Thinning the herd....

[TFridgen]

Can we find another term? This one's beginning to bother me.
Just sayin...

 

[Spewnz]

how about "diluting the pack"

 

[TFridgen]

how about "diluting the pack"

...but that would mean we'd have to add something crappy to make the pack less potent. We're on the right path though. Maybe, 'it's time to murder our male children'?

 

[TFridgen]

..or even better; "it's time to slaughter my firstborn son"! That's got a better ring to it.

 

[Heritage Softail]

Back in the day I had a buddy that drank Schlitz Malt Liquior Bull..... when the fridge started looking low.... we had been thinning the herd..

 

[TFridgen]

Back in the day I had a buddy that drank Schlitz Malt Liquior Bull..... when the fridge started looking low.... we had been thinning the herd..

That's more like thinning the blood. But seriously, beer is delicious.

 

[MrMarkIII]

"Thinning the herd"...
How about: "Desperately trying to sell off impulsively bought and never-used gear so my wife doesn't kill me (or so I can get my truck fixed)" ?
Or even better: "Desperately trying to sell off impulsively bought and never-used gear so I can buy even more impulsively bought and never-used gear."
YMMV

 

[ryjan]

How about "Draining the G.A.S. tank" haha! 8)

 

[kiff]

how about "optimizing resources"? kind of how buying a 12 pack of good beer can be more efficient/effective than buying a case of crap

btw: serious thread

 

[stephen sawall]

What would Ted Nugget do ?

 

[ryjan]

What would Ted Nugget do ?

Whatever the crazy voices in his bat sh!t mind tells him to do.

 

[MrMarkIII]

How about "Draining the G.A.S. tank" haha! 8)

Excellent! :lol:

Ted "Nugget" (is that what his wife calls it?) would just buy more Byrdlands.

 

[giantstepjoe]

"Thinning the herd"...
How about: "Desperately trying to sell off impulsively bought and never-used gear so my wife doesn't kill me (or so I can get my truck fixed)" ?
Or even better: "Desperately trying to sell off impulsively bought and never-used gear so I can buy even more impulsively bought and never-used gear."
YMMV

This one's got my vote.

 

[stephen sawall]

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ted-nugget/16/721/815

 

[RR]

"Thinning the herd"...
How about: "Desperately trying to sell off impulsively bought and never-used gear so my wife doesn't kill me (or so I can get my truck fixed)" ?
Or even better: "Desperately trying to sell off impulsively bought and never-used gear so I can buy even more impulsively bought and never-used gear."
YMMV

This one's got my vote.

Yeah but, this is a direct description exactly what we're trying to do.

... but in this day of age we use similes, metaphors, and euphemisms.

e.g. when we do Spring cleaning and have a lot of garabage, we have to go to the public dump but we rather say "We're going to the landfill."

e.g. Your favorite uncle is in prison and you want to visit him. So instead of telling your girlfriend you can't spend time with her on Sunday because you have to visit your uncle in prison you say "Honey I'm going to visit my uncle at the Correctional Institution."

e.g. you want to purchase a car but can't afford a brand new one so you purchase a used one but you tell your friends "I bought a 'pre-owned car."

get it? :lol:

 

[MrMarkIII]

"Thinning the herd"...
How about: "Desperately trying to sell off impulsively bought and never-used gear so my wife doesn't kill me (or so I can get my truck fixed)" ?
Or even better: "Desperately trying to sell off impulsively bought and never-used gear so I can buy even more impulsively bought and never-used gear."
YMMV

This one's got my vote.

Yeah but, this is a direct description exactly what we're trying to do.

... but in this day of age we use similes, metaphors, and euphemisms.

e.g. when we do Spring cleaning and have a lot of garabage, we have to go to the public dump but we rather say "We're going to the landfill."

e.g. Your favorite uncle is in prison and you want to visit him. So instead of telling your girlfriend you can't spend time with her on Sunday because you have to visit your uncle in prison you say "Honey I'm going to visit my uncle at the Correctional Institution."

e.g. you want to purchase a car but can't afford a brand new one so you purchase a used one but you tell your friends "I bought a 'pre-owned car."

get it? :lol:

Not to sound like a crazed conspiracy theory militia-head :shock: , but ain't terms like "landfill" and "correctional institution" euphemisms invented by our beloved government overlords?
Orwell called it "doublespeak" in his "1984".
Of course, "pre-owned" is advertising, you expect doublespeak from advertising. The gov'mint must be hiring dudes from Madison Ave.
God help us all :lol:

 

[RR]

... but in this day of age we use similes, metaphors, and euphemisms.

e.g. when we do Spring cleaning and have a lot of garabage, we have to go to the public dump but we rather say "We're going to the landfill."

e.g. Your favorite uncle is in prison and you want to visit him. So instead of telling your girlfriend you can't spend time with her on Sunday because you have to visit your uncle in prison you say "Honey I'm going to visit my uncle at the Correctional Institution."

e.g. you want to purchase a car but can't afford a brand new one so you purchase a used one but you tell your friends "I bought a 'pre-owned car."

get it? :lol:

Not to sound like a crazed conspiracy theory militia-head :shock: , but ain't terms like "landfill" and "correctional institution" euphemisms invented by our beloved government overlords?
Orwell called it "doublespeak" in his "1984".
Of course, "pre-owned" is advertising, you expect doublespeak from advertising. The gov'mint must be hiring dudes from Madison Ave.
God help us all :lol:

... [silent] ... uh ...why are you tying to say? [note to self: I think I have been brain washed by the Gov't]