1. Like a birch broom in the fits. ● This Newfoundland expression describes untidy hair.
2. He couldn't make a noun and a verb agree if his life depended on it. ● Bill Turner of Brandon, Manitoba’s liveliest radio station, CKLQ, sends along the above description of someone who is probably not a rocket scientist.
3. The rest of the sayings in this column were emailed to me by Dave Flint of Carleton Place, Ontario, who wrote: “Bill, ever since I read Canadian Sayings I & II, and sent you a couple of sayings, I am much more aware of Canadian expressions to the point where if I hear one that is unfamiliar to me, I write it down in anticipation of you not having heard it, like it's some sort of new challenge or game I'm playing. “I haven't had that much fun since the pigs ate my little sister.” ’ 4. Here's a few more. How about this one for someone feeling really good:
5. Does the food taste bad? Does a camel’s ass get tight during a sand storm?
6. He couldn't organize a group shit at an Ex-Lax Convention. Do you know some Canadian sayings not listed here or in my books? Would you like your name to appear on this website and in my next collection of sayings as a contributor? Just email me your favourite expressions, rude or fit for the whole family. I take all manner of sayings. Click below: EMAIL SAYINGS TO BILL CASSELMAN
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