All this talk of putting your foot in your mouth made me wonder where that idiom came from. I did some googling, and found this:
Definition: To say something embarrassing or inconsiderate, especially at an inappropriate moment.
This expression first appeared in the late-1800s. Another common way to say this is to put one’s foot in one’s mouth. Some sources suggest that it is derived from to put one’s foot in it. This earlier expression means to do something embarrassing. It may come from the mistake of putting one’s foot in mud or feces. The newer version, to put one’s foot in one’s mouth, may have developed to specifically mean doing something embarrassing through one’s speech.
A variant, foot in mouth disease, appeared around the mid-twentieth century. This variant is a play on words that relates to the disease foot and mouth disease. The medical disease affects animals with hooves, such as cows, pigs, and sheep.
Mordock999 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Looks like the fish is suffering from “foot in mouth disease.”
And be sure to tune in tomorrow when Mr. Fish invents the footstool!
oldpine52 almost 4 years ago
The evolution of the politician.
Wilde Bill almost 4 years ago
What is he going to believe? Click here.
Ahuehuete almost 4 years ago
Mutations gone wrong!
h.v.greenman almost 4 years ago
Hasn’t even left the water, and already put its foot in its mouth?
I Mad Am I almost 4 years ago
Major mutant! Is this the start of a Fast Talker???
jagedlo almost 4 years ago
Great…hope he doesn’t develop Athlete’s Tongue!
Chief Inspector almost 4 years ago
Foot in mouth disease
dcdete. almost 4 years ago
Just wait until he reproduces 3 offspring. Then his family will have evolved by a yard.
constantine48 almost 4 years ago
Not all changes are progress.
1953Baby almost 4 years ago
A-H-H-H-, so THAT’S where that mutation started. . .SO good to know. . .and I really laughed. . .THAKS!
Michael G. almost 4 years ago
He’s found his sole mate!
cubswin2016 almost 4 years ago
This is why you should not play near power plants.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
So exactly where is the nuclear reactor this guy was born near.
Zebrastripes almost 4 years ago
It’s waiting to show itself….then I can walk away…
timinwsac Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Just another branch on the tree of evolution.
Gameguy49 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I think that what’s going on here is the discovery of a uvula that resembles the “almost leg/foot” he has. He’s evolving in more than one area.
cactusbob333 almost 4 years ago
Pseudopodium.
ChessPirate almost 4 years ago
Now that is one in-grown toenail! ☺
Plods with ...™ almost 4 years ago
These guys must be around the bikini atoll.
WCraft Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Sure – just go in there a little closer and check it out…
raybarb44 almost 4 years ago
If he’s swallowed one foot, he’s one of my ancestors, as I put my foot in my mouth on a regular basis…..
daleandkristen almost 4 years ago
Foot in mouth?
cuzinron47 almost 4 years ago
Sometimes it takes awhile to get that evolution thing worked out.
Brent Rosenthal Premium Member almost 4 years ago
And for years I thought it is called a uvula
jandaloft almost 4 years ago
Foot in mouth disease?
Canuckgill almost 4 years ago
Good grief. Can’t you folks se that you are destroying your country with your imbecilic divisions? Let’s enjoy the cartoon for what it is.
zeexenon almost 4 years ago
Foot-and-mouth disease, never heard of it in Wisconsin since I quit listing to The Morning Agricultural Report on PBS radio in the early ’50s.
poppacapsmokeblower almost 4 years ago
Born with your foot in your mouth. I’ve thought that about me at times.
paullp Premium Member almost 4 years ago
All this talk of putting your foot in your mouth made me wonder where that idiom came from. I did some googling, and found this:
Definition: To say something embarrassing or inconsiderate, especially at an inappropriate moment.
This expression first appeared in the late-1800s. Another common way to say this is to put one’s foot in one’s mouth. Some sources suggest that it is derived from to put one’s foot in it. This earlier expression means to do something embarrassing. It may come from the mistake of putting one’s foot in mud or feces. The newer version, to put one’s foot in one’s mouth, may have developed to specifically mean doing something embarrassing through one’s speech.
A variant, foot in mouth disease, appeared around the mid-twentieth century. This variant is a play on words that relates to the disease foot and mouth disease. The medical disease affects animals with hooves, such as cows, pigs, and sheep.
Source: https://writingexplained.org/idiom-dictionary/foot-in-mouth
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 4 years ago
Fishy needs to cut it off. Gets in the way of swimming.