cant be arsed

[ohidontknow]

i first heard this saying in school aged 13 , 1980 and im sure we said cant be asked and not cant be arsed!! anyone really know? tania .

[ugly_bob]

arsed

[ugly_bob]

This also says arsed, nothing about asked on there.

[Quizmonster]

I'm sure it's related to phrases such as 'shift your arse' and 'get off your arse'...that is, for some reason, it's one's derri�re that has to get involved in the activity rather than one's whole self! So, the verb 'to be arsed' is just an aspect of that and - if you "can't be" - it just means you can't be bothered to move and get on with it. 'Ask' doesn't come into the matter.

[noxlumos]

I'm 45 and to me it's always been arsed.

[ohidontknow]

thanks for your replies, i am convinced thanks , dont know why i thought it was "asked" think i thought it was along the lines of dont ask me to, i cant be bothered , so " i cant be asked", cheers guys.

[PAPERCUT154]

You are so right, it's 'asked'...... it's 'asked'........ it's bloody 'asked'.
What sense does 'arsed' make................none at all.
'I can't be arsed' may be a phrase NOW, but that's only because the thread was promolgated by some moron with cloth ears who 'couldn't be asked' to think why what he THOUGHT that he'd heard one of his mates say was nonsense. Or else he didn't want to appear a jerk by asking his mate what the hell he was talking about.
It puts me in mind of the story of a little lad who had learnt the Lords prayer at school 'parrot fashion' and later took an awful lot of convincing that the words were "Hallowed be thy name" and not (as he thought) "Hallo Beehive Lane" or indeed my son who thought that the Fat Controller (from Thomas the Tank Engine) was really called "The Fact Controller".
So yeah if you're aurally challenged, or the Offspring of someone who is aurally challenged, or else someone who just can't be asked to stop and think what the hell it is that your saying, then I guess that the phrase 'can't be arsed' makes a lot of sense. For the rest of us..........Oh I just can't be asked.

[elmo11]

yep, definatly asked....

[Papacut154]

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[fiction-factory]

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