"It's too high to eat grass, but it's gotta be fed, and hand feeding can only be sustained for a short period of time"
An old guy at work said that to me, and he's taunting me as we speak because I can't figure it out. I thought it might be a penis and hand feeding refers to masturbation, but the it's too high to eat grass makes no sense to me, neither does the "it's gotta be fed".
On June 26 2006 23:29 Energies wrote: "It's too high to eat glass, but it's gotta be fed, and hand feeding can only be sustained for a short period of time"
An old guy at work said that to me, and he's taunting me as we speak because I can't figure it out. I thought it might be a penis and hand feeding refers to masturbation, but the it's too high to eat grass makes no sense to me, neither does the "it's gotta be fed".
-Just cuz it's too high to eat grass doesn't mean it actually does. -Your penis has horny urges that have to be "fed". -Masturbating is very tiring on your arms//We need the real thing eventually
Also, beware bending over in close proximity to the dirty old man.
well, my first instinct was to say a giraffe but i think thats probably what Energies tried as well. Also, giraffes have no problem bending down to eat grass, it merely says 'its too high to eat grass, but its gotta be fed'
all we know is that its living above the ground (like a kuala) actually, it probably doesnt eat grass.
a bird in a cage? they can't get down to the ground to eat the grass it has to eat of course... and no one wants to keep their hand in a cage the whole time...
On June 27 2006 08:06 sdpgposd wrote: well, my first instinct was to say a giraffe but i think thats probably what Energies tried as well. Also, giraffes have no problem bending down to eat grass, it merely says 'its too high to eat grass, but its gotta be fed'
all we know is that its living above the ground (like a kuala) actually, it probably doesnt eat grass.
On June 27 2006 08:16 Jathin wrote: Seems to me like it's a metaphor for a goal that's hard to accomplish and you need to seek an alternative route to solve. The cow, I suppose, is too high off the ground to eat grass - yet it needs to be fed -- there lies the problem. Hand feeding it can only be sustained for a short period of time (your arm gets tired, whatever) -- so you need to seek an alternative route to feeding it.
I know the world is full of weird shit and metaphors, but a cow that CAN NOT EAT GRASS BY BENDING ITS HEAD DOWN is...just...you know, forget it. He probably meant a shark. Dunno.
It sounds like a horse or something that is too high off of the ground to reach down to eat the grass, and it needs to be fed, but letting it eat out of your palm every time it needs food isn't really applicable or feasible.
On June 27 2006 08:06 sdpgposd wrote: well, my first instinct was to say a giraffe but i think thats probably what Energies tried as well. Also, giraffes have no problem bending down to eat grass, it merely says 'its too high to eat grass, but its gotta be fed'
all we know is that its living above the ground (like a kuala) actually, it probably doesnt eat grass.
On June 30 2006 13:10 Aileon wrote: It sounds like a horse or something that is too high off of the ground to reach down to eat the grass, and it needs to be fed, but letting it eat out of your palm every time it needs food isn't really applicable or feasible.
goddamnit this was already answered, stop debating
On June 27 2006 00:32 nova_442 wrote: Still a penis.
-Just cuz it's too high to eat grass doesn't mean it actually does. -Your penis has horny urges that have to be "fed". -Masturbating is very tiring on your arms//We need the real thing eventually
Also, beware bending over in close proximity to the dirty old man.
i hate when somebody answers the poster early on in the thread and people continue to throw out their ideas. this isn't an allegory to the secret of life, he's just a perverted old man, like that one from family guy.
My first thought was to think around the whole eating grass reference, and focus on the direct wording. It's something high, something that has to be fed, and something that you use your hand only for a certain amount of time to do such.
Only thing I can come up with is a kite. It's too high to eat grass, whether it can eat grass or not. You feed the string out by hand to make it fly higher, but you run out of string sooner or later.
Dunno. Best I can think of. XP
Edit: A barn silo kinda works as well. It's quite tall, and you store silage/grain in it, which would fill the feeding reference. Also, it's usually filled by machinery, as if you tried to do it by hand (ignoring time spans) you'd have it spill out or eventually fill it to a point where you can't put anymore in without being higher off the ground.
For fun: "In Australia, many country towns in grain-growing areas have concrete tower silos to collect grain from the surrounding towns and store it ready for transport by train or road to an export port."
'Kay, I'm gonna stop thinking too much about something stupid now.
Hm....im thinking a baby bird in its nest or something. "Too high to eat grass but it needs to be fed, hand feeding only works for a short period of time." The only part that doesnt go with it is "eat grass" birds dont eat grass...hmmmm.
it drives me crazy also. Plz tell me, i don't think any of the answers here are a good enough match to be the answer. The first thing i thought about before reading was a giraffe, but that isn't it. The explanation for barn silo is too intellectual, and this makes it too far-fetched.
ps i don't really think it's a kind of animal, i don't think it's that literal. An airplane has crossed my mind, but feeding by hand?
edit: can't it be something like confidence or self-esteem?
Usually, when I return my kids to their mother, she insists I stay awhile (for no other reason than to update me on her financial woes). But, this time, she quickly picked up the little one and said "Say goodbye to dad". Such curious behaviour, I thought. When I told my neighbour what happened, he replied: "Well, you know, it's gotta be fed, and it's too high to eat grass."
Do you really wanna know Young Fella?? I mean do you _really_ want to _know_ ?
The "old guy" is rootin' your ride, or knows who is. Back-doorin' ya..Sharkin' ya...get it?
Get yourself round to the GF's place, unannounced..bet ya someone is there...feeding it<G> It's as old a game as Ringers Pool. The "old guy" is laffin' at ya..fer shure to be shure.
And yeh..the root cause? Like someone else said on this list..You are too tied up in thinking about penis' and playing Misare. Do something about that, lest your future be known as a SharkPool[chuckle] ~~~~~~~JOARZ~~~~~~~~~
-- ad: Aussies are a weird Mob, sure. But they are good at it. Not like them Seppos..who are sad mad and bad - LMAO
0n July 05 2007 06:25 XCetron from United States wrote: >Thread was short too. Can we get update on > whether or not the answers were right? > Sure thing Mate. Read my earlier post. The info is ridgy-didge. Take it to the Bank :-) What you cannot get a handle on , just ask. Only too happy to put the hand across the water, so to speak <g> I am a Usenetizen, btw..haven't done BBS in years, but a Friend found this question on this PHP page and asked if I would go clear the smoke. So I have. Or fogged the joint up<bg>
On June 26 2006 23:29 Energies wrote: "It's too high to eat grass, but it's gotta be fed, and hand feeding can only be sustained for a short period of time"
An old guy at work said that to me, and he's taunting me as we speak because I can't figure it out. I thought it might be a penis and hand feeding refers to masturbation, but the it's too high to eat grass makes no sense to me, neither does the "it's gotta be fed".
On July 05 2007 10:10 atarianimo wrote: Can someone please translate what Joarz is saying? He kinda fogged the joint up.
It's about your girl/guy/spouse..etc cheating on you.
Only what doesn't make sense to me is how the hell they came up with that phrase/verse. I don't get the connection. It's like that plane on a tree with apple and banana joke.
On July 05 2007 10:22 boghat wrote: What I want to know is how Joarz found this thread in the first place..
He said a friend pointed him to it. They were probably googling for um... grass?
On July 05 2007 @ 09:32. Aerox did post: >oic, thanks for the explanation. No worries, glad to help out :-) >Been a year since the question was posted. Yeah, I am surprised to see a PHP site last that long. They usually fall over inside 6 months of commissioning? > >He'd have probably found out by now (but not the meaning >of the verse). I agree... totally :-) > >Know reason why or how this verse came into being? Like all metaphor, euphemism and colloquium they are Cultural specific, generated by the population from a need to quickly explain something without saying much. Aussies have dozens of them with (unfortunately) much of them being lost as the X generation flies into warp speed with SMS speak. Here are some links for those with an interest. http://www.acn.net.au/articles/slang/ http://www.acn.net.au/articles/humour/ http://www.upfromaustralia.com/aussieslang.html http://www.users.bigpond.com/RandyMiller/Dictionary.htm
To answer another question? My friend went looking for the meaning of "I gotta go cut the grass", knowing full well from our conversation I was not referring to the work of mowing lawn. The search engine returned this BBS topic, hence my arrival:-) Now here is where our 'language' gets confusing for non-Australians. "cutting the grass" has nothing to do with "too high to eat grass". In fact it refers to the act of "horizontal limbo" or "giving the ferrett a run", what evolutionists know as "copulation" :-)
Thanks for the space on your Board and thanks to those who posted questions. May your chooks lay and Bluey keep you safe.
On July 05 2007 17:31 Joarz wrote: ~~~~~~~JOARZ~~~~~~~
I know it's not logical, but people ending their posts like this pisses me off. Except when Mynock does it, but that's probably because he's been here for a while and is a good poster. Reminds me of "Feurbach out" lol.
On July 05 2007 17:31 Joarz wrote: ~~~~~~~JOARZ~~~~~~~
I know it's not logical, but people ending their posts like this pisses me off. Except when Mynock does it, but that's probably because he's been here for a while and is a good poster. Reminds me of "Feurbach out" lol.
0n July 05 2007 @18:13. <ieatkids5>just had to have a chop for the two thousandth and eightieth time, with:
>>On July 05 2007 17:31 Joarz wrote: >>---------------------------------------------- >>~~~~~~~JOARZ~~~~~~~ >>--------------------------------------------- >I know it's not logical, but people ending their posts like this pisses me off. > Logic has never been big on any Screwball Seppo agenda :-/ Pissed is the quick mark also for you Screwball Seppo types. No Brains..all MOUF and pharkALL to contribute, yet you eat everything put in front of you. > >Except when Mynock does it, but that's probably because he's been here >for a while and is a good poster. > Wrong. It means YOU are a lickass, effendi. This Mynock guy probably has you running scared you will get banned from this BBS. So, in typical Seppo fashion, you grovel at his ass lest he drop a fsckn Bomb on y'all. Keep an eye on China, Dude.. build yourself a fsckn Bunker - ROTFLMAO > >Reminds me of "Feurbach out" lol. > --
/out
~~~~~~~~JOARZ~~~~~~~
ad: I know one dumass Seppo (you) will not get the joke in my chosen handle, so here are two klooz. First - roll "R" and shorten the "Z" Second - go home now, you may well find me cutting the grass at your house..!
On June 26 2006 23:29 Energies wrote: "It's too high to eat grass, but it's gotta be fed, and hand feeding can only be sustained for a short period of time"
I read this and think it is to do with the ruling power in a country eventually being overturned by a revolution.
"its too high to eat the grass" <- the general attitude of the upper class "but its gotta be fed" <- needs the lower class to produce what they want "and hand feeding can only be sustained for a short period of time" <- lower class eventually gets all poverty stricken and rebels....
uh yeah....
On July 05 2007 17:31 Joarz wrote:
"cutting the grass" has nothing to do with "too high to eat grass". In fact it refers to the act of "horizontal limbo" or "giving the ferrett a run", what evolutionists know as "copulation" :-)
but reading this T_T it being about cheating is just Zzz
And Lo.. through the Fog did come a Fat Jumbuck, with Bockit on July 06 2007 @09:30. pushing a motion: >>On July 05 2007 20:52 Smurg wrote: >>You are a discredit to the entire nation of Australia. >> >Seconded.
Thank you, Bockit.. for pointing to just *who* the other noongs are actually responding to <weg> No one could ever know, given the klooless formatting of the posts. Fact is, the responses (now) are very understandable, coming from a bunch of children whose computer 'specialty' is throwing paintballs at a cartoon characters on a desktop :-}
Is there anyone posting here that knows what a URL is?
For the rest? This whole exercise was done as a demonstration to illustrate just how plainly lacking in Good Manners and Brains the idiots, that can _only_ use BBS in PHP format, are, today. That **Seppo Jerk0ff** (ieatkids5) had _no need_ to post in making a RULE where there was none. There was absolutely _no motivation_ for the comment on my sig line, none at all. _IT_ got it's lame Yank arse kicked good and hard for that. The plain effect is proven by all the Lamer followups. You idiots condemn yourselves by your own hand ! LMGDFAO@EWE
..now you kiddees just go load your paint guns, or, work on removing that hair from Mrs. Palmer :-p
~~~~~~~~JOARZ~~~~~~~~
ad: btw Bockit, that motion has a smell about as strong as them blind mullets that abound in Botany Bay [guffaw]
He said ieatkids has no need to comment on him signing his signature that way.
Anyway, imo, both are wrong. One for the comment of displeasure and the other for the lashing back in addition to making fun of the noobs.
Cmon, at least warn him first, instead of banning him straight away. Hmm.. looks like this can be used as an alternative to L337 5P34K or even encryption. XD
0n July 07 2007 @ 00:01. Aerox did say in part: >He said ieatkids has no need to comment on him signing his signature that way.
I do applaud your injection of sanity + justice, friend. It is indeed a sad fact that with a plethora of ignorance comes censorship. Why is it the one line klooless jibes here are not banned? Why is it the moderator has chosen to alter the list so posts appear out of RealTime order? Ignorance forms the belief my comments can be banned. Piffle. I can post what I like, whenever. Because I know how to. I am capable of taking down this whole topic, should I choose to do so. Because I know how to. Luckily, for the kiddees that post here, I DO believe in Freedom of Speech. Thus you live - N00Bs
Take one lesson from all of this topic. The "old guy" will screw your head every time, Boys. Do NOT fuck with Mountains.
"It's too high off the ground to eat grass". I believe this is a quaint analogy of a cow's lips and a woman's outer labia and it means : if a man is not having sex with his lady then she will need to get sex from somewhere else. Mystery solved