Have ever heard the phrase “slicker than owl shit”?

My grandpa used to sing that song to me and my brother when we were little kids. For whatever reason when he got to the hair part it always annoyed me because being the smart kid I was, I knew frogs didnt even have hair. It never occurred to me to object the whole flea, wart, log, sea part.

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Outrageous-Pin-4664@reddit

The finest measurement known to man is the RCH.

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United_Camel5558@reddit

ngl that shiz is wild like grandpas always drop the weirdest wisdom sometimes

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Outrageous-Pin-4664@reddit

My dad: I'm so hungry I could eat a mule dick fried in axel grease.

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DoublePostedBroski@reddit

Sure haven’t

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Stein1071@reddit

Slicker than greased owl shit.

My dad used to say it all the time. For perspective, he'd be 89.

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4MuddyPaws@reddit

I've heard goose, not owl, but same idea.

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tinkeringidiot@reddit

"Goose shit through a tin horn"

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Cheap_Coffee@reddit

But goose shit isn't slick. At least, Canadian geese lay little green vienna sausages. They appear dry.

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Responsible_Side8131@reddit

Never

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GreenBeanTM@reddit

Nope

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TheJokersChild@reddit

That's a world-premiere phrase to me.

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Smart_Engine_3331@reddit

Never heard it.

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Adorable_Dust3799@reddit

Cat shit or frog shit here

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UncommonSenseApplier@reddit

Is owl shit slick because they are silent even in flight, or is it a texture thing?

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Livid_Number_@reddit

Definitely not the texture. Owls regurgitate their waste in pellet form.

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Reddit_Inuarashi@reddit

Well, not all of it. They still poop, too, just like any other bird. It’s just the indigestibles that come back up orally.

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markmakesfun@reddit

“Greased owl shit.” Of course!

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Ok_Moose_7436@reddit

Now I have

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Fire_Mission@reddit

Slicker than goose shit. Never heard owl.

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Common-Independent-9@reddit

My dad says slicker than cat shit or slicker than goose shit. I’ve slipped on so much goose shit throughout my life so I tend to use that one

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CowabungaShaman@reddit

I have heard “slicker than whale shit” which I consider to be an extremely funny phrase, because mentally I’m perpetually an 8 year old.

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devilscabinet@reddit

Yep. I don't hear it often, but it isn't a phrase that would confuse people in my area.

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DCDHermes@reddit

My parents from Louisiana said that all the time. Also “colder than a witch’s tit in a brass brazier”

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LupercaniusAB@reddit

“Colder than a well digger’s ass”.

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astudyinamber@reddit

Colder than a well-digger's ass in the Klondike

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izlude7027@reddit

Given the context, shouldn't it be brassiere?

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DCDHermes@reddit

It should if my stupid phone didn’t autocorrect it.

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LordFluffyPotato@reddit

No

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CaptainPunisher@reddit

Slicker'n greased owl shit.

It's even used in the movie Renaissance Man with Danny DeVito IIRC. If I remember it right, it's Private Melvin that says it reading from a letter from his brother.

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LupercaniusAB@reddit

Had a guy from Tennessee once describe a mechanical process as going “smooth as mule lips”.

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Poiresque@reddit

"Slicker than owl shit on a rainy night," dad would say.

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yossariandawn@reddit

Nope, never. But once you have heard it, it is quite memorable.

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No-Kaleidoscope-166@reddit

But how do they know owl shit is slick??

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Hoosier_Jedi@reddit (OP)

Presumably from stepping on owl shit.

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Manatee369@reddit

Yes. Also “slicker than goose shit”.

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Spiritual_Being5845@reddit

Slicker then goose shit. And yes, it is slippery. In gym we used to have to run around the duck pond and the Canada geese who lived in the pond would shit all over the path and it was common for kids to slip and fall. In addition to being embarrassing and risking injury it was also disgusting because you were slipping and landing in actual shit.

I swear, gym teachers are sadists.

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