Fynger 841 Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Sit DOWN, and sit UP Straight...........how can you do both up and down ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Can anyone remember "Yer moant do that" meaning Don't do that, or meaning if you do that you will regret it? Oh yes! I remember that but I don`t come from dahn sarf I come from the Medders. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 "I trust you as far as I can throw you". I always heard this is the negative variation : "I wouldn't trust 'im as far as I could throw 'im." This also reminds me of a classic which a friend of mine recited : "She was running you down something shocking, and I was standing up for you. She said you weren't fit to live with pigs - and I said, O yes you were." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 If you were walking around with no shoes and socks on : "It's a wonder you don't get chin cough." Does anybody know what chin cough is? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 It's another name for whooping cough, StephenFord. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Don't be so 'Nebby'. Meaning nosey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 It's another name for whooping cough, StephenFord. Thanks Michael - another of life's mysteries solved - though in view of what is now known about whooping cough, I'm not sure about the connection with no shoes/socks ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 I was on my morning walk today with a friend and telling what a terrible night's sleep I had, I said I'd feel like a hanged hare all day. I'd forgotten this phrase, it just popped into my head, my mam said this when she was feeling rough. [not sure my friend knew what I was talking about, no hares here, just jackrabbits]. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I dont know about parents but as I was making myself a cup of (strong) coffee it reminded me of an old CB Radio phrase. "Are you coming round for a cup of sludge" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 10 4 good buddy. A lad named Stan was passing once (Lived over the top of Parkdale road / Bakersfield area, can't remember his handle) and I invited him in. My Mum and Dad went balistic at me , mind you it was about two in the morning !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Yer olluz there wi yer and out when ya want summat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 When I ate something too quickly(usually chocolate) my father said it was "like giving pigs cherries". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted December 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I just whacked my knuckles while sweeping the floor, and said I'd got a paw-paw. I haven't used that saying since I was a kid. Funny how things jump into your mind! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 He's as happy as a pig in s**t Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 yer behavin' like a 'fanny ann' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 I'll 'ave yer guts fer garters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 "Who was at the door, mam?" "Ickie with his eye cut!" (In other words, mind yer own business). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Anybody a bit "clever" with their nose in the air would be described as "having a shirt made owt of 'is Fathers britches ar*e". Easily pictured! One mentioned ear;ly on in this thread - " Yer daft miducks, yer foller balloons" was continued with "Yer wear yer Fathers pantaloons". Seems a patern here regarding the state of my Grandfathers trousers? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 If someone was being put upon by someone else, my mum would say 'he's a Joe Soap' in other words, soft as shit and twice as stupid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 To succeed in life you need three things: A wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 "Daft as a brush" was common in Medders. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 So was "Stop thief" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 You are perhaps referring to the modern Meadows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Not all people are thief's because where they live. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Who said they were ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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