I was at work the other day speaking to a co-worker about another co-worker, and she said, “he’s about as useless as two tits in a bowl”. To which I replied rather facetiously, “yes, and almost as useless as two tits on a bull”. Well, she stopped dead in her tracks and looked at me like I had turned lead into gold. “What did you say?” she asked, and I repeated myself. “My God”, she said, “is that the saying? My Mum has been saying that to me for 30 years and I always thought she was saying ‘two tits in a bowl’ and I could never figure out what she meant!!!”
“Mystery solved!” I replied, and told her that the actual saying is “useless as tits on a bull”. And with that little epiphany behind her, we went on to agree that he is useless no matter how you describe it!
