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(11,415 posts)underpants
(182,826 posts)LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)Oh, taking away our healthcare...never mind. Go about your tweeting, dear.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Is that how you prime a pump?
Somehow I think this all ends up in golden showers and a bunch of pussygrabbing.
Yuck. Now I need a shower. The other kind. Not yellow.
With soap.
And disinfectant.
Maybe a handful of antibiotics for good measure.
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)personal pump needs to be primed? Ewwww. I need a shower too.
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)Solly Mack
(90,769 posts)Idiot
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Maybe it sounds better in the original Russian.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)but they're doing it in your face.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)This doesn't make any sense at all.
JHB
(37,160 posts)They ain't laughing at the Democrats Donnie, it's just how you like it: all about you. Take a bow.
And they weren't laughing at us under Obama. #ThanksObama
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WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,988 posts)Well that phrase just came to him
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)given his profound ignorance, but "laughing up your sleeve" is a legitimate expression. It means to be secretly amused, and stems from the days when mirth could be stifled by hiding your face in ruffles and loose, billowing sleeves on clothing.
Deb
(3,742 posts)we still use that expression
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)Mothers.
Nay
(12,051 posts)KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)the metPhoric level but having its origins in an actual historical circumstance.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Is it regional?
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)but I think it originated in Europe, probably France, due to the billowing, lacy clothing.
My mother always said it. When we were kids, she used all kinds of old-fashioned expressions on us, and if we asked what it meant, she'd make us look it up.
No internet then. She had a big book of idioms that belonged to my grandmother.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)The shoes are always greener when the early bird catches the skeletons in the wheelhouse!
Dementia, anyone?
oasis
(49,389 posts)Trump's crazier than a shithouse rat.
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Vinca
(50,276 posts)What's he doing hanging around watching commentary and tweeting? On second thought, maybe that's a good thing.
blogslut
(38,002 posts)Docreed2003
(16,862 posts)Someone needs to go full on Walter Sobcheck and say "STFU Donnie!!!!!"
Or maybe not.