Lead BalloonHave you tried to be funny and failed horribly? Yeah, join the club. Or have you witnessed someone crash and burn by either being plain unfunny or offensively unfunny? Tell us your stories of sense of humour failure
Thanks to the charmingly named Reginald Donkeyfuck (not related to the Cheshire branch of the Donkeyfuck family, one presumes)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 12:40)
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The original phrase was an ironic 'went up like a lead balloon'the merging with the phrase 'go over' or 'go down' happened later.
/FASCINATING
Also, my mum has MS so it's the getting back up afterwards which is tricky.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 23 Aug 2013, 13:44,
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Yes. Went down meaning was received.Of course a lead balloon could not actually go down. You couldn't burst it.
Tl. Don't bother, it's crap.
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edjogs Collared doves are shit., Fri 23 Aug 2013, 13:49,
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I never thought of it that way.I suppose 'received like a lead balloon' doesn't sound as good.
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I prefer the original saying.People should start using that.
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This is not just any fall over,(
drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 23 Aug 2013, 18:59,
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I just snorted expensive madeira out of my nose you prick(, Fri 23 Aug 2013, 23:08, closed)
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