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So much missinformation in here.

It's "the ghost is clear"

An adaption of a very old idiom "the ghost is queer".

It is an olde english term from medival times when ghosts where common place along with knights, dragons, wizards and elves. Most ghosts were mundane and normal things but every now and then one would be up to no good and act weird by haunting someone. Hence the term "the ghost is queer". Queer simply used to mean weird back then. As ghosts became extinct the term slowly attapted into "the ghost is clear" meaning "nothing in here, not even a ghost".

It's pretty common knowledge here in England.

And I have an ounce of the finest green to hand too.

 

[BGBW]

Is it 'Lucy in the Sky' or 'Judy in Disguise'?

 

[IndieJones]

For all intensive purposes, it's "coast".

 

[ColonialHawk]

It's actually "Ghost Guard" not "Coast Guard." Its a common mispronunciation.

 

[Nimajneb]

...how does "tow the line" make more sense than "toe the line?"

How have you ever heard the expression used where "tow the line" made more sense? The idiom means to follow orders or conform to a standard. How would using a tow truck to pull a god damn line make any sense?

Tow the line would refer to a person pulling the party line. Like furthering the party's agenda. It makes perfect sense.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

It's actually the grost is rear

 

[zeemumu]

You'll have to ask the National Ghost Guard


Space Coast: Ghost to Ghost

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Tow the line would refer to a person pulling the party line. Like furthering the party's agenda. It makes perfect sense.

But it's not used in the context of pulling the party line further. It's used in the context of following it to a fault

 

[Keym]

Wait I've been getting ghosted and not "coasted" this entire time?

No, it's coasted, as in they go along the coast to evade you.

 

[ExInferus]

I couldn't care less

NOT
'I could care less'

Doesnt make sense, come fight me.

I think I always hear the latter. Could that be right?

 

[hydrophilic attack]

I think I always hear the latter. Could that be right?

Either you hear it wrong, or you're surrounded by dumb dumbs

 

[Servbot24]

The ghost is glear

 

[Nimajneb]

But it's not used in the context of pulling the party line further. It's used in the context of following it to a fault

One pulls the line by conforming to it.

 

[digita1alchemy]

I mean, I don't expect to be put on a pedal stool...

 

[Gnub]

It's the coast is clear. I was going to think of snarky reply, but I don't want to be an asshole like the rest of GAF.

This post is clear.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

One pulls the line by conforming to it.

Towing or pulling the line implies some agency and active participation, while toeing or following it implies meek, possibly spineless, acquiescence

 

[GrantDaNasty]

Whenever I get a sandwich, I make sure to ask if "The toast is clear" first.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

Tow the line would refer to a person pulling the party line. Like furthering the party's agenda. It makes perfect sense.

Can you tell me examples of where you've heard it said that gave you that impression? I've never heard the "toe the line" idiom said to anyone in a film or otherwise who wasn't a subordinate or non-influential person, which meant that they need to get in line, not pull it, since they would literally have no pull.

Also my tow truck comment was facetious.

 

[Aaronology]

You'll have to ask the National Ghost Guard


Space Coast: Ghost to Ghost

I can't handle this thread.

 

[SomTervo]

Is it a meme-worthy thread?






It's a meme-worthy thread.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Is it a meme-worthy thread?






It's a meme-worthy thread.

i wish i could successfully make a meme

 

[Nimajneb]

Towing or pulling the line implies some agency and active participation, while toeing or following it implies meek, possibly spineless, acquiescence

If there's one line and everyone's pulling it, there's no room for independent thought.

Can you tell me examples of where you've heard it said that gave you that impression? I've never heard the "toe the line" idiom said to anyone in a film or otherwise who wasn't a subordinate or non-influential person, which meant that they need to get in line, not pull it, since they would literally have no pull.

Also my tow truck comment was facetious.

Towing doesn't necessarily mean leading. They're doing the grunt work, pulling the party where the party wants to go.

 

[SomTervo]

i wish i could successfully make a meme

Don't we all

 

[zeemumu]

Is it "Taken for granted" or "Taken for granite"

For all intensive purposes

To make end's meat

 

[sixteen-bit]

Coast is correct

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

I think I always hear the latter. Could that be right?

How could that be right? Think about it. If you could care less, then you do at least care a little. That's not quite the point of the phrase- it's to express how you do not care at all. If you could not care less, that means that it is not possible to care any less than you do, which is to say not at all.

 

[EatChildren]

there is no god and we die alone

 

[Antiwhippy]

there is no god and we die alone

At least our ghosts will be clear.

 

[Iksenpets]

Hm, how should I tell people we are currently safe? Ah, yes, by reminding them that ghosts are invisible and could be all around us ready to attack.

 

[SomTervo]

For all intensive purposes

To make end's meat

 

[hydrophilic attack]

If there's one line and everyone's pulling it, there's no room for independent thought.

So I can sort of see this interpretation, but the fact that towing in any other context requires a vehicle, still makes "tow the line" sound incredibly wrong to me

Also, usually, you don't tow a line, you use a towing line to tow something else, like a car

How could that be right? Think about it. If you could care less, then you do at least care a little. That's not quite the point of the phrase- it's to express how you do not care at all. If you could not care less, that means that it is not possible to care any less than you do, which is to say not at all.

I think this picture sums up what you're saying well:

 

[Z3M0G]

"Ghost"?? LOL

 

[Messofanego]

Fuck me. I mean ghosts are indeed translucent. Or transparent. What's the diff between translucent and transparent even.

How old are you?

 

[Keym]

Bart's teacher is named Krabappel?

 

[Joohanh]

When I started BJJ I thought for a long time that the "omo plata" was called "homo plata".

didn't question it

 

[vypek]

Lol what an incredible thread

 

[Ragelink26]

My wife pronounced wheelbarrow as "wheel barrel" until a few years ago.

She never realized that she was wrong, and nobody in her family ever told her. They just never felt the need to correct her and allowed her to say it wrong for 25 years

 

[meppi]

My wife pronounced wheelbarrow as "wheel barrel" until a few years ago.

She never realized that she was wrong, and nobody in her family ever told her. They just never felt the need to correct her and allowed her to say it wrong for 25 years

Few people will get this, but I think you might be living in a parallel Atelier dimension and your wife sounds like she's an alchemist!

 

[akira28]

angels fall like rain

and love love love is all of heaven away


in side you the time moves
and she don't fade....

the ghost in you she is clear

 

[TetraGenesis]

Who the hell -- other than you -- in all of human history has every said "the ghost is clear"? Hahahahahaha.

 

[horkrux]

I personnelly would of thought it was ghost, but I could care less

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[Rookhelm]

Coast....and it's "Carrot on a Stick"

 

[Gold Coins for Cats]

I can't believe I red all of this thread.

 

[ebullientprism]

Is it 'Lucy in the Sky' or 'Judy in Disguise'?

It is 'Pie in disguise'.

 

[Blargonaut]

 

[Omadahl]

Isn't there an entire thread dedicated to stupid questions?

 

[Frank the Great]

Don't feel bad OP, it's a real doggie dog world out there.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

How did you make it this far in life

 

[Spine_Ripper]

Who the hell -- other than you -- in all of human history has every said "the ghost is clear"? Hahahahahaha.

😂😂😂

 

[Doctoglethorpe]

Hope you earned a lesson, OP. Threads like these, their like a carrot and a stick. You hope for the former but always get the ladder.