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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 15 1 2 3 … 14 15 Go to page... brick outhouse bertha #42382 09/20/01 05:13 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick OP Carpal Tunnel OP maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 A good friend used the wonderfully descriptive phrase to express surprise to me the other day: "Sh*t house Susie!" (well, they didn't say the asterix but I put that in for those of delicate sensibilities like Jackie) Do any of you know this one, or where it may come from? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: If you knew Susie #42383 09/20/01 05:28 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Like I know Susie... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: If you knew Susie #42384 09/20/01 05:52 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Well, another thread that's gonna be a bust. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: If you knew Susie #42385 09/20/01 05:59 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park be a bust. a bust? is that the wrong part of the anatomy? isn't this thread about an out house? my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The outhouse (dja remember the outhouse?) #42386 09/20/01 06:09 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 isn't this thread about an out house? And what is a brick outhouse built like anyway? And would you want someone who was built like one? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter built like a brick [out]house #42387 09/20/01 06:16 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass don't get too [anal]ytical about this one, guys -- it simply means "well built". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: built like a brick [out]house #42388 09/20/01 06:42 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 "well built" Far as that goes, I've never seen a brick [out]house, and I don't see anything that would suggest that they would necessarily be well built. Examining the minutia of life through the microscope of [anal]ysis Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: brick outhouse bertha #42389 09/20/01 06:59 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Aunt mav--such language! "Yeah, she's a brick...house"--The Commodores. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: like a brick [out]house - Oh! Now I get it #42390 09/20/01 07:04 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It means from the bottom up! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: built like a brick [out]house #42391 09/20/01 07:45 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 B Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran B Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 I have seen a brick outhouse, at Pennsbury Manor, the [restored] estate of William Penn, colonial proprietor of Pennsylvania. It's a three-holer. Must have been the oatmeal (USn expression for "porridge") that caused the necessity for such a large and sturdy privy. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 15 1 2 3 … 14 15 Go to page... Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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