Ahah thanks JJG, I somehow missed the great video posted by Richy_T.
On that regard, I can say I didn’t miss the nature of the saying at all.
I am not ashamed to write it again in plain English:
I used to think kitesurfing is the most entertaining thing you can do with clothes on well behind sex, but I was wrong, apparently.
On the other hand, I am called
Italian stallion for a reason
I got a little bit of a chuckle out of your posting about the topic fillippone, because in some sense, I am not even sure if Dave Gorman, the comedian in that clip, is that concerned about the truth of the matter asserted, but instead harping on both how frequently the expression is used, and than also a bit of questioning about how well people appreciate what they are saying when they use the sentence.. and sure sometimes there could be some truth of the matter asserted within the expression... but also having had listened through the whole clip, we may well start to pay more attention when someone actually uses the expression.. because surely there might be some attempts at humor when using the expression, but it might not exactly be funny for the reasons that was originally intended.
I doubt that I am personally going to stop using the expression (and I cannot really recall using it recently), but having had watched the clip, I might be a wee bit more intentional in my use of the expression.. just for funzies.
By the way, sometimes depending on your audience, let's say talking with your grandma or an older relative, sometimes you might NOT want to use such an expression, just like you might NOT want to slip in that "they call me Italian Stallion for a reason" even though it seems to play pretty well with the WO audience.. #justsaying....
Can you imagine fillippone in a conversation with grandma of fillippone, and then grandma of fillippone says, "oh and the door was shut right?" or "you had clothes on right?" or "what were those imprints on the beach?" and fillippone responds: "they call me Italian Stallion for a reason." I am thinking that the expression might not play to well with grannie.
