Do you have any colorful sayings or descriptive expressions?

Question

No secret that rails use some pretty "salty" language and expressions, some printable, some not. Can you share a few of your favorites with us? This is for anyone, need not be confined to railroad or workplace.

Answer 1

I do, as a matter of fact.

An old guy was talking about struggling up the hill in the rain one night and he said the rail was "slicker'n snot on a doorknob"

We had an old switchman around here for years and it was said about him "he couldn't switch an elephant out of a herd of sheep"

My Dad was a constant source, when people had stayed long enough, he would say "well c'mon Mom, let's go to bed so these people can go home"

edit: yeah for sure Highball, I feel sorry for women having to use those things all the time.

Answer 2

Dumb as box of rocks, mental midget, eat up with dumb,

sharp as a bowling ball.  Another member of the d**k head family,a very large family it is. And this has meaning how?

Answer 3

One of our engineers commented, "Some days you can stop on a dime, and others you couldn't hit bull in the *** with a plow truck if he was tied to a post."

There's also a practice called checking the coupler oil, which is something I do twice a day. You give yourself three-step, climb off the locomotive, stand between the rail and the coupler, lean against the pilot, and p**s underneath the engine. If the conductor happens to peek around, all he (or she) can see is your head, and it's a lot better than using one of those nasty locomotive toilets.

Answer 4

funny you should ask....he he he   I've got these rollin around in my noggin and can't let them out sometimes due to my line of work so I have to adlib and change them up so I'm not really cussing but yet get the frustrations out at the same...time....Jeesle pete is one ...Good Gravy is another.

son of a booger eater...is one my kids get a chuckle out of...another favorite of the boys is stinky winklesnot...

That's all I've got right now...I'm not feelin real frustrated at the moment....I'll definitely let you know the rest when the feelings come rushing in....it shouldn't be too long...lol

Answer 5

My family favorite is, Love goes where it's sent. Even if it's up a pig's @ss. To be used when a "bad" match is made. Another one to be used when someone falls, He hit the ground just like a t*rd from a tall cow's @ss. I come from a very "salty" family.

Answer 6

Of a dispatcher:  "He couldn't dispatch two fleas across a dog's butt without puttin'' one of 'em in the hole."

Of a hogger:  "He thinks 'quick service' is a drive-in whorehouse."

Of a brakie:   "He couldn't switch a t**d out of a basket."

Of a stickler of any sort:  "He tries to pick fly s**t out of pepper."

And my favorite, "His brain rattles around like a BB in a boxcar."

Answer 7

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.