Discussion Groups / English Usage / March 2006

I collect various ways of saying that I'd rather do something horrific
and drastic than something that someone suggests to me, so I was hoping
that someone could give me some new ones to memorize. TIA.

I'd rather chop my leg off
I'd rather walk through a furnace in a gasoline suit-- Dan Rather
I'd rather be covered with honey and hung beneath a bee hive
I'd rather eat my own foot I'd rather eat a urinal cake
I'd rather trot to Hell on a fast horse with a porcupine saddle than
... (Wild West Tech)
I'd rather stick needles in my eyes
I'd of rather cut off my hand   Mildred Pierce
I'd rather cut off a finger than live hear one more year
I'd rather walk barefoot on hot coals
I would rather cut off my own arse and sit in vinegar!
rather lose an arm or a leg than
I would rather eat my own flesh than
I Would rather eat the lint off the floor
I would rather eat glass than
would sooner remove my eyes with a spoon