NOS 20/20 on the bay

[uwe]

I've always been an atheist and I eat whatever I like.

Welcome to the club then. Us agnostics take atheists too though it's another form of religion. 

[TBird1958]

 I like to back into doorknobs........Does that count? 

[ilan]

though it's another form of religion. 

I hear that a lot but in fact atheism is the opposite to religion. It's disbelief in god(s) and religions.

[uwe]

Ha, you still BELIEVE that there is nothing there! You can't know for sure though (because gods and higher beings have the habit of avoiding forensic evidence to their existence or non-existence), so the belief ingredient is similar to religion, especially since most atheists don't want a higher being to exist. Us agnostics don't care either way, we find there is no proof either way, but we have no preference. Agnostic comes from Latin and means "no belief", atheism is Latin too and means "no god".

Or as Edith says: "Agnostics are just too chicken shit to form a real opinion."

[patman]

I prefer to believe in a benign and benevolent god...but I'm pretty sure he doesn't do dictation for anyone. It's personal.

[Dave W]

Oh for Odin's sake, let's not get into a religious discussion.

I've met some dogmatic atheists but the absence of a belief is not a belief.

[Dave W]

I tend to use the phrase most often on the golf course, on the rare occasion when I hit a really good shot.

I learned that Texans speak in metaphor more than any other cultural group I've met (although I'm sure it's pervasive in the south.)

The meaning of the phrases is always clear in context:

"That dog won't hunt."
"I'll run that rabbit."
"He's all hat and no cattle."
"Bless your heart."  (Seldom if ever a compliment.)
"I'm fixin' to...."  (Made famous by Bush #41)
"Who stuck the burr under your saddle?"
"Rode hard and put up wet."
"We've howdyed but we ain't shook."

Most of those are general Southernisms.

Two of my favorites, from a former coworker:

"I feel like I've been et up by a wolf and shit over a cliff."

"He makes my butt want to take a dip of snuff."

[Pilgrim]

One of my favorites from a central Idaho cowboy friend:

"That boy don't have the brains god promised a fencepost."

[Lightyear]

"He makes my butt want to take a dip of snuff."

  The version I've heard all my life, mainly from my dearly departed dead uncle " ...makes my ass want to take a dip of snuff"

I had a manager that was a genuine Texas farm boy - one of his favorites "he/she/they're tighter than Dick's hatband"  another one I've heard a bunch is "he's tighter than a fat girls sock"

[uwe]

Oh for Odin's sake, let's not get into a religious discussion.

Hear, hear, Dævid Westhømer's Nordic røøts are beginning to shine thru.

[patman]

Pretty much no religion here...just a hunch...

[Dave W]

Hear, hear, Dævid Westhømer's Nordic røøts are beginning to shine thru.

I'm only repeating what my Norwegian Elkhound told me to say.

[Grog]

Looks like bidding has ended again, this time it only went up to $611.00. We'll see if the owner lists a reasonable minimum bid this time.

[uwe]

I'm only repeating what my Norwegian Elkhound told me to say.

Speaks with Wolves!

[66Atlas]

I'm impressed that the Bass IV he is selling made it up to $960.  I like mine but I don't think I would pay that much for one.