I'll start by giving credit to Joe Fauty for this one mentioned in another thread, while he was de-boxing some treasures...
"Gee I did not know I had that"!
Yepper...been there....said that!
KD
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" I'm pretty sure this is where the red wire goes..."
John
"What does this have to do with 3 Rail Scale?" followed up by " This obviously doesn't have anything to do with 3 Rail Scale and is a specific product inquiry so we moved it to the appropriate section."
LOL! Sorry OGR just having some fun. That 3 Rail Scale attracts random posts like ants to a picnic.
"Where's the ""&%$## emergency stop button ?" quickly followed by, "Whew, that was a close one !"
"How many cars can my engine pull ?"
"My engine stops half-way down the back straight - what's wrong with it ?"
"I don't need any more engines"!
Another one of my favorites...delivered with a huge sigh...
"This has been discussed many times before on this Forum..."
John
"My new steamer's box says it needs 072 curves. Will it go around 042 ones?"
“I think I’ve reached my limit….”
" I found an old bottle of stuff in my workshop with a rusty cap and the label eaten off...can I use this for smoke fluid in my new steamer?"
John
"I did a search for this but couldn't find anything."
"What's the best way to clean track?"
"What's this York show all about?"
"How do I do a lash-up?"
“Will the “blah, blah ,blah” be in the next catalog?”
Where does the battery go?
Where does the smoke fluid go?
Has anyone ever bought this_______?
"Clank, Clank, Clank, Clink, Clink Clink"
"DO NOT HUMP"
The most common one here: "O scale... you mean Lionel trains?"
"Has anyone ever........" & "Let's see your.........".
I think some of the posts in this thread are critical of questions asked by "newbies" and not at all "phunny". We were all "newbies" at one time. Let's have some patience with those folks and help them, not ridicule them. Sorry if anyone is offended, but that's how I feel.
John
@Steam Crazy posted:I think some of the posts in this thread are critical of questions asked by "newbies" and not at all "phunny".
Well, is it wrong to suggest that the OGR SEARCH feature be used first?
We were all "newbies" at one time. Let's have some patience with those folks and help them, not ridicule them.
Just my opinion but, I don't think it is ridiculing someone to suggest using the SEARCH feature, especially if the subject has been discussed, i.e. "What's the best_________________?"
Sorry if anyone is offended, but that's how I feel.
John
"Wow!!! Has anybody ever seen this huge German train layout???!!!"
With Command Control you only need two wires to the track.
Knurled nuts
My layout is done.
And
I need a bigger layout. 😂😂
Bob
“Looks like zinc pest.”
@dkdkrd posted:I'll start by giving credit to Joe Fauty for this one mentioned in another thread, while he was de-boxing some treasures...
"Gee I did not know I had that"!
Yepper...been there....said that!
KD
Dk, that quote is funny unless you searched the ends of the earth to find your first ( actually your second) one.
It sinks in when you decide on the best box-location to put your new treasure in and discover the one you already had.
Nothing wrong with having two, I guess.
Just wish someone would have told me about the one I already had.
Being laid off now and cleaning out my garage, I am amazed at tools and raw materials I never remembered having.
When I come home from a train show with a bag full of trains and my wife observes them and she reminds me, “Honey you said the last thing you needed was another train, that you were just going to the show to see your buddies and talk trains”.
(to Norma Bates Kitteh, sitting on the layout) "Does we want Train, then?"
(ibid) "Off the tracks, cat."
(to Sylvia Siamese) "Yes, Lionel wooden barrels ARE Best Cat Toy Ever."
(at the museum) "It took me years to teach the giraffes to duck their heads. Ever see a giraffe with a headache? Not a pretty sight."
Mitch
"These trains are an investment to supplement my Social Security" 
@Steam Crazy posted:I think some of the posts in this thread are critical of questions asked by "newbies" and not at all "phunny". We were all "newbies" at one time. Let's have some patience with those folks and help them, not ridicule them. Sorry if anyone is offended, but that's how I feel.
John
Nah - it's all part of the locker-room hazing that all newbies to any Secret Organization must and should endure. We have all been there. Anyway, afterwards, they will be better able to dump on the newbies that they encounter.
..found this in an attic...How much is it worth...
"I used to have a black engine. I put aspirin in the stack to make smoke"
"It was running fine just 10 minutes before you all arrived!"
"Hey honey, you should see this nice Sunset Cab Forward I got for only $75.00. "
"Those two engines? Oh I am keeping them for a guy at the club who does not have a layout yet."
"Just going downstairs for a second to make sure I turned off everything."
"The layout will be out of the way in one small corner."
"But the new train will be a nice thing for the new baby."
"That big old transformer was at a resale shop, $10 bucks!"
Lionel says that my new Lionel ______ is arriving ________. I'm sure it will be there on time!.
Unboxing stored trains. "Boy I hope I didn't pay much for this"
eccentric crank does not describe the York attendees.
Are the bandit meets still being held this year?
What badges do we use for York this year?
S*&%! Who left the lift gate up?
-Greg
Not so much a "Phunny Phrase" but more of something I find Phunny in folks doing reviews...
"The Unboxing".
