Fynger 841 Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 And they way your Parents shouted you using your middle name as well....knew trouble was coming your way then. !inthebin! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 My mum said like a man made of smoke too, she was from Basford. She talked about chapel hat pegs too, not sure if they were in relation to boobies sticking out, ears sticking out or eyeballs! No, I reckon with the eyeballs it was 'they stood out like they were on stalks' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Chapel hat pegs were ladies nipples where I came from . (And 'widers memmries') (sic) was something else entirely !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Your eyeballs would stick out like Chapel Hat pegs! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 If wind changes - you'll be stuck like that ( pulling a face ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 I thought I was on night shift this week! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 My ex mum in law and her mum were from Bulwell (Forest side) and they always said 'yer like a man made of smoke'. No idea what it meant but they sid it to my kids a lot when they were little. I remember my grandmother (a native of Netherfield) using that expression. I think it refers to someone who's not much use, or who isn't doing something correctly. One other one of hers comes to mind, along the same lines; "You're too slow to carry hats! " . I've since learned that this referred to the practice of mourners following the coffin, with their hats removed as a sign of respect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 When asking my Gran what my Xmas/birthday present was going to be the answer was always "a whim wham for an oojar" All girls were referred to as "that Judy". Dad used to say "a wig-wam for a wowser" which is presumably much the same thing; and he also referred to girls (especially attractive, single ones) as "Judies". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Scriv, my m-i-l always said 'she was too slow to carry hot dinners'. If someone came in our house carrying something good, or expensive, my mum would say 'did anybody see you come in?' they'd say no, why, and she'd say 'well, they won't see you go out' meaning she'd nobble them and keep the item! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Scriv, my m-i-l always said 'she was too slow to carry hot dinners'. At the opposite end of the spectrum; if anything happened quickly, my mother would say it was "before you could say knife". Anyone else come across this one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Yup , that was one of my mums too , along with "Faster than you could say Jack Robinson" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I wonder who Jack Robinson was? Same with Gordon Bennett, I still say this, and folks say, who was he? I haven't a clue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Gordon Bennett was a significant promoter and patron of sports, especially those requiring impressive and expensive equipment, for example international motor racing, ballooning and air racing. He gave several sponsorships in these fields, notably the Isle of Man Bennett Trophy races of 1900 to 1905 (subsequently a trials course on the island was named after him). A long-distance hot-air balloon race (The International Gordon Bennett balloon race), which still continues, was inaugurated by him in 1906. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Ta, Littlebro. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 If my dad got a weak/bad cup of tea he'd say 'it's like pussy pee and pepper' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 "yer frame like a knife half shut" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 six of one and half a dozen of the other Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 If my dad got a weak/bad cup of tea he'd say 'it's like pussy pee and pepper' When I started out my apprentiship one of my duties was "Tea boy" . One of the old hands would always say "Did you wash these cups out first?" To which the reply was always "Yes, why?" . "Cause I can still see the F*****g stains in the bottom!!" inferring that the tea was too weak.! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 We'd say the tea was like a fortnight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Two week, what's that got to do with it ??............................................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Gnats P1ss Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 My mam used to call margarine - Maggie Ann. Anyone else familiar with this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Remember going out with a girl called Margaret Anne, should have married her! aw well, such is life Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 He/She's a bigger liar than Jack Salt (or Tommy Pepper) Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TonyW 0 Posted October 27, 2011 Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 Well I'll go to bottom of our stairs. I remember the one about the 10 oclock osses though, that used to scare the Cr*p out me lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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