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Nine Dollar Phrases

by maddy_smith_wb

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February 15, 2014

Hainult via Newbury Park

"It smells like the combined farts of a thousand desolate souls" Overheard on the tube


February 13, 2014

Poetry in Motion

"I cut my lips reading so fast"


February 13, 2014

Healthy Lifestyle

"If I eat 14 strawberries in a row does that count as 2 of my 5 a day?" Overheard on the coach


February 07, 2014

Do The Latin!

"There's no point my going back to university, I'll only fail again and then I'll be a double sans hons"


"I was NOT twerking, I was doing an impression of a happy pug puppy waggling it's curly wurly tail"


"Wait up for us bredrin, train ain't rollin' yet" "Don't worry blud, I got one of them old school Kindles that is like made from paper and you go'a like turn the pages with your hands and shit."...


"It'll be the biggest thing out of Israel since God!" "If you don't like the cold don't ever go to Norway. It's like flipping minus zero there" "He's got so many babies they should call him...


"Well I don't know, I'm not a scientist or a deer" "Yeah but everyone knows Santa has x-ray vision" "I would bloody love to have sex whilst dressed as a flamingo" "We should listen to cl...


Book Description

As a writer I soak up the odd little turn of phrases people use, overhearing them on the street or the bus. Even the term “nine dollar phrases” is stolen from my friend Adi.

I’m also prone to mangling my words and my girlfriend will usually give me the look of “What ridiculous thing have you said now” and which I will hurry to write down!

Enjoy these random pearls of wisdom. NSFW!