rising rivers and farm animals...

Ok, so a couple of random stories:
1.
I pulled into Denny's Saturday morning to have breakfast with a friend. On the way in I noticed these three dogs in a jeep parked in the lot. Well you all know that I like animals so I thought, "hey what a pretty German shepherd." The I saw the second dog and thought, "what a cute little mutt." Then, while walking away I thought, "that third one had nice little horns..." WHAT! That's right, upon a double-take I realized that the third "dog" was a goat. Someone was either using their jeep for transporting farm animals (questionable behavior) or had taken to keeping a goat for a pet (you decide). OK, so you like goats, but there is something just a tad bit weird about seeing a goat sitting in the front seat of the jeep with its head out the window! Wouldn't that be fun at the park, throw some frisbee, play some fetch, have a little fresh milk...

2.
I was walking out of Barnes & Noble yesterday and heard myself uttering the phrase, "Lord willing and the river don't rise..." I know that my grandma has uttered such words but seriously! I barely know what that means...

So, I offer this little task. What really ridiculous and/or barely meaningful phrases do you use on a regular basis? Or, if you are not prone to such utterings ("utterings" is not intended to be connected to story 1. - he, he, he), what phrases are you tired of or perhaps trying to re-institute into the mainstream vocabulary?