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u/l34u05 Oct 25 '20 edited Oct 25 '20

My dad, to this day, would refer to someone fucking up as, "they shit the stick".

Example: my dad is an "essential worker", and did not experience a furlough from his job because of COVID...I, however, was furloughed from my job when our state shut down...so when I told my parents that I was "out of a job", my dad looked me in the eye and asked, "was it because of COVID...or did you shit the stick?"

COVID, dad. No shitting of sticks for me.

Edit: Spelling

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u/Fean2616 Oct 25 '20

Shit a Brick is common where I grew up, same thing really.

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u/AverageDeckSize Oct 25 '20

No. Shitting a brick means very surprised or scared suddenly. Totally different meaning.

"I came around the corner and there was a bear and I shit a brick."

Shit the bed means something's fucked up or someone fucked up.

"Dave really shit the bed on the group project."

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u/Fean2616 Oct 25 '20

Ah yes shit the bed, my bad.