I grew up hearing my mother and grandmother saying this and now i use it. Many of my friends have never heard it. I'm interested in the origin of this expression. All I can tell you from my end is that my Grand mother, mother and I are all from Baltimore!
Says Stephanie on June 1, 2009
Evidently someone either left the roll empty or the seat up one to many times for the rats liking
Says Scott on September 15, 2009
Pretty simple,kylie.A shit house is an outhouse.An outhouse is a type of toilet in a small structure separate from the main building which does not have a flush and is not attached to a sewer.A rat that lives in a shithouse(or outhouse)is crazy.You'd have to be crazy to want to live inside of an outhouse(or shithouse)Thus,being a rat(or anyone for that matter)who lives there is crazy.When put together,and aimed towards a specific subject,the saying clearly states that the person,or thing is CRAZIER then something that would decide to live inside of a facility that is full of feces,hence the saying
Well, maybe the walls of the outhouse pits, being moist mud, were impossible to traverse even for a rat and they really did go insane... just my thoughts on it.
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whaaaaaaat does this mean
Says kylie on March 24, 2009
it should be mouse
Says hannah on April 27, 2009
Its like when somebody is frekin insane!
Says Bart on May 22, 2009
I grew up hearing my mother and grandmother saying this and now i use it. Many of my friends have never heard it. I'm interested in the origin of this expression. All I can tell you from my end is that my Grand mother, mother and I are all from Baltimore!
Says Stephanie on June 1, 2009
Evidently someone either left the roll empty or the seat up one to many times for the rats liking
Says Scott on September 15, 2009
Pretty simple,kylie.A shit house is an outhouse.An outhouse is a type of toilet in a small structure separate from the main building which does not have a flush and is not attached to a sewer.A rat that lives in a shithouse(or outhouse)is crazy.You'd have to be crazy to want to live inside of an outhouse(or shithouse)Thus,being a rat(or anyone for that matter)who lives there is crazy.When put together,and aimed towards a specific subject,the saying clearly states that the person,or thing is CRAZIER then something that would decide to live inside of a facility that is full of feces,hence the saying
Says HesherJaded on December 11, 2009
HAHAHAHAHA okay so i am just looking at this website randomly, and i'm pretty sure my roommate from last year (jennaaay) put this one down
Says Amy on December 11, 2009
Is that Jennaaay from Forest Gump ?
Says HesherJaded on December 11, 2009
Well, maybe the walls of the outhouse pits, being moist mud, were impossible to traverse even for a rat and they really did go insane... just my thoughts on it.
Says JeffGuru on April 6, 2010