tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post6642152653063131977..comments2024-03-16T10:37:09.839-04:00Comments on Life in Mathews: Brickbat RoadChesapeake Bay Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-63185851817764411182010-05-05T23:40:59.439-04:002010-05-05T23:40:59.439-04:00Ok, unrelated but...
When people say they were tr...Ok, unrelated but...<br /><br />When people say they were treated like a dog, I think "Well good for you" because I can't think of EVER treating a dog badly. My dogs get royal treatment and they rock.<br /><br />Had trouble with step-son tonight, though....hoping everyone will land somewhere near reality tomorrow.....<br /><br />Will live through it, though. Looking forward to this weekend and seeing Mamma.<br /><br />-Middle SisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-84190566916574568432010-05-05T18:23:45.279-04:002010-05-05T18:23:45.279-04:00My Grandmother used to reference time as: before o...My Grandmother used to reference time as: before or after "she was beat over the head with the soot bag." I would die laughing, picturing her with...well, I guess it was a location joke. You had to be there.Baymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725190072332432216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-83375985577113003112010-05-05T15:45:45.796-04:002010-05-05T15:45:45.796-04:00I think rural places have this problem. I live off...I think rural places have this problem. I live off a road we call Road 9, but its old name is Wyo. No one knows why, and only the really old farts ever call it that (this includes me). Wyo IS on some of the signs, which I only just noticed recently -- kinda like this :"Wahl, lookie there!" Yeah, like that.fooleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437690389824744691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-69909365077185145042010-05-05T14:41:43.583-04:002010-05-05T14:41:43.583-04:00Take 2:
I assumed it ref'd to bat shit in a l...Take 2:<br /><br />I assumed it ref'd to bat shit in a lump/clump that looked like a brick. Now here's one for you .. 'they're bat shit crazy' ... to me that sounds oxy-moronic<br /><br />WV ineritat .. also a slur, if you call someone ineritat you are calling them crazy .. I know because Wikipedia tole me so .. no it didnt<br /><br />New WV pygesty .. clearly a foreign spelling of pig styDarylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-66893497207070807722010-05-05T14:39:19.776-04:002010-05-05T14:39:19.776-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-83517958537880501482010-05-05T14:28:41.705-04:002010-05-05T14:28:41.705-04:00This one's new to me. But I might start using ...This one's new to me. But I might start using it.Meg McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226110990838922422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-73701515479410917492010-05-05T12:40:03.889-04:002010-05-05T12:40:03.889-04:00"Hard as a brickbat" was one of the favo..."Hard as a brickbat" was one of the favorite sayings of my maternal grandmother in western Kentucky. I smiled when I read your post, thanks!Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912557024328760214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-37213018024508962642010-05-05T12:05:07.131-04:002010-05-05T12:05:07.131-04:00Duh - I'm from Gloucester, so yes, I have used...Duh - I'm from Gloucester, so yes, I have used the term "harder than a brickbat", and "she could eat greens through chicken wire", "ugly as a mud duck", and in Gloucester, we used to go "over the river" to go shopping. Also "she's as big as bluegie"...Lynne Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-8839304017590443642010-05-05T11:09:09.795-04:002010-05-05T11:09:09.795-04:00of course, I use one I picked up from Foghorn Legh...of course, I use one I picked up from Foghorn Leghorn:<br />"That boy is about as sharp as a bowling ball!!"nativedevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01183997501881428293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-81185321894895741412010-05-05T11:07:37.183-04:002010-05-05T11:07:37.183-04:00My girlfriend-now wife-was amazed when I would com...My girlfriend-now wife-was amazed when I would come back to college after a weekend at home and talk about "going to the courthouse" After a few times, she asked me what was I doing wrong that I had to keep going to court!<br />"Ugly as sin", "Dumb as a cluck" "Doesn't know their head from a hole in the ground","rough as pig iron" are just the few that I can remember now.<br />last week, a friend from NJ asked how I was feeling, and I replied "some better". She laughed and said, "Some better, you are such a country boy!"nativedevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01183997501881428293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-28332810396921584602010-05-05T10:55:28.762-04:002010-05-05T10:55:28.762-04:00Nope - never heard of brickbat even though I do kn...Nope - never heard of brickbat even though I do know what a mud fence is and why someone would be uglier than one!Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460029556086016004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-70090061672222277412010-05-05T10:11:47.480-04:002010-05-05T10:11:47.480-04:00How about: "If you don't behave, I'm ...How about: "If you don't behave, I'm gonna snatch you bald-headed"?Mental P Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-48293451251738694822010-05-05T10:03:16.049-04:002010-05-05T10:03:16.049-04:00I have never heard the word Brickbad before, but I...I have never heard the word Brickbad before, but I love that sign!<br /><br />I'm with Noe Noe Girl....dingbat is as close as I come to a similar word, and believe me, it's a word I'm all too familiar with.<br /><br />wv: broomi<br />The dingbat rode away on her broomiAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036374022323687122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-25295066326858310442010-05-05T09:34:14.369-04:002010-05-05T09:34:14.369-04:00Nope never heard of brickbat But dingbat...well th...Nope never heard of brickbat But dingbat...well thats another story. What time is the pagent this weekend?<br /><><Noe Noe Girl...A Queen of all Trades.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08886045805509904850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-65164089726976541692010-05-05T08:04:03.169-04:002010-05-05T08:04:03.169-04:00Never knew Brickbat Rd existed, but I have heard t...Never knew Brickbat Rd existed, but I have heard the term brickbat many times... and was made fun of for my Bawlmer accent when I moved out of MD... And the proper term for a pocketbook in Bawlmerese would be pockey-book.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541283009059071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-69557072163110373922010-05-05T06:41:20.015-04:002010-05-05T06:41:20.015-04:00Never in my life have I heard it called Brickbat.....Never in my life have I heard it called Brickbat.. I have often thought of it when I saw it.. but never hear anyone say it. <br /><br />I got a few more that I bet even YOU haven't heard.. <br /><br />That pocketbook she is toting is as big as Ippy... <br /><br />Ever heard that one.. have ya .. huh? huh? huh?<br /><br />She is as ugly as a bugannob! <br />Heard that one?? Yea me either but the WV of bugannob was just to funny not to use.Ann Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106387742803005341noreply@blogger.com