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Wednesday
Jun222005

When the Chips Are Down (Or When the Casts Come Off)....

I've become someone famous.



But just until the swelling goes down more.

A lot more.

Dr. Fantabulistic Jason is still happy. I'm trusting him on this one.



I was wandering about da net looking up cliches this afternoon in an attempt to flesh out a description of how some particular thing angers me and then I got so sidetracked by cliches that I've lost the will to post about the anger.

It'll come back, I'm sure. The next time I open up my email.

But, for now, cliches! Although, a lot of them appear to do with insanity which may come in handy in this corner of my world someday but they're just not what I'm looking for.

I think that 98% of them originate in the United States. We need a little more multi-culturalism here, people! Anyone have any about anger to add?

madder than a wet hen
all bent out of shape
to blow a gasket
chewing nails and spitting tacks
to flip your lid
to go postal
to go through the roof
to hit the roof
to have a cow
to pop a vein
i'm madder than a yak in heat
madder than a packet of Chewits (?!)
madder than a bull with a burr up its ass
madder than a drunk pig on fermented cabbage
madder than the mad hatter on national no-hats day


the obvious heart waits here to heal
and balances out a subtle reveal


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Reader Comments (5)

Hmm, I've got 'Mad as a bicycle', 'Mad as a hatstand' and 'Mad as a box of frogs', but they all mean insane rather than angry...

Ahhh Chewits, can you still get them?
June 23, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterRon
an old oz one is: mad as a cut snake


but i think more useful for you (?) :

• spitting chips

• livid

• ready to kill someone

• i'll tear your fucking head off and shit down your neck

god, that last one is SUCH a cliché
June 23, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterSaltation
I'm laughing my entire ass off over here. Sal, I think that last one is 'clique-y' not cliche. I could be wrong. :-)

Did I ever tell you, peevish Jen, about my mad crush on WC Fields??

:-)
June 23, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterJen, also
ick!

hahahahahahahahaha though.

ick!
'Ooh I could rip a tissue' was my favourite one as a kid.
June 26, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterVanessa
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