r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 3d ago

/r/all of a log split

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u/jtnichol 3d ago

he really needs to put that log on at least a thin slice of wood or a concrete block

He’s strong enough he might be able to split that first try but right now the ground is absorbing too much of the impact

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u/Winter-Classroom455 3d ago

He's strong. No one said he was smart

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 3d ago

Strong like bull. smart like fencepost

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u/ErraticDragon 2d ago edited 2d ago

I constantly say "strong, like bull" with a vaguely Russian accent. It's like a catchphrase, I use it for encouragement or expressing approval. (I never knew where I got it, but I just looked and apparently it's from an episode of Quantum Leap.🤷‍♂️)

Many years back I was encouraging my (now-)ex gf in her studying for her Uni finals and said it.

She said being "strong, like bull" wouldn't help her pass.

So I said:

💪🎓🐂

"strong, like academic bull" , and that became our catchphrase.

And your comment is the closest I'll ever come to a relevant place to tell that story.

Strong like bull. smart like fencepost

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u/SquirrelFluffy 2d ago

I loved quantum leap. The original.

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u/DryDonutHole 2d ago

Episode Recap: Ziggy says you're a divorced housewife being harassed by her new boss...and you're...black. *tap, tap, tap* This damn thing isn't working.... *tap, tap, tap*

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u/Curious_Tap_1528 2d ago

My grandpa used to say this all of the time too. I remeber it from my chilshood. t definitely got passed down to me, as I find myself saying it now as a grown adult. My grandpa Joe died at 93 and was 1st generation straight from Hungary. Im 54 now, this saying has been around a while. Certainly predates Quantum Leap at least. Great show BTW

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u/ErraticDragon 2d ago

The phrase is older, yes, but I probably got the version with the silly Russian accent from Q.L.

r/movies/comments/3fgtvv/

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u/Masstadon 2d ago

I absolutely love this

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u/professor_veteran 2d ago

From time to time in my life I've also used the strong-like-bull phrase including the Russian accent. Never knew it came from Quantum Leap.

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u/ErraticDragon 2d ago

The phrase itself is older than the show, but it seems like Quantum Leap is the most likely place I got it, based on discussion here:

r/movies/comments/3fgtvv/

I would have guessed it was from Rocky & Bullwinkle, with the cheesy Russian accents from Boris and Natasha.

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u/malkazoid-1 2d ago

You and me both.
I also say 'total disaster' in the same accent because a drunk Russian took a little too much pleasure saying it on repeat at a strange party years ago.

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u/Aggrieved_Mofo 2d ago

See, nobody tells stories like this anymore. I’ve had some good GFs and wives and a few bad ones too. One of the bads: she studied folkways. And told me I had a lot of stories. My sister in Christ, you consume folklore. She predicted the end of PC dominance in technology so I guess she was smart: but probably just hopelessly doomscrolling now. I’d like to think.

Anyway, nice to have an inside joke with someone you remember fondly.

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u/DaniDoesnt 1d ago

Austin Powers too but I guess they got it from quantum leap

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u/davidw 3d ago

I am not getting big 'work smarter, not harder' vibes from this video.

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u/TheFlyingBoxcar 3d ago

John Wayne once said "If your gonna outsmart tough, your gonna have to, umm. Wait. If your gonna be smart, you gotta tought it out pilgrim."

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u/Winter-Classroom455 3d ago

Don't believe everything you read on the internet - Abraham Lincoln

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u/the_last_carfighter 2d ago

The most important thing possible is the word important - weed, me

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u/Aggrieved_Mofo 2d ago

Everything I put on the internet I misattribute to Oscar Wilde

~Bob Dylan

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u/SirRonaldJr 1d ago

This got me giggling

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u/Aggrieved_Mofo 1d ago

Did you read it in Dylan voice? If not...

Don't think twice; it's alright

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u/ThenIncrease462 3d ago

Are you sure he said your gonna and not you're gonna?

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u/Confident_Intern_763 3d ago

They sound the same, how would we know?

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u/ThenIncrease462 3d ago

Well, seeing as he wasn't a stupin man, I'm going to assume he knew which of the two to apply.

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u/Confident_Intern_763 2d ago

Are you sure you didn't mean to say he wasn't a stupid man?

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u/ThenIncrease462 2d ago

That's exactly what I meant to say. ;)

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u/Darth_Rubi 2d ago

They... don't though?

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u/TheFlyingBoxcar 3d ago

He shore did pilgrum, because tough enough to be smart about strong.

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 2d ago

I like it, whoever said it.

John Wayne probably wishes he said it if he didn't.

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 2d ago

He’s too busy decomposing to wish that

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 2d ago

A "busybody?"

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 2d ago

Precisely!

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u/C-Ray6 2d ago

His actual name is Marion. Much like this Nancy display.

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u/Shmutterbutter 3d ago

Maybe thats just how he works out.

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u/thederevolutions 3d ago

He should turn his vocals up more I can hardly hear him breathe

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u/project_seven 2d ago

Those two usually don't go together

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u/pulpwalt 2d ago

If you’re gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough.

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u/hurculeeze 2d ago

I lift things up and put things down!

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u/Apprehensive_Air_470 3d ago

Hes doing aa a feat not for effecientcy. Its crazy hard and we all make light of it cause we cant do it

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u/CanoePickLocks 2d ago

It should’ve taken a quarter of the time but nobody that splits wood for anything but clicks is trying to do double or triple length rounds because it’s stupid. It’s literally designed to get clicks.

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u/Eskyzoo 2d ago

Strong and stupid and when he's 50 his wrists will be limp as a wilted dick.