The phrase "[something] is like [something] on acid" has become a classic piece of verbal shorthand - typically employed by those who have never taken the drug - to indicate that something is a bit wacky or exaggerated. Whether it's the "the Lord Of The Rings on acid", "a giraffe on acid", "Aspen on acid" or even "Charles Rennie Mackintosh on acid" the linguistic influence lives on.
Whether it's the "the Lord Of The Rings on acid", "a giraffe on acid", "Aspen on acid" or even "Charles Rennie Mackintosh on acid" the linguistic influence lives on.
From the BBC's "What has LSD done for us" page.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7377041.stm
― Mark G, Thursday, 1 May 2008 13:47 (seventeen years ago)
some footballer, apparently: http://www.footygoss.com/forums/viewthread/1626/#14164
― CharlieNo4, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:25 (seventeen years ago)
It is pretty unfair that it is difficult to acquire that which makes this metaphor literal.
― Abbott, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:26 (seventeen years ago)
I just read that article a few minutes ago and thought the same thing.
Isn't the answer 'very high indeed'?
― Rob M v2, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:28 (seventeen years ago)
abbott, you lookin' to score a giraffe? i might know a guy.
― slugbuggy, Thursday, 1 May 2008 16:37 (seventeen years ago)
my old band in the 90s played a show and someone afterwards told us we were "like the doors on acid"
uh, what?
― cutty, Thursday, 1 May 2008 17:22 (seventeen years ago)
would that be "like listening to the doors while on acid"?
― Mark G, Friday, 2 May 2008 08:29 (seventeen years ago)