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How do you use "SH** and SHINOLA"? What does it mean?

Posted - January 25, 2021

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  • 32527
    It is a way to call someone stupid. 
      January 25, 2021 4:36 AM MST
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  • 113301
    It is? So you say Jack Sprat doesn't know sh** from shinola you are really saying Jack Sprat is stupid? Or he doesn't know his a** from a hole in the ground? Okay then. I get it. I like saying stupid dumb. Not so flowery or fancy but it gets the point across. Different strokes. Oh wait a minit. I also say "he isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer" or "he isn't playing with a full deck of cards". Mea culpa! Thank you for your reply m2c and Happy Tuesday to thee! :)
      January 26, 2021 1:05 AM MST
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  • 32527
    Yes that is what it means.
      January 26, 2021 7:06 AM MST
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  • 44173
    Shinola is a brand of boot polish. If one doesn't know the difference in the two, then what m2c said.
      January 25, 2021 1:58 PM MST
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply. Well as you know  I like saying stupid dumb. But I also like saying "he isn't playing with a full deck of cards" or "he isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer." Or he doesn't know his a** from a hole in the ground. But I wonder why a specific brand of shoe polish was chosen or why the "S" word was used in comparison. I think I'm gonna Google it and find out. Thank you for your reply and Happy Tuesday to thee and thine! :)
      January 26, 2021 1:08 AM MST
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  • 19942
    I believe the expression is, "He doesn't know sh*t from Shinola."  Shinola being a boot polish, one who doesn't know the difference between the two is not very smart.
      January 25, 2021 7:45 PM MST
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  • 113301
    Oh. Thank you for your reply L. I don't hear it often but when I have I never understood it. Like saying he doesn't know his a** from a hole in the ground? Happy almost Tueday!:)
      January 26, 2021 12:35 AM MST
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  • 19942
    Same thing. :)
      January 26, 2021 8:38 AM MST
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  • 113301
    :):):)
      January 30, 2021 3:43 AM MST
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