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Question of the moment...
Mon, April 28, 2008 - 12:37 PM
I constantly fight the urge to be a smart-ass at work....but my filter is kinda broken (Thanks Ren Faire!!)
SOOOoooo on this occasion I lost and to this I assent...
Me: "So when DO you give a rats ass? Like, When is it actually an appropriate gift?"
He: "Im not even going there"
He never do...and I remember most people in the "real world" are incapable of play. (Friends in my life I LOVE YOU)
So.....sorry to be asinine...but where in the world did this expression come from...where is it appropriate to give a Rats Ass and an offense or mark of apathy for one not to produce said gift?
Huh??!!?!?!
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 12:50 PM
I assume it equates a rat's ass with utter worthlessness. "I don't care enough to even offer something as devoid of value as a rodent's derriere".
Now, I suppose one could argue the merits of such an object, but for my own part I have no particular need for one. |
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 12:51 PM
I don't think it's a great gift to start with. Especially when the kitty leaves it right in that spot your foot lands every morning out of bed.
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 1:00 PM
I have no idea...
uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Rat's_ass |
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 1:04 PM
I did some searching:
"I Don't Give A Rat's Ass It's just general slang that started up sometime during the 20th century. While nobody knows for sure how it came about, it's believed that a rat was used in the expression because of the way people view the rodent (annoying and small)." "Something so beneath you to be beyond notice or care. Basically equating what people perceive as disease ridden, plague carrying vermin being so far beneath notice." "As in the colorful expression "I don't give a rat's ass." The origin of this phrase is unknown. Perhaps it came from "I don't have a care in the world," which is an interesting use of the word care, which is usually a verb. A more mild version is "I don't give a flip." Also "I don't give a shit." Most people don't give their shit to anyone except doctors, and even then only when explicitly asked for. Giving a flying fuck would be rather difficult even if you were equiped with a twin-person hang glider. The weight shifts would probably send you out of control." "When the term was first coined, presumably a rat's ass was the least valuable thing that the speaker could possibly imagine. If the subject of a sentence doesn't even "give a rat's ass" about something, the implication is that he or she certainly wouldn't give more valuable things, such as concern, or a second thought to the object of the sentence. Thus if I were to say, "I don't give a rat's ass about what she thinks", what I really mean is that her thoughts are absolutely worthless to me, and I wouldn't be willing to trade a rat's ass in exchange for knowledge of her thoughts, or any chance to talk to her and attempt to change her thoughts. There is some debate as to whether a shit might be more worthless than a rat's ass. However, it is generally contended that a flying fuck is not real in even a metaphorical sense; my conclusion is that by saying "I don't give a flying fuck", the implied meaning is "I don't even care enough to make a coherent sentence regarding the topic." |
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 1:10 PM
Or simply "a monkey's", as in "I don't give a monkey's about so & so..."
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 1:39 PM
My cats actually eat the ass. They do leave the tail however.
It's so gross. Maybe it's a gift you give a cat. |
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 1:47 PM
In contrast, the human ass seems to be considered quite valuable. "You bet your ass" is to "shoot the moon" so to speak, and to risk one's ass is to risk pretty much everything.
Unless "ass" refers to one's beast of burden, which in some places may have more value than one's own sit-upon. |
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 2:03 PM
"The hindquarters of the common rat (Rattus Vulgaris) were frequently prized by the inhabitants of Outer Froiland (Terra Cotta Badassicus) as Rats were rare, and the small furry haunches made admirable earmuffs - the aforementioned natives possessed,until their unfortunate demise at the hands of the barbarous Frenlak people, the smallest, and therefore coldest, ears in recorded history. While these rat-ear-muffs were especially popular amongst these auricularly-deficient (or, as is commonly, and rather forcefully asserted today, these "Lobally-challenged" ) people, the rest of the world found these customary clothing articles to be sensationally uselss (though Jean-Paul Gauthier's attempt to embrace Froilandian ethnc clothing as potential swimwear met with widespread ricule and scor, the effort must be appreciated). For a strikingly similar case see under "Tit, witches'"
-Aencyclopedia Absurdus.. |
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 7:59 PM
Not that I give a rat's ass for all the tea in China, but "I hav'nt a care in the world" means the person's burden is as light as it gets..It's a good thing and uses care to mean worries.
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Tue, April 29, 2008 - 9:20 AM
A totally different but funny bit of info...
You know how the term sausage fest is applied to parties or situations with way more men than women? Well in Costa Rica this guy (who was actually from Belize) said that down there they call it monkey vommit....cause it's nothing but bananas. *snicker* |
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Tue, April 29, 2008 - 12:03 PM
bwah! rose you keel me.
i find a rat's ass useful as an appetizer... very high charcuterie, ya know? so this plebeian you work with obviously doesn't know his rare cuts of meat. |
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Tue, April 29, 2008 - 5:24 PM
When do I give a rat's ass...heeheehee....just wait for next Christmas......MUHAHAHAHAHAH!
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