Yes Mam I told you to sleep with your dog (long)

[Misanthropical]

I guess someone at CORPORATE just screwed the pouch on this one! OK?

I use this phrase a lot. My husband tells me it must be a Midwest saying since he had never heard it before I said it.

[lordlundar]

and a chainsword to the torso for being so freaking annoying.

Oooo! I like the style!

Imperium or Chaos?

[Jester]

"Screwed the pooch" may not be the most common saying, but it is not exactly obscure, either.

Unless you believe the minor movie "True Lies" with little known actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, and Charlton Heston to be obscure.

(The term is used in a very amusing way in the first scene with Heston.)

[MystyGlyttyr]

Not to mention there's an episode of Family Guy called "Screwed The Pooch" and most folks know that almost every episode of Family Guy has some sort of pun/joke to it's title.

How many mistakes is this chick making that she used up the eraser before the pen? I've used those pens sometimes and they always ran out of ink WAY before they ran out of eraser...

[Becks]

My husband tells me it must be a Midwest saying since he had never heard it before I said it.

I'm WI born and raised, and while I've HEARD the phrase, I've never said it myself.

[MadMike]

Not to mention there's an episode of Family Guy called "Screwed The Pooch" and most folks know that almost every episode of Family Guy has some sort of pun/joke to it's title.

"He's violating Sea Breeze!"

"No, he's not. He's just getting into a better position to... oh wait, NOW he's violating her."

[Tria]

It's around the midwest, too. Man, what's with people? Don't they have imaginative colorful phrases? Ones that don't include sticking as many common vulgarities together as possible?

I've lived in Illinois all my life and I'd never heard the expression till about a year ago....

[Rahmota]

Well life long Ohian (so far, so good) and I'v heard it most of my life. Used in present tense, past tense, and future tense. Though oddly enough its mostly former/currant military people that I've heard using it.