Fun fact (eh…more like barely recollected memory, likely to be wrong to some extent) -

The tires on those big ass haul trucks are seriously dangerous as they reach end of life - a blowout on something that size is real violent. Far as I know, they’ve got a ton of instrumentation these days to keep track of conditions and remaining life, etc.

IS IT LUIGI MANGI-MOTHAFUCKIN-ONE?!

Wait what?! Install several, pick upon login?! Had no idea, that’s awesome.

Delicious. That last one especially, scrolls right off the tongue.

Feels like something Ricky from Trailer Park Boys would deliver.

ENTIRELY possible that this exact line is what sent me down the path of noticing and loving tortured idioms. And I forgot all about it, so thanks!!

I love botched idioms so much. “It’s not rocket surgery” is my go to, but the best ones are unintentional (and completely torture the original).

Best I’ve heard lately was on the air, local NPR affiliate, and the unfortunate lass said something, complimenting I think a film director, saying “He’s hitting all cylinders at just the very top level”.

(The original is “firing on all cylinders”, which just describes an internal combustion engine working properly and not suffering from that particular degradation, cylinders misfiring. Hitting them, anywhere, let alone “at the top level”, is utter nonsense and it was delightful to me, she flat out abused that idiom)

Edit to add: some related favs which aren’t quite botched idioms but which kinda “rhyme” with the idea - both meaning “okay, time to get the thing done”:

• “let’s kick this puppy” (given to me by a particularly influential teacher)
• “let’s shake this baby” (my own personal creation, occurred to me while getting my kiddo ready for one thing or another)
• (these having the same flow as e.g. “let’s knock this out”, “let’s blow this taco stand”, etc.)

OOF, cheers and well done homie! That’s delicious.

Right?! Honestly the most remarkable part of the whole image to me is how totally ass many of the designs are. Dr. Shasta is egregious as well.