katyjay 5,090 Posted December 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 I think it was a person, I most likely spelled it wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Probably can't say it now,but i worked with an 'Indian' bloke in the 70s who we all called him 'Gunga Din' he did'nt mind and actually liked it.,i think it stemmed from a Poem, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 It was a poem by Rudyard Kipling. You're a better man than i am - Gunga Din! is the last line. (had to learn it at school together with "If" etc.) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Gunga Din is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, and 1939 film based loosely on that starring Cary Grant as a British soldier in the Raj, Gunga Din being a native bearer who finishes up saving the lives of the soldiers in battle with the uprising locals. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesleyred1865 137 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 My Dad always warned me off my saying "You'll think all your birthdays have come a once" looking back I wonder why and what it meant, any answers ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,120 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Just been talking about this topic with Mum... apparently my Grandfather, Mums Dad used to say 'where was Moses when the lights went out?' Anyone heard this before!? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 When a mustard or horse-raddish was rather hot my father would say "This will make your tabs laugh". 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Referring to my grandfather, my grandmother used to say "He wants to know the back of Meg's behind, and how to get there" I'd think that might refer to somebody wanting to know something in excessive detail, or perhaps just overly inquisitive. If somebody was being discussed in a conversation but their name was difficult to recall, Dad used to say, "Aye, I know who you mean; walks about on his feet a lot". 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 When a mustard or horse-raddish was rather hot my father would say "This will make your tabs laugh". My dad always used to say that about about rhubarb and gooseberries. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Just been talking about this topic with Mum... apparently my Grandfather, Mums Dad used to say 'where was Moses when the lights went out?' Anyone heard this before!?Never heard it but its a riddle and a song ! The answer is ........he was in the dark !The song first seems to have emerged in pantomime in 1878 Where was Moses when the lights went out He's in the dark (in the dark), he's in the dark (Oh, dark) Where was Moses when the lights went out He's in the dark (in the dark), he's in the dark (Oh, how dark) Where was Moses when the lights went out He's in the dark 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,120 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Brilliant. Thanks for that David. Never knew where it had come from. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 #1583 - "Walks on his feet a lot..." - a friend used to use this, following it up with "and he's got a mouth full of teeth." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 #1583 - "Walks on his feet a lot..." - a friend used to use this, following it up with "and he's got a mouth full of teeth." Another one on the same lines, heard from my old boss in Southwell; "(His) mother was a Mansfield man". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 And yet another similar, "He has short black curly teeth!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Has anyone had the "cockles of your heart" warmed by their father outside on a cold winter day? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 #1585. A-ha. When the shilling expired and the lights went out, mam used to say 'Where was Moses when the lights went out' So that's where it came from. A couple of her other sayings. 'Get your elbows off the table!' And if there was nothing left (of food or whatever) she would say 'Not a skerrick'. I never knew what a skerrick was. Perhaps one of the Basford sayings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Our "Moses" rhyme went Where was Moses when the light went out? Down in the cellar with his shirt hanging out! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted December 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 When you were ready to leave our house, and started gathering your belongings, mam would say, pick up thy bed, and walk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 My mum also regarded elbows on the table as the height of bad manners. Her comment was "No un-cooked joints on the table!" Another I seem to remember was, "E's got a face that'd turn the milk sour." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 My dad uused to say that "It will warm the cockles of your heart" but I never did understand why there would be cockles in my heart??? Love the Shippos Ivor, Ivor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 In Lancashire the old folk say "Put't kettle on lass - I'm spittin' feathers". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Well, I'll go to our house............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted December 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 We also had 'spitting feathers' at our house, in fact I said it this week to someone, and we also had 'I can't spit a sixpence,' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 If I did something in defiance of Dad's instructions not too to do it and I hurt myself as a consequence he would say "That's 'Little Man' getting his own back" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 It sticks like shit to a blanket. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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