Timeline for What is meant by "don't piss on my boots and tell me it's raining"?
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| Jul 24, 2011 at 22:55 | comment | added | Rei Miyasaka | I have so many uses for this phrase it's not even funny. | |
| Jul 24, 2011 at 13:59 | answer | added | JRobert | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 23, 2011 at 6:07 | answer | added | Explosion Pills | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 23, 2011 at 5:46 | vote | accept | Brian Hooper | ||
| Jul 21, 2011 at 23:39 | comment | added | tylerl | @Robusto - Shakespeare isn't necessarily the measure of what is or isn't obscene. But you'll find the word being used in reference to urination in the King James Bible (1 Samuel 25:22), which should be good enough for even the most conservative audience. | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 17:55 | comment | added | Ferruccio | I heard a variant of this many years ago during a project meeting. An aide turned toward an Air Force Colonel and said "Sir, I think he's pissing in your ear and telling you it's raining." | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 16:20 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Note to @Robusto: I think we can safely assume the relatively high number of view/votes on this Q owes more to the scatological/humorous implications of the title than to any genuine interest in the meaning or origin of the expression. Not that I would wish to close it, but I do think it could be seen as the thin end of a wedge. Plus I doubt many people would really need help understanding the expression even on first hearing. | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 13:53 | comment | added | Robusto | Oh, and special note: I've heard Shakespeare broadcast on the radio. Specifically, a broadcast of Two Gentlemen of Verona, which did not bleep the link above. So it is, ipso facto, "radio friendly" ... | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 13:33 | comment | added | Robusto | Note to mods: "piss" is neither obscene nor taboo. Shakespeare even used it. shakespeareswords.com/Headwords-Instance.aspx?Ref=13208 | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 13:31 | history | edited | Robusto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
The word "piss" is not taboo in English.
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| Jul 21, 2011 at 13:27 | answer | added | Tom Au | timeline score: 20 | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 13:23 | answer | added | MrHen | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 12:34 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/94022453092810752 | ||
| Jul 21, 2011 at 12:11 | answer | added | user10798 | timeline score: 53 | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 12:06 | comment | added | z7sg Ѫ | I've heard the variant "Don't piss down my back..." | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 11:58 | history | protected | RegDwigнt | ||
| Jul 21, 2011 at 11:47 | answer | added | pavium | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 11:41 | history | asked | Brian Hooper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |