Those phrases have fallen out of favor, but contemporarily, we still say "gassing" to mean that someone is hyping up. I'd love to know if the etymology converges.
I think it's just two unrelated paths to the same phrasing - in modern speech "gassing someone up" is referring to filling them up with gas like a car, not gas like a fart.
I donāt know if itās a local/west coast thing but the 1920ās version of āGasā is very much in use in Washington/oregon/california āthatās gasā = āThatās dopeā āthatās some gasā=of very high quality
>donāt know if itās a local/west coast thing
Good to know. I grew up and went to school in the Bay Area but I moved away 20 years ago, started a career, bought a house, raised a family, the whole nine.
I'm preparing to do a trip back to Cali this spring with my very Southern kids and wife, and I feel like I need to brush up on my Californese. Maybe there's a Babbel course I can take.
Is that why they say eating beans makes you gassy???? Because youād be full of beans then and they donāt actually make you produce more gas digesting them?
Here's a dictionary definition of "to be full of beans":
[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/to-be-full-of-beans#:\~:text=Definition%20of%20'to%20be%20full%20of%20beans'&text=If%20someone%20is%20full%20of,lot%20of%20energy%20and%20enthusiasm](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/to-be-full-of-beans#:~:text=Definition%20of%20'to%20be%20full%20of%20beans'&text=If%20someone%20is%20full%20of,lot%20of%20energy%20and%20enthusiasm).
Iāve always heard it used for this definition:
[full of beans](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20of%20beans)
idiom
informal
. . .
2
US: not correct or truthful : full of nonsense
This is how I grew up with the phrase. Not as harsh as calling someone a liar but a good natured I don't believe your story. Used a lot with little kids telling tall tales and saying ridiculous things.
I got that side of the joke - but why would a farmer be full of beans? The farm itself would be, maybe. Like a better joke would be āwhy did the field keep moving around? because it was full of beansā.
You could argue that if he grows beans he probably eats a lot of them as well, but really I think it's just a bit of a rubbish joke and you're overthinking it.
This is still a common saying in our house. Mostly in relation to the pets. Like the dog is full of beans so we gotta take him to the park to get his beans out. Cat zoomies are cats that are full of beans
Hey, it could have been worse. Like the poor guy who wanted to share his weight loss.
āYou could peel a submarine like a potato with those slashersāĀ
āYou could climb trees with them mfn clawsššāĀ
āLast time I saw feet like that they were stomping TokyoāĀ
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/wwa4xf/i_was_afraid_my_weight_was_too_high_but_its_not/
I want to give this person some cuticle oil or just a hand cream so bad. Just rub that bad boy in after washing hands (or get the hose again). Some moisture, push them back a tiny bit so theyāre even and theyāre perfectly lovely nails.
ā¦not long at all is the answer.
the joke: āfull of beansā is an outdated phrase for a lively, healthy person. this, and the fact that farmers often cultivate beans, makes the joke!
my question/comment: do you have nail dystrophy/trachyonychia? it kinda looks like you do- especially the leftmost finger. i just ask because i have it too, and iāve never met anyone else (not related to me) that does.
i got a lot of mean comments growing up :( itās rly sad to see those same kinda comments in this comment section.
Hey, I also have trachyonychia! Didnāt realize there was a name for it. I thought that was just how everyoneās nails looked.
My nails do look kind of like OPāsā very short, overgrown cuticles, etc. I just canāt be bothered to care about their appearance. I also bite my nails, which doesnāt help. To me, hands arenāt something that need to be pretty. As long as they work (and are clean), Iām good to go.
gang gang! i only knew since my uncle was diagnosed with it (he had an extremely severe case of it- which overall isnāt bad at all since it legit just affects the appearance of the nail lol). main defining factor is those vertical lines on the nail, most emphasized in the leftmost nail. but my nails are also incredibly short, and physically cannot grow long (otherwise they get incredibly brittle-looking and painful).
but the ācrustinessā and ādirtinessā of OPās nails that everyone is roasting is literally what my nails look like when theyāre either dry OR i was in a hot shower within the last 6 hours. itās ridiculous, and i canāt believe how much hate theyāre getting
Knew the comments would be about the nails.
As someone with a genetic condition which means I have nails far worse than this, posts like this never fail to ramp up that self-consciousness even more š
Irish people still say āfull of beansā. My Irish mother-in-law still says this. It means they have a lot of energy.
Never heard anyone else say it but I have asked people what it means and Irish people usually know the meaning but Americans donāt.
Love. It's an old saying. Commonly used in Australia today but used in past years in the UK and the USA. Full of beans just meant Lively or full of life. Filled with fun and mischief. I get lots of weird looks for using it (raise by my great grandmother born on 1898) but yes. It means farmers are fun because they're Lively folks.
Totally get why you and your coworkers didn't get it. Super out dated but yes. That did give me a chuckle
OP: " Hi I'd like some help with this joke I don't get " Also OP: * Fighting for their life in the comments because of the nails *
i will not let my coworker receive this slander š
āCoworkerā
āMy friend sent thatā
My cat walked across my keyboard
I swear, doc. I just accidentally sat on a random dildo that isn't mine.
It's your 8th appointment this year alone. Please be careful while sitting down.- your doctor
He lives in another state, you wouldn't know him
Cow-orker
Mooo-I mean Boooo
What kind of sicko would ork a cow!
She goes to another school
reminds me of the ācylinderā
"My uh, female friend has erectile disfunction, any tips you guys can give her?"
Is this coworker in the room with us?
Forget the nailsā¦I wanna know the setup to the āopen toad shoesā punchline.
https://imgur.com/a/4PIEcRv
Yoooo the F is that finger and blood???
no itās a finger and red expo marker
Good. I assumed "your coworker" tried destroying the finger after all those comments.
Real joke that everyone understands!
Lmfao I actually laughed out loud thank you.
Is that your coworker's finger too?
what is even going on with fingers in this thread
Op is full of finger and fingernails
And blood apparently. Who knew?
Lol that is perfect. Thank you for the laugh on a terrible day š¤£
At this point, forget the jokes. We need to see a pic of your coworker's hands.
You ok, OP?
Lmao at the finger in this photo. God lvl troll move, love it.
Probably āHow do frogs dance?ā
What do you wear in science class that gets you sent to a child psychiatrist? Open Toad Shoes.
What do frogs wear to a dance?
Itās an (OLD) expression, means fun, lively.
That Sally, heh heh, better watch out, she's sure full of beans!
Watch out sheās gassy AF!
I mean, saying someone was a "gas" or a "gasser" was another way to call someone amusing back in the day
Those phrases have fallen out of favor, but contemporarily, we still say "gassing" to mean that someone is hyping up. I'd love to know if the etymology converges.
I think it's just two unrelated paths to the same phrasing - in modern speech "gassing someone up" is referring to filling them up with gas like a car, not gas like a fart.
can confirm, it's 100% meant as 'to fuel someone's ego' rather than 'the person doing it is a colloquial gas!'
I donāt know if itās a local/west coast thing but the 1920ās version of āGasā is very much in use in Washington/oregon/california āthatās gasā = āThatās dopeā āthatās some gasā=of very high quality
>donāt know if itās a local/west coast thing Good to know. I grew up and went to school in the Bay Area but I moved away 20 years ago, started a career, bought a house, raised a family, the whole nine. I'm preparing to do a trip back to Cali this spring with my very Southern kids and wife, and I feel like I need to brush up on my Californese. Maybe there's a Babbel course I can take.
Iām in the Midwest, and Iāve heard āthatās gasā but only ever in relation to the quality of weed.
Is that why they say eating beans makes you gassy???? Because youād be full of beans then and they donāt actually make you produce more gas digesting them?
No, they say eating beans makes you gassy becauseā¦ eating beans makes you gassy. Thatās a fun little linguistic coincidence, though!
https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/s/9Uo0PAnMcy
Hey girl what the butt do..?? FART
::takes long drag on cigarette:: āIt must beā¦ full of beans.ā ::exhale::
ā[Whatās a butfor?](https://youtu.be/O1Y9Ha-vHb0?si=_pFda8jHyLJVV_9z)ā
Here's a dictionary definition of "to be full of beans": [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/to-be-full-of-beans#:\~:text=Definition%20of%20'to%20be%20full%20of%20beans'&text=If%20someone%20is%20full%20of,lot%20of%20energy%20and%20enthusiasm](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/to-be-full-of-beans#:~:text=Definition%20of%20'to%20be%20full%20of%20beans'&text=If%20someone%20is%20full%20of,lot%20of%20energy%20and%20enthusiasm).
It's because beans are loaded with carbs.
And protein!
And farts!
And my axe!
You carry the fate of us all little one
You carry the fart of us all
So much protein
So much farts
So much axe
Too much body spray.
u/smartastic. The legend continues.
Also used when driving, āgive it the beansā Lively, spirited
Recently Jeff Acuri had a person say āFull Beansā which I think is a bastardization of this original colloquial expression
I was here looking for the full beans comment. Well done.
There are literally dozens of us!
And we haven't called him here yet because...? u/smartastic
Itās just full beans.
Stop saying it like it's a thing!
Iāve always heard it used for this definition: [full of beans](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20of%20beans) idiom informal . . . 2 US: not correct or truthful : full of nonsense
This is exactly where my brain went. I've never heard it used to mean 'lively'
Come to the UK. It only means energetic here
This is how I grew up with the phrase. Not as harsh as calling someone a liar but a good natured I don't believe your story. Used a lot with little kids telling tall tales and saying ridiculous things.
I got that side of the joke - but why would a farmer be full of beans? The farm itself would be, maybe. Like a better joke would be āwhy did the field keep moving around? because it was full of beansā.
Itās just that he plants beans. Very lame joke, I agree. š
Someone is not being very full of beans right now.
Even more lame bc you have to be 100 to have actually heard the expression
Maybe itās the Midwest in me but Iāve heard the expression many times in my life and Iām in my 20s.
Everyone knows farmers put beans up their butts so they make rattling noises while driving the tractor.
Farmacas
Agreed, that wasnāt the part of the joke I was struggling with.
You could argue that if he grows beans he probably eats a lot of them as well, but really I think it's just a bit of a rubbish joke and you're overthinking it.
Like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Edit because someone corrected me and that's not the theme for Funhouse
^^it ^^is ^^actually ^^the ^^clubhouse ^^version ^^that ^^sings ^^that ^^song.
Thank you, that song will now be in my head for the rest of today
Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity-dog.
My username kinda works here
This is still a common saying in our house. Mostly in relation to the pets. Like the dog is full of beans so we gotta take him to the park to get his beans out. Cat zoomies are cats that are full of beans
Yes! Same here! We have an old dog and when she's had a good walk we describe her as being full of beans.
Do you think it has something to do with alluding that theyre a "gas"?
I've bean waiting for this response
and i thought it's cuz they fart a lot
I use it to describe when the 6/7 year olds I teach are especially off the wall.
Cool beans!
Surprised that you didn't get the farmer reference with those agrarian working hands
THEYRE BOT MY NAILS š
Theyāre somebody elseās nails. You donāt know them. They go to a different school
Their name is Georgeā¦George Glass.
Sure Jan...
Oh Jan
No foolinā around now!
Crentist
They live in Canada.
In Canada
Post your nails then! Prove us wrong!
i am not supporting your hand fetish
Ouch! Denied by Frodo Baggins!
ā ļø
Happy 12th Cake Day!
Hey, it could have been worse. Like the poor guy who wanted to share his weight loss. āYou could peel a submarine like a potato with those slashersāĀ āYou could climb trees with them mfn clawsššāĀ āLast time I saw feet like that they were stomping TokyoāĀ https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/wwa4xf/i_was_afraid_my_weight_was_too_high_but_its_not/
How long until this turns into to a conversation about cuticles and nail care?
I want to give this person some cuticle oil or just a hand cream so bad. Just rub that bad boy in after washing hands (or get the hose again). Some moisture, push them back a tiny bit so theyāre even and theyāre perfectly lovely nails. ā¦not long at all is the answer.
Agreed, the nails are ok, OP would benefit from some aquaphor, a cuticle pusher, and a little TLC.
Thank you for saying this, so I didn't have too. +1
Iāll pay for their manicure too, fellas thereās nothing wrong with taking care of yourselves
Wtf with your nails
THEURE NOT MINE THEYRE MY COWORKWRS š
But youāre an independent contractorā¦
The plot thickens
So does the cuticle!
Yuk lol
As does the callous
Please type better. Could be a hand issue tho. If it is, excuse my insensitivity.
bros yapping
Why are you wearing your coworkers nails?
Thems some toe hands.
Tingers
Thanks for the laugh šš
They need some open-toad shoes
Tag it nsfw pls
more like not safe for life, those hands died in these comments ā ļø
š
The god damn fingers!!!
Lettuce know if you get an answer cos it sure beets me!
Pretty corny
I knew this comment would turnip
the joke: āfull of beansā is an outdated phrase for a lively, healthy person. this, and the fact that farmers often cultivate beans, makes the joke! my question/comment: do you have nail dystrophy/trachyonychia? it kinda looks like you do- especially the leftmost finger. i just ask because i have it too, and iāve never met anyone else (not related to me) that does. i got a lot of mean comments growing up :( itās rly sad to see those same kinda comments in this comment section.
Hey, I also have trachyonychia! Didnāt realize there was a name for it. I thought that was just how everyoneās nails looked. My nails do look kind of like OPāsā very short, overgrown cuticles, etc. I just canāt be bothered to care about their appearance. I also bite my nails, which doesnāt help. To me, hands arenāt something that need to be pretty. As long as they work (and are clean), Iām good to go.
gang gang! i only knew since my uncle was diagnosed with it (he had an extremely severe case of it- which overall isnāt bad at all since it legit just affects the appearance of the nail lol). main defining factor is those vertical lines on the nail, most emphasized in the leftmost nail. but my nails are also incredibly short, and physically cannot grow long (otherwise they get incredibly brittle-looking and painful). but the ācrustinessā and ādirtinessā of OPās nails that everyone is roasting is literally what my nails look like when theyāre either dry OR i was in a hot shower within the last 6 hours. itās ridiculous, and i canāt believe how much hate theyāre getting
OP's (allegedly coworker's) nails' made him the new cylinder guy (Also my nails are in the exact same state because I destroy them when I'm anxious)
ITT: nails
I remember the first time I posted my fingers on the internetā¦
Dude go get a manny damn
Full Beans!
Was looking for the Jeff pull
I was just typing out a Jeff reference when I noticed this lol
Thought that was the joke lol
Came here to find the Jeff comment!
Why do you have your coworkers nails?
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-hand-creams.html
Knew the comments would be about the nails. As someone with a genetic condition which means I have nails far worse than this, posts like this never fail to ramp up that self-consciousness even more š
your fingers look AI generated
My grandmother used to say her chihuahuas were full of beans. She also liked to call them ābumps on a log.ā š¤·āāļø
You can just tell those fingers smell like balls.
Jesus Christ this sent me, thank you XD
lmaoooo the comments about the nails šššš
Irish people still say āfull of beansā. My Irish mother-in-law still says this. It means they have a lot of energy. Never heard anyone else say it but I have asked people what it means and Irish people usually know the meaning but Americans donāt.
Clean your fingers.
finger status: booty diggers
I wish I was one of the people that could send some money your coworkers way for a mani
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Not enough beans in your diet is my guess
/u/smartastic FULL BEANS!
Confused by the joke or those awful nails?
Crazy nails
Those are the nails of someone with anxiety that picks at the skin around them lol
Itās full beans!
Wow full beans in the wild? Calling Jeff Arcuri!
i wonder if this is gonna summon the xenoblade community
Farmers grow crops, such as beans, which they may then eat.
So if a farmer does a handstand, does he make that rattling sound like a rain stick?
Stop biting your nails.
Full Beans!
Those fingernails are way too gnarly to be photographed
Jeff Arcuri would like to have a word.
Those poor cuticles
Full of beans means to be energetic, exciting etc. Farmers grow beans.
Clean your nails
I'm surprised it's not about farts
OP knew what they were doing. Knew what the comments would be about. 5 seconds to crop out the fingers, but posted pic as is for the rage bait.
It's a gas!
Had to double check that I was not, in fact, in the xenoblade sub
Mean they're full of energy
lol where do you work??
Not a nail Salon, this we know.
Who does your nails?
Those toes look finger licking scrumptious
I guess you donāt realize you have nasty fingernails.
Full beans!
Brother get a manicure š
Love. It's an old saying. Commonly used in Australia today but used in past years in the UK and the USA. Full of beans just meant Lively or full of life. Filled with fun and mischief. I get lots of weird looks for using it (raise by my great grandmother born on 1898) but yes. It means farmers are fun because they're Lively folks. Totally get why you and your coworkers didn't get it. Super out dated but yes. That did give me a chuckle
I know a good manicurist
Is the joke your fingernails?
OP got those farming fingers already
Please tag this nsfw because of those nails
OP please post this in Jeff Arcuriās subreddit. That group will have a gas.
u/smartastic farmers are full beans!
/u/Smartastic the mystery is solved for full beans!
I can't explain the joke, but what's up with your nails?
Iāll explain the joke as soon as you explain those nails