's 2nd.
The one time i was there, an individual was walking down the ramp, adjusting the art on the walls so that the frames were aligned to the handrail, about the angle of a ski slope.
Ten feet behind him, another individual was pacing the first, moving the pictures back to vertical.
Every so often, thry nodded to each other.
Damn! Where do I apply?Back when I worked at Lockheed in the 80's there were a bunch of old, low energy guys who had long outlived their usefulness to the company, but apparently they had seniority and/or connections, so they managed to keep their salary and employment. They were just hanging on until their pension matured. If you looked at the org charts, they would be in a box connected directly to a manager, with the title of "Special Assignment". From what I could tell, their "special assignment" was to assign conference rooms, rearrange chairs, desks and file cabinets, order name tags and business cards for new employess, cite people for messy desks, inappropriate desk materials, etc. But mostly sitting at their desk nodding off and shuffling papers. Stuff a low performing kid out of high school could do. That was my first real experience with corporate waste, bloat and politics. All those rumors I heard as a kid were true afterall.That sounds like a couple GS-12 pay grade government employees trying to fill their eight hours to justify their jobs. Obviously essential workers.Downtown, there is a building that once hosted my wife's doctor's office, and a VA office for mental health issues. The building was originally two separate structures, now connected thru a long hallway that slopes, a ramp between one building's 1st floor, and the other building's 2nd.
The one time i was there, an individual was walking down the ramp, adjusting the art on the walls so that the frames were aligned to the handrail, about the angle of a ski slope.
Ten feet behind him, another individual was pacing the first, moving the pictures back to vertical.
Every so often, thry nodded to each other.
I understand that rice cakes are not sold in Styrofoam trays so that the consumer won't be confused as to which part is edible.Then she threw the bag of rice cakes into thhe cart. And i don't mean, 'they then acquired rice cakes.'
Mom: NOT THAT WAY! It means you want to marry a girl instead of a boy.
Daughter: I can do that!?!?!
That kid's gonna be an atheist for sure.
I remember that show! I liked it too. Even remember the theme song, "Once upon a time, when things were rotten.." If I recall Dick Gautier played Robin Hood, and Maid Marian was Misty Rowe (a classic 1970's fox, who was also on Hee Haw). And yeah, I recall it being a Mel Brooks production as well.What the goddamned fuck, internet?
Okay, so, in the 70's, i was a big fan of the TV show "When Things Were Rotten." I always understood it to be a Mel Brooks production.
I'm reading his memoirs, All About Me. There's no WTWR chapter. Get Smart, Producers, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles....
Huh. Maybe i was wrong about WTWR?
To the google! In the middle of the Get Smart chapter, i go looking.
I can't find anything that actually connects Mel Brooks to the show. I found ONE site that reviewed it 'with humor in the style of Mel Brooks.' Was that what i was thinking? Did my brain just bridge some jokes and ascribe something illicitly?
WEird. Okay, well, all these years i was wrong.
I turned the page in the memoirs. He lists actors he used in Get Smart, "...and then when i made When Things Were Rotten, i hired him again..."
Son of a fuck!?!?
Back to google. Same search term.
"Mel Brooks' lampoon of..."
"A short-lived Mel Brooks sitcom...."
"...based on Robin Hood's legend, Mel Brooks..."
And of course, 'humor in the style of Mel Brooks.' Well, no SHIT it's in his style. He could junk everything, take meth, and make a Lovecraft Musical and it'd be in Mel Brooks' style.
What the ever loving hell is going on? The internet decided to gaslight me for one hour?
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
I remember that show! I liked it too. Even remember the theme song, "Once upon a time, when things were rotten.." If I recall Dick Gautier played Robin Hood, and Maid Marian was Misty Rowe (a classic 1970's fox, who was also on Hee Haw). And yeah, I recall it being a Mel Brooks production as well.
I think that applies to several members here.
I wonder if opium is one of the ingredients.
And I wonder why is it not recommended for children under six since it is such a great panacea.I wonder if opium is one of the ingredients.
B’cuz opium. Or laudanum … plus alcohol, cocaine and formaldehyde.And I wonder why is it not recommended for children under six since it is such a great panacea.I wonder if opium is one of the ingredients.
A couple of other short lived shows I liked from back in that era:I remember that show! I liked it too. Even remember the theme song, "Once upon a time, when things were rotten.." If I recall Dick Gautier played Robin Hood, and Maid Marian was Misty Rowe (a classic 1970's fox, who was also on Hee Haw). And yeah, I recall it being a Mel Brooks production as well.
I was trying to discuss it with one of my teachers one day. She stopped me, "That's not humor."
I was stunned. I knew before then that adults could be wrong, but this was learning those in positions of authority could be stupid.
How do you put alcohol in a cigarette.B’cuz opium. Or laudanum … plus alcohol, cocaine and formaldehyde.And I wonder why is it not recommended for children under six since it is such a great panacea.I wonder if opium is one of the ingredients.
No artificial flavors, gluten free and organic. All natural ingredients.
let the tobacco etc soak in it for a while.How do you put alcohol in a cigarette.B’cuz opium. Or laudanum … plus alcohol, cocaine and formaldehyde.And I wonder why is it not recommended for children under six since it is such a great panacea.I wonder if opium is one of the ingredients.
No artificial flavors, gluten free and organic. All natural ingredients.
The weatherbug listing for my city said -6 degrees when i left the house. The clock that has an outside sensor under my air conditioner said it was -0.1. My car said it was +16 in the garage. It's all a big scam.
or crystalized.
or crystalized.
They halted some back-surgery on Richard Burton because they found his spine was lined with 'crystalized alcohol.'
That's a level of alcoholism beyond mere professional drinking.
Someone tracked snowfall in toasted ravioli.
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Thrre was a complaint (brag?) that Americans will use anything besides the metric system.
Well, yeah. If i say, for example, "Nine centimeters." the response will be, "'Bout how deep is that?"
If i say "Two ravioli deep." to ten people, I get
Seven nods, information transmission was completed.
Two will ask if i mean two thick or two wide. Clarity is required.
One asks if I'm using Chef Boyardee or deli ravioli.
That's easily remedied; A raviolus (note: 'ravioli' is the plural) is a square with sides the same length as that of a piece of string.Someone tracked snowfall in toasted ravioli.
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Thrre was a complaint (brag?) that Americans will use anything besides the metric system.
Well, yeah. If i say, for example, "Nine centimeters." the response will be, "'Bout how deep is that?"
If i say "Two ravioli deep." to ten people, I get
Seven nods, information transmission was completed.
Two will ask if i mean two thick or two wide. Clarity is required.
One asks if I'm using Chef Boyardee or deli ravioli.
Then you get people like us--neither of us knows how big a ravioli is.