Ring Around the World

Down-Home is a state of mind and a way of life. From the way we turn a phrase to the way we cook a meal, down-home is distinctively different. So now I am going to pass along some favorite Arkansas talk.



Some Arkansas Talking:


Age

• "He so old he could have been a waiter at the "Last Supper!""
• "Old as Methuselah!""Old as Dirt!"

• "Taste so Good it Makes You Want to Swallow Your Tongue!"

• "Pretty as a Goggle-Eyed Perch!""Cutter than a June Bug on a Sow's Ear!"

• "Busy as a Bee in a Bottle!"

• "As Sexy as Socks on a Rooster!"

• "He Couldn't Hit a Bull in the Ass With a Bass Fiddle!"

• "You'd Grip if They Hung You With a New Rope!"

• "Like a Rubber-Nosed Wood Pecker in the Petrified Forest!"

• "Stubborn as a Cross-Eyed Mule!"

• "So Many Folks You can't Stir'em with a Stick!"

• "My Hearts Heavier than a Bucket of Hog Livers!"

• "Like Tryin' to Lick Honey Off a Blackberry Vine!"

• "Finer than a Frog's Hair Spilt Four ways and Sanded!"

• "She has a Heart Soft as Summer Butter!"

• "Bawlin' Like a Dyin' Calk in a Hail Storm!"

• "So Poor You Couldn't Make a Down Payment on a Hotdog!"\

• "She's Got Enough Kids to Bait a Trotline!"

• "Well slap me naked and hide my clothes!"

• "Her Tongue is Tied in the Middle and Waggin' at Both Ends!"

• "He's Got Enough Money to Burn a Wet Mule!"

• "You'd Worry the Warts Off a Frog!"

• "Worthless as a Pinch of Sour Owl Manure!