The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 28 days agoI'm so hungrylemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1667arrow-down14
arrow-up1663arrow-down1imageI'm so hungrylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 28 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·28 days agoHow did I get to thirty before realizing the expression comes from people eating horses when they’re starving and have no other option
minus-squaredarkdemize@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·28 days agoBuddy, I’m 41, and I always thought until just now it was saying you were “so hungry you could eat a(n entire) horse.”
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·28 days agoThat’s how I’ve always interpreted it too.
minus-squarehungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·27 days agoOHHH I thought it’s just because horses are so big, because you’re so hungry that nothing smaller could satisfy your hunger. So, if you’re even hungrier than that, the expression could be “I’m so hungry I could eat Jimmy”.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·28 days agoIt’s pretty much an Anglo Saxon exception that horse meat isn’t eaten… It’s not as popular as it once was in Quebec, but it used to be readily available…
How did I get to thirty before realizing the expression comes from people eating horses when they’re starving and have no other option
Buddy, I’m 41, and I always thought until just now it was saying you were “so hungry you could eat a(n entire) horse.”
That’s how I’ve always interpreted it too.
OHHH
I thought it’s just because horses are so big, because you’re so hungry that nothing smaller could satisfy your hunger.
So, if you’re even hungrier than that, the expression could be “I’m so hungry I could eat Jimmy”.
It’s pretty much an Anglo Saxon exception that horse meat isn’t eaten… It’s not as popular as it once was in Quebec, but it used to be readily available…