carni 10,094 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Here's one I said today, and I remember Mam and Dad saying it, particularly if some one looks odd, Why should England tremble If we put something on that didn't suit us....You look a right Fruit in that. To describe someone who is comical....as being a proper little Cough Drop. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 If we put something on that didn't suit us....You look a right Fruit in that. Or....You look a right nana. ........You look a right twerp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 You look a "proper nana " was what I remember. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Ha....I recall being called a 'proper twit' but I may have a vowel wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Or a big ninnie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Must not forget pillock! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 If you started arguing a point with my mam, she'd say 'you'd argue that black was white' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Didn't we walk down the 'Corsy'? Pavement ! And when we did, didn't we have to avoid cracked slabs because it was very bad luck to step upon them? If we saw a funeral we had to hold our collar until we saw a dog, otherwise, again bad luck would decend. 'Stinking Nanny' stems would make good arrows or javlins but stripping the leaves off left you with a terrible odour. Wikipedia says another common name for Jacobaea vulgaris was Mare's Fart. That, I can understand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 We held our collar if we saw an ambulance. And yes, you never stepped on a crack. Obviously that one was baloney, nobody I knew broke their back! We used the tassels on dried grasses to throw on to someone unsuspecting, and it stuck in their jersey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Riddo 47 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I got up to page 6 and didn't see this one, sorry if it's in later. If we were rushing our meal to get out and play, our mum used to tell us to "stop golloppin' yer food!" At other times, if we asked what was for tea, it would be "run rahnd table". My dad had a word he picked up in N.Africa in WW2 that he used if he wanted us to do things quicker - Himshi! Probably politically incorrect now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Bread and scrach,it, leary sthod, make a cup of tea about a thousand times a minute and im not exsagerating.ok maybe a little Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Not that Ar Mam was about much - but I do recall her telling me - on many an occasion: "Goo an do a bit o' nubbin' fer mi!" I remember some of Dad's usage of words though. "Oi, ger thissen in here young un!" - Trouble fer me that one! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mr bump 9 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 One my wife uses when my daughters ask where I am?....hes in his garage pottering! Whats pottering? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mr bump 9 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 When me and me dad were delivering fishing bait around the country and it got to lunch time, the owd man used to say " ar we ayin any nosebag"? Or " am ready for me snap duck. Am bleedin ank"!and when we were unsure about owt. Dad used to reassure us all with his very believable "be reet duck" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mr bump 9 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 And when we were all in the front room wi big lie'ton cus me mamun dad wer reedin the post. If me and my brothers got a bit loud, dad used to say " de'yeer yor two, shurrup orrile gier summut to shairt abairt" there was no ester rantzon in those days (hahaha) so we did as he so gracefully requested. I do miss the owd man as my brothers and me used to call him, he was propper trent bridge school! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 If I wasn't quite doing it right my Dad would say "Yer like a f..rt in a cullender, and don't know which hole to come out of" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 If someone wasn't doing something right, my Mum would say "You're like a man wi' no arms" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 My grandma's was "You're like a wooden man made of smoke." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 One my wife uses when my daughters ask where I am?....hes in his garage pottering! Whats pottering? If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying. My name ought to have been Potter methinks. Hehe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 If I wasn't quite doing it right my Dad would say "Yer like a f..rt in a cullender, and don't know which hole to come out of" blimey, when I read this - I heared me Dad's voice agen! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 If I ate anything fast(usually sweets) My father would say. "It's like givin' pigs cherries" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Gone for a Burton, was the reply when asking where someone had gone. I wonder where that came from? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 618 Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Dad used to say I'd make a Saint swear and mum used to tell me to stop acting the goat. I was a tad hyperactive as a kid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Armhole Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 cananyone else remember this one or was it just a made up one from our family my dad used to say certain people were pisspoticle meaning the were full of crap or bull sh** Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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