APAD: Road Apples

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7grizzly
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Meaning: Horse dung.

 

Background:

This American slang term for horse dung or droppings originated in the mid 20th

century. Clearly, the allusion is to the appearance of horse droppings which, in

shape and size at least, although hardly in colour or odour, resemble apples.

 

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An atheist went into a bar and told everyone there was no God.

 

"Let me ask you something," the bartender said. "Animals that eat grass don't

have the same dung. Sheep excrete little hard pellets. Cows pass big liquidy

pies. Horses defecate moist kiwi-sized balls. They all eat grass but have

different droppings. Why do you think that is?"

 

"I have no idea" said the atheist.

 

"How can you talk about God when you don't know sh*t?"

 

[First heard the joke from Garrison Keilor.]

暖冬cool夏
A funny good one! The last sentence is a pun.(?)
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7grizzly
It is and it's the punchline! :-)
最西边的岛上
哈哈哈哈。I'm not sure if "God" knows the reason of these? ;)
最西边的岛上
our motto: Nature is my God. So R we Pantheists? ;-)
暖冬cool夏
Did u rewrite the story from ur memory? Great!
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7grizzly
Thanks. That and a bear joke somehow stuck :-)
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7grizzly
"Thou shalt not label thyself," God once tipped off :-)
妖妖灵
Road applesNotEdible! Road pomegranates&oranges R edible!
妖妖灵
WeHaveLotsOfThemHere. However,Nobody takes them:)
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7grizzly
What does "them" refer to: road apples, pome's, or oranges?
妖妖灵
pomes &oranges
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7grizzly
I'd juice them.
妖妖灵
TheyBelong2OurCommunity,notOurBackyard:)ButNobodyTakesThem.
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7grizzly
How about opening up a juice stand?
最西边的岛上
Send anEmail 2TheCommunity and share the juice with them ;)
妖妖灵
LOL
妖妖灵
Point taken!Waiting4theFallComing!LOL
移花接木
If horse turds were biscuits, ...昨天那个儿歌还有这个版本,horse turds
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7grizzly
biscuits? That's a bit gross, don't you think? :-))
移花接木
If horse turds were biscuits, they'd eat 'til they died.

another lyrics version:

If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. If horse turds were biscuits, they'd eat 'til they died.