Reply With QuoteMy favourite on that subject came from a friend's father (a Tipperary man):Originally Posted by unclealec
Son, with a bit of practice you'll be able to shite.
It will be the rock you perish on
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My favourite on that subject came from a friend's father (a Tipperary man):
Son, with a bit of practice you'll be able to shite.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Hahaha!
F.T.F.A.
I was always told a gentleman walks with his lady on his left so he had his sword hand free should he need it.
They've all got bald heads and bite marks....and that's just the women
Ha ha that's probably why I heard it so much then, as I lived 10 mins away from the rover plant.....
I should Coco.
Too late too late, the virgin cried, her knickers in her hand....
He's not as daft as he's cabbage looking.
He's got short arms and deep pockets.
I'm not buttoned up the back.
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...like a dummy on a log!
Let me know when it's quarter til nine.
You can’t educate pork!
When I worked in a railway marshalling yard in the mid-seventies, a popular expression when one was 'scunnered' (very fed-up) with a boring, monotonous task was 'It's enough to put t*ts on a he-weasel'.*
Haven't heard it used in about thirty years.
*Male weasels apparently do have nipples, but they're not visible on the surface.
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Jim.
I often say 'Fair to middling' when asked how I am, but it seems to cause great mirth to most people, so I guess it's a phrase that has lost its currency.
M
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I always say “fair to Middleton” which probably loses something in the translation.
^^^^^^Makes perfect sense to me! Except shouldn't it be "fare"?
I was going to volunteer that one. As far as I recall, it was an expression of surprise - “Well, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs!”. What the derivation was, I have no idea.
I often heard my mam put the next door neighbour down by saying he was "all mouth and trousers".
This is an interesting thread and something that I was considering turning into a radio piece, after I saw a post on Facebook from a guy on Facebook (non-U.K. national) advertising himself as a ‘Jack of All Trades’, which night have had negative connotations once upon a time.
When I was a teen (mid-1980s) the usual word heard to describe an unattractive girl was “dog”... haven’t heard that in years!
Good point!
In similar vein; when I was alive and (arguably) growing up in Cornwall, an attractive girl was called a "tart"; you know, tasty, scrumptious.
Got me into some scrapes did that after I moved to Manchester.
My grandfather has twd sayings He used constantly when slagging people off...
“has a face like a horse eating an apple through a chain link fence”
And
“ All fur coat and no knickers”
Then there's eeeeee bah gum, ecky thump. What's this, Scotch mist? Your not so backward as coming forward. Did you come down in the last shower?
"Like a dead-heat in a zeppelin race"
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I often heard this said about guys not liked :)
"The best part of him dripped down his mothers leg"
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"it's crackin' t' flags out there".
I cane out with one I haven’t used in Yonks (or was it donkeys?)
Daft Apeth
I bet few under 45 know what it meant to call someone a ‘Joey’
Still can't forgive Blue Peter.
My 91 year old Mum used this one yesterday ; 'I talked to her like a Dutch Aunt'
For those who keep their money safe! “Tight as two coats of paint”
Tyre tread getting low -
“You’ve got a pair of slippery ditch finders there”
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Thanks I had forgotten that one. Love the reference from the book the undutchables, “the natives thrive on wagging their fingers and scolding each other, “ hmm resemble anyone. Even funnier, apposite “caught up in an endless cycle of envy”.My 91 year old Mum used this one yesterday ; 'I talked to her like a Dutch Aunt'
Chuckle.
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"belt and braces" young colleague found the mental image hilarious.
Go figure, I'd rather walk round with a nail in my boot.
Not an old one as such but just remembered my wife's favourite "I only take him anywhere twice, second time to apologise"
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Wazzack
Face like a bulldog chewing a wasp.
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In Australia that would be "Give it a bit more choke and it will probably start".
To a lying politician: "Mate, don't p!ss on my leg and tell me it's raining".
You wouldn’t want to buy her by the pound - said of the generously proportioned women.
It's hotter than a junky's spoon in here - a comment on the over-heated nature of my office, which I share with women.
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