You don’t have to hang from a tree to be a nut. “I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.” – Hunter S. The wheels are still turning, but the hamsters died. “Insanity doesn’t run in my family it gallops.” – Cary Grant The elevator don’t go all the way to the top.įact: The highspeed elevators in Taipei 101, the world’s tallest building, have a maximum speed of 37.6 mph. Rather than: I don’t know whether to come home or go crazy. The cheese slid off of that boy’s cracker! Note: This saying has been around since the late 1790s. Note: The expression dates back to the sixteenth century and has turned up in all sorts of different formulations down the centuries. Nuttier than a porta potty at a peanut festival.įact: The National Peanut Festival is largest peanut festival, held each fall in Dothan, Alabama. (He allegedly sent it back.) Baker and his relatives gather each year to savor a tiny morsel of the fruitcake. Russell Baker claims to be in possession of a fruitcake that a relative baked in 1794 as a Christmas gift for George Washington. “Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.” – Steve Landesberg “Eccentric: A man too rich to be called crazy.” – Anonymous Note: In “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” Tom Sawyer proposes “stumpwater” or spunkwater as a remedy for warts. Squirrels can defecate on the run and the skat is the size of a grain of rice.Īlso: A beer short of a sixpack. Meaning: Running around like a chicken with its head cut off.įact: The “plumb bob” has been used since at least ancient Egypt to ensure that buildings are “plumb”, or vertical.įact: Never seen a squirrel turd? You probably won’t. Note: If you don’t think that’s crazy, make one and try to eat it. Note: Ratshot is very small lead shot cartridge (typically #12 shot) for use in rifled firearms.
COCO THE CRAZY CHICKEN SONG SKIN
This disease can actually cause the skin along the spine of your cat to ripple. Meaning: Only the crazy rats would live in an outhouse.įact: A disorder known as Hyperesthesia is a condition that can make a cat react as they’re having a can nip fit. Note: The “bessie” or “betsy bug,” is also known as the “horn beetle”, “patentleather beetle” and “pinch bug.” They fly erratically and make lots of noise, and seem…well…crazy. Not surprisingly then, Southerners have many phrases to describe beloved characters. In Memphis, Robert Hodges, better known as Prince Mongo, is often seen around town with a long wig, aviation goggles, and a rubber chicken attached to his jacket. William Faulkner walked about town in his Royal Air Corps uniform. No one in the South ever asks if you have crazy people in your family, they just ask what side they’re on.” – Dixie Carter We don’t hide them up in the attic, we bring them right down to the living room to show them off. “This is the South and we’re proud of our crazy people.
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