How Crazy Is He? #1LinerWeds

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Marian Allen

When I was young and worked in an office, one of my co-workers gave me an expression I’ve used ever since:

He’s crazier’n a tree full of hoot-owls.

I don’t know what makes hoot-owls particularly crazy, or why the craziness increases with numbers, but it feels right, so I use it. That’s how good expressions do.

This post is part of Linda G. Hills weekly blog hop, One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner or just like them, follow the link.

A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Write about a tree full of hoot-owls.

About Marian Allen

I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but now live in the woods in southern Indiana. Though I only write fiction, I love to read non-fiction. The more I learn about this world, the more fantastic I see it is. Marian Allen's Google profile

One thought on “How Crazy Is He? #1LinerWeds”

RAAckerman@Cerebrations.biz
January 6, 2021 at 10:04am

How many times a day can you use that for TheDonald? Rep Nunez? Louis Gompert?
Let’s have a contest!

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Dan Antion
January 6, 2021 at 12:04pm

Wow, that applies to so many people today.

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John Holton
January 6, 2021 at 7:36pm

I saw another along the same lines today: You have more loose screws than a hardware store in an earthquake!

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