weedeater or weedwacker?

[devildog]

ok, i need the opinion of ao on this one, cause im starting a huge battle within the marine corps out here if a grass trimmer is called a weedwacker or weedwipper.

[TransMan]

its weed eater

[shartley]

I have always called them weed-whackers since they do not EAT weeds at all, but “whack” them down.

That would be like calling a Lawn Mower a Lawn Eater. :p

[devildog]

Originally posted by shartley
I have always called them weed-whackers since they do not EAT weeds at all, but “whack” them down.

That would be like calling a Lawn Mower a Lawn Eater. :p

thank you!!! thats what i keep telling everyone, i even use the exact same lawn mower example. man everyone is pissing me off!

[1stdeadeye]

Weed Eater is a brand. Weed whacker is a nickname. They are actually Trimmers in the Sears catalogue. They are all the same though!;)

[TransMan]

Well since lawn mowers and weedEATERS chew up the grass and shoot it out could be called eating.....:D

[devildog]

ah but you see, a weedWACKER doesnt chew up and spit out the grass, it takes a plastic orange line and wacks the grass, never chews it, takes it in, or spits it anywhere, just knocks it over.

[TransMan]

Well it dont wack them either if thats the case it cuts or trims them therfor it would be a weed cutter or weed trimmer.

[logamus]

if your a dirty yankee its wacker, if your a normal human then its eater. ;)


LONG LIVE THE WEEDEATERS!!!!

[magking]

Originally posted by logamus
if your a dirty yankee its wacker, if your a normal human then its eater. ;)


LONG LIVE THE WEEDEATERS!!!!

amen long live the weed eater

[RRfireblade]

Weed 'Wacker' is the string trimmer based machine.

Weed 'Eater' is the chemical weed killing spray,IMO.

[PyRo]

Or are you looking for an edger? :)

[sneakyhacker420]

weed wacker - W00T!!!

[ScatterPlot]

I bet what you call it depends on the area of the US you live in. In the South, we call "Soft drinks" "cokes." "Get me a coke" should always be followed by "What kind?". In the north, it's "soda." If you really wanted to get technical, since a lot of people use these aforementioned "lawn trimmers" to cut grass, it would be either a "grasseater" or a "grasswhacker." It could even be called a "grassslicer" or a "weedslicer." It all just depends.




















BTW it's weedeater all the way.

[mcveighr]

Its a weed whacker, as previously stated it whacks the weed, it doesn't eat it.

[bleachit]

first of all its a weed wacker.

"In the north, it's "soda." "

in response to this, ITS POP. yes, I do live in the North.

[mcveighr]

I live in Canada, its pop.

[PyRo]

Pop is what gay people say. Its either soda, or you call it by the type of soda.

[mcveighr]

Its pop or more often the type of pop.

Ex: Can I get 8 mountain dew's please?

[PyRo]

If you say pop here you get looked at real funny :)

[devildog]

lol, yeah, its definetly soda, im a northeasterner. when i got stationed in florida, the waitresses used to say, what do you want to drink? id say "coke please". and she would say, what kind.

i would just stare at her for a long time. it was finally after my friends stopped making fun of me and told me that i new. man, thats to confusing.

[TransMan]

Seems to me that the Yanks and Canucks got quite a few things in common hmmmm.......:)

[magman007]

btw, you crazy slackjawed yokels..... its weed wacker :)

[Kevn 419]

i agree with pyro on the soda thing... pop is what gay people say.


also its called a weedwhacker.

[fire1811]

Originally posted by PyRo
If you say pop here you get looked at real funny :)

oh yes you do
we i went to NYC to visit my brother my girlfriend went into a pizza place and ordered a "piece" of pizza and a
large pop.

they looked at here like she had a third eye.

so i came in and said "give me a slice of pie and a large soda"

everything worked out then

and i call the weedwacker "the thing you dont stop spinning with your hand...ouch"

[Cryer]

I just call everything "a coke". That or soda. Pop is ghey

[paintbattler]

Isn't WeedEater a brand name?

[PyRo]

I prefer a propane torch. Just burn the damn things :)

[71 LS6]

if your a dirty yankee its wacker, if your a normal human then its eater.

I'm a dirty yankee, and I call it a weedEATER. :)

Around here, referring to pop as "soda" is considered gay. Actually, one of the only people I know that calls it "soda" is also one of the only gays that I know. :rolleyes:

And who calls every pop "coke?" Thats just plain stupid :D

[PyRo]

Well thats because your a bunch of hicks. Does the thing eat weeds? Stupid hicks :)

[UltimatePaintballer]

weed whacker, weed eater, trimmer its all the same. i just use w/e one comes first

[Sir_Brass]

weedwhacker are those wussy grass trimmers you get at any hardware store.

A weedEATER is what I use during the summer working for the water department on the mowing crew: stands taller than I do (and I'm 6'1") when being standing on end, has a 330 cc 2 stroke engine, and takes a guage of cutting wire so heavy that a weedWHACKER can't even turn with a spool of this stuff threaded on. ;) ;) ;)

A weedEATER can cut down even small trees. A weedWHACKER whacks the weeds, but doesn't do jack and barely cuts grass. ;) ;) ;)

[71 LS6]

^^ Thanks you sir, for providing us with your professional opinion.


Oh yeah, and for agreeing with me :cool:

[Bad_Dog]

A weedEATER can cut down even small trees. A weedWHACKER whacks the weeds, but doesn't do jack and barely cuts grass.

that just about sums it up

real men use weedEATERs;)

[devildog]

Originally posted by Bad_Dog



real men use weedEATERs;)

ill never understand you southerners!!

now go screw your sister :D

[PyRo]

I understand it. Why go through the trouble of finding a girlfriend when you can just go down the hall.

[zacbot]

that is funny and discusting all at the same time

but it is weedeater

[UltimatePaintballer]

Originally posted by devildog


ill never understand you southerners!!

now go screw your sister :D

dude, look at his location, WISCONSIN IN NOT IN THE SOUTH!

[PyRo]

Still counts as the south.

[Sir_Brass]

Originally posted by PyRo
Still counts as the south.

hardly. a Southerner is someone who is born and raised or has lived long enough to absorb the culture of a state south of the Mason Dixon line ;).

And not all of us Southerners are incestuous redneck hicks. Get rid of your sick stereotypes, then we'll talk ;).

[devildog]

Originally posted by UltimatePaintballer


dude, look at his location, WISCONSIN IN NOT IN THE SOUTH!

hey, im just ribbing him a little

plus, anthing south of maryland and west of missippi is south ;)

[jah871]

its definately weedeater.

[PyRo]

None of the above, they are trimmers and I bring proof. The real big ones are brushcutters :)
http://www.echo-usa.com/

[dwab3000]

And now i just need to know...What drives a person to make a post about Weed killing devices. i use turf for my lawns...if anything other than turf pops up, i get the neighborhood kid to kill it cause im playing paintball.i just know this. As i kid when i moved around (my dad was in the navy) everyone called it WEEDWACKER. its truly a just a piece of lawn care that trims the edges and tight spots a mower cant reach.

[ShortStrokeTX]

I really don't get the stereotypes. I know about 3 people that I would consider hicks here in Texas and I've lived here for going on 6 years.

[BlackVCG]

In my landscaping experience over the past 8 years in "Orygun" it's been called the following:

weedeating
weedwhacking
greenmachine
trimming
brushcutting

[dj89]

Originally posted by shartley
I have always called them weed-whackers since they do not EAT weeds at all, but “whack” them down.

That would be like calling a Lawn Mower a Lawn Eater. :p

yep that sums it up

[devildog]

Originally posted by dwab3000
And now i just need to know...What drives a person to make a post about Weed killing devices.

2 things:

1. we had an argument about it out here in okinawa, so i just wanted to get some proof that weedwhacker is right.

2. where from norwich are you? i lived in taftvile for like 10 years

[Nick O time]

weedwacker definately that.