"Put the butter on the bottom shelf"

[jme5343]

Does anyone use / have they heard this saying?

I use it all the time, but it seems most people haven't heard it. I googled it and got nothing, so I'm wondering where I picked it up.

I've always used it to express that something needs to be put in simple terms - as in, you put the butter on the bottom shelf so a small child can reach it.

 

[nanette1985]

Nope, never heard this. Doesn't make sense to put butter on the bottom shelf - why should a small child have easy access to butter?

 

[rcpratt]

Um, no.

 

[Narse]

Never heard that one and can't figure out why you would want butter on the bottom shelf.

 

[clamum]

Never heard of it either; doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Mixolydian]

Never heard it before, seems pretty dumb.

 

[SandEagle]

i think i know what you're saying. pervert.

 

[SagaLore]

The only reason you would put butter on the bottom shelf is to keep it slightly cooler.

And no, never heard that phrase.

 

[PricklyPete]

Never heard it and makes absolutely no sense to me.

 

[MontyAC]

Same here. What does the saying mean? In my fridge, the butter shelf is the top one.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

my butter is strictly top shelf, $55/lb.

 

[Bazake]

I believe the saying is "put the cookies on the bottom shelf".

First of all, he spoke in parables to reveal his identity. Here is a statement: “Truth embodied in a tale shall enter in at lowly doors.” Howard Hendricks at Dallas Theological Seminary always talked about it this way: “When you preach, especially to young children, make sure you put the cookies on the bottom shelf.” In other words, put it at a level where they can grasp it. The parables do that. They reveal Jesus in very simple terms”in terms that we follow. He has our attention. Stories do that, right? They keep your attention, your interest, all the way to the very end, to the conclusion of the story. He puts the cookies on the bottom shelf to reveal who he is. That is also why he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear” (Matt 13:9). The assumption is that some people here have ears to hear. Some people in his audience were prepared and ready to listen, and so this parable will reveal Jesus Christ to them. That is why I advocate teaching parables to your children. There are about thirty-five parables in the New Testament spoken by Jesus. Take one a week and walk through it with your children or your grandchildren, teaching them these stories about Jesus. He is putting the cookies on the bottom shelf so that even children can understand the simple truths captured in the story.

http://bible.org/seriespage/whats-it-worth-you-parables-hidden-treasure-and-pearl-great-price

 

[olds]

Never heard it.
Never put butter that we are in the process of using, in the fridge.

 

[techs]

Same here. What does the saying mean? In my fridge, the butter shelf is the top one.

So that it is softer for spreading when you take it out of the fridge.

 

[tboo]

or else it gets the hose?

 

[dank69]

my butter is strictly top shelf, $55/lb.

Is that a bulk price?

 

[rasczak]

Nope.

 

[dabuddha]

Is this a new euphemism for butt sex you sicko?

 

[D1gger]

I have never heard that phrase before, with either butter or cookies. It also needs far too much explanation to have it be a useful expression.

If you have to explain the expression to people that means they are to speak more plainly, then the expression itself has failed mightily.

 

[Theb]

Why would a small child need to reach the butter? Weirdo.

 

[dainthomas]

It's pretty funny that your saying for "keep it simple" is so complicated you have to spend extra time explaining it.

 

[darkswordsman17]

I believe the saying is "put the cookies on the bottom shelf".




http://bible.org/seriespage/whats-it-worth-you-parables-hidden-treasure-and-pearl-great-price

Makes me think of a friend that said "loco in the comoco", I think the OP somehow got that and the South Park episode Butter's Bottom Bitch mixed.

 

[darkswordsman17]

It's pretty funny that your saying for "keep it simple" is so complicated you have to spend extra time explaining it.

KISS (need a Gene Simmons tongue face smiley)

 

[z1ggy]

Yeah makes no sense.

 

[alkemyst]

sounds like some hillbilly got a popular expression wrong.

Or they own a midget they want to help prepare for surprize buttsechs.