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Do you have an inspiring or favorite quote to share?
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: 22 hours ago | Replies (636)Comment receiving replies
I’m honored and flattered.
“That dawg won’t hunt” means your initial proposal is woefully inadequate, you didn’t bring your “A” game, you are obviously out of your league, or maybe you didn’t know you are now playing in the “big leagues”.
Chose one…hope this helps the non-Texans.
(btw, I am not an official Texan, even though I have lived here for a while)
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"dawg won't hunt"
Very interesting!
Here in the Philly ex-burbs, that phrase might be interpreted as referring to a very liberal person, since our young people often refer to each other as "dawg."
Another sterling example of "a common people separated by a common language," I think.
Our local police "hunted" a young black bear that had strayed into our area with a glazed donut from Dunkin'. And it worked. Lured the poor little lost bear right into their trap. Haha They took him away to some forest away from the burbs.
From a "former Texan" (for a seminal 10 years, in Dallas):
Have you heard this one?...
"Slicker than deer guts on a door knob..."
(Has to be said quickly...! Kind of quirky, but works in some situations...meaning (as I understood it in the 90s...) "smmmoooooth...."
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& @annewoodmayo - sometimes I wish we had a 🤣 button! I am a transplant to Texas, but my Grandad was from Iowa, so I have heard this my whole life!
Sue