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Like it or not, jheem, any friend of Joseph Spence is a friend of mine. (Look, I didn't make the rules...I just play by them.) 
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I grew up just 25 miles NW of NYC. We had a family friend from Alabama (PhD in Chemistry), who used a variety of unique (to us) phrases. My favorite: “Grinnin’ like a mule eatin’ briars”.
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Grinnin’ like a mule eatin’ briars
Well now, if that doesn't sound like Eeyore's favorite food being thistles...!
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Down Texas way, the phrase is: "Grinin' like a possum eatin' shit off a wire brush."
Forgive me, I am merely the messenger.
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Prettier than a speckled pup in a watermelon patch.
Nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
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Prouder n a pig with a purple pocket book.
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"I'm so broke I can't spend the night."
"I'm ain't fattening no more frogs for snakes"
"Dance with the one what brought you"
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>"Dance with the one what brought you"
That there's some hifalutin' Northern English (well North Little Rock anyways). We says it as, "Dance with the one what brung ya."
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"I'm ain't fattening no more frogs for snakes"
What does that refer to, themilum?
Here’s a few more from ‘round these parts:
“The apple don’t fall too far from the tree.”
“He/she’s dumb as shit, and proud of it!”
How about some examples of folksy sayings, epigrams, quips, etc. coined by AWAD members?
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That there's some hifalutin' Northern English (well North Little Rock anyways). We says it as, "Dance with the one what brung ya."Well, I'll swannee, Ted, you him what wakes up the cock.
Ain't no use'en high-stepping 'round yo stays.
"hifalutin' " don't get no nevermind,
and ye'uns jes' talk plain and just." fattening frogs for snakes"Dgeigh, if you keep a frog in a pen and feed him grubs and flies to fatten him up, it is somewhat disheartening to have a snake slide in and eat him all up. Same thing goes when you fatten up women. - Milum ( just visiting )
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