You'll make me sick

[crusse10]

Originally Posted by DDDlady

$10 says this troll has not set foot south of the Mason Dixon line, and has no idea all that statement encompasses.

Which one? Bless your heart?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by crusse10

Which one? Bless your heart?

That's the one.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by crusse10

Which one? Bless your heart?

Basicallya polite way of telling somebody to do the anatomically impossible.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Basicallya polite way of telling somebody to do the anatomically impossible.

Speak for yourself lol

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Basicallya polite way of telling somebody to do the anatomically impossible.

LOL, but no, not quite. It's a little more nuanced than that, and not nearly as . . . vulgar. Depending on the circumstances and context, "Bless your/his/her heart" can mean:

-- a sincere expression of empathy, as in "Miss Luella's arthritis is acting up something awful. She can barely make it to the hairdresser, bless her heart."

-- an assurance that though someone may not have the sense he was born with, we love him anyway, as in "Mama, Brother has his pants on backwards again." "Oh, bless his heart."

-- a polite addendum to an otherwise unkind and rude observation, such as "She doesn't have the sense God gave a string bean, bless her heart," or "If I had a dog as ugly as him, I'd shave his butt and make him walk backwards, bless his heart," or "Bless your heart, you're too stupid to even know how stupid you are."

In all of these uses, there can be an almost endless variety of permutations, and with the last, a simple "Bless your/his/her heart" may often be used alone, as the the remainder of the sentiment will, of course, be understood.

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

-- an assurance that though someone may not have the sense he was born with, we love him anyway, as in "Mama, Brother has his pants on backwards again." "Oh, bless his heart."

^^^^

I grew up with this interpretation.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

LOL, but no, not quite. It's a little more nuanced than that, and not nearly as . . . vulgar. Depending on the circumstances and context, "Bless your/his/her heart" can mean:

-- a sincere expression of empathy, as in "Miss Luella's arthritis is acting up something awful. She can barely make it to the hairdresser, bless her heart."

-- an assurance that though someone may not have the sense he was born with, we love him anyway, as in "Mama, Brother has his pants on backwards again." "Oh, bless his heart."

-- a polite addendum to an otherwise unkind and rude observation, such as "She doesn't have the sense God gave a string bean, bless her heart," or "If I had a dog as ugly as him, I'd shave his butt and make him walk backwards, bless his heart," or "Bless your heart, you're too stupid to even know how stupid you are."

In all of these uses, there can be an almost endless variety of permutations, and with the last, a simple "Bless your/his/her heart" may often be used alone, as the the remainder of the sentiment will, of course, be understood.

Haha, it's so funny this is actually being discussed..

A couple weeks ago, my brother posted this as his Facebook status:

I just made the best discovery ever.. as long you say "bless his/her heart" at the end of an insult, you can get away with ANYTHING. For example, 'Those Jersey Shore kids are a bunch of STD riddled dumbasses... bless their hearts."

... and now everything we've posted to each other ends with "bless his/her/your heart"

[sanjiyan69]

I will try that with my wife and see what she says. Bless her heart.

[crusse10]

Bless y'all's hearts

[Optimus Prime]

All I wanna know is, what the heck is "greed gear"?

[DDDlady]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

LOL, but no, not quite. It's a little more nuanced than that, and not nearly as . . . vulgar. Depending on the circumstances and context, "Bless your/his/her heart" can mean:

-- a sincere expression of empathy, as in "Miss Luella's arthritis is acting up something awful. She can barely make it to the hairdresser, bless her heart."

-- an assurance that though someone may not have the sense he was born with, we love him anyway, as in "Mama, Brother has his pants on backwards again." "Oh, bless his heart."

-- a polite addendum to an otherwise unkind and rude observation, such as "She doesn't have the sense God gave a string bean, bless her heart," or "If I had a dog as ugly as him, I'd shave his butt and make him walk backwards, bless his heart," or "Bless your heart, you're too stupid to even know how stupid you are."

In all of these uses, there can be an almost endless variety of permutations, and with the last, a simple "Bless your/his/her heart" may often be used alone, as the the remainder of the sentiment will, of course, be understood.

You know... that just might be the best description of that phrase I have ever seen. "Bless your heart" is quite possibly my favorite southern language convention, with y'all running a close second.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by DDDlady

with y'all running a close second.

I sat here for a second thinking "who is running a close second?"

*sigh*

[DDDlady]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I sat here for a second thinking "who is running a close second?"

*sigh*

Lol. I will put things like that in quotes next time.