Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 When I was a lad my father told me they were going to pick my name out of a hat..............I nearly got called "six & seven eighths" 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 For some reason an expression which I haven't heard for years came to mind this morning. 'He looks like a pox doctor's clerk'. I never really understood what it meant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Over dressed a bit poncey? c Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Here's a song all about it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 or a used car salesman ... ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 #1603 bubblewrap. i think hes very smart.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Does it enable him to do his job better........ NO WAY ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Depends what job you doing,.......if he turned up like that to paint me ceiling.......i'd agree. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 He looks like he's already painted your ceiling, and dripped most of it down him. LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 He did but i din't pay him lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Shiny boots, shiny minds. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Over dressed a bit poncey? c Bookie's Runner? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Squeeky boots,not paid for Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted January 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 If you did a sudden shiver, someone just walked over your grave, and if you jumped in mam's armchair as soon as she left it, she'd say, will you jump in my grave as quick. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 For some reason an expression which I haven't heard for years came to mind this morning. 'He looks like a pox doctor's clerk'. I never really understood what it meant. I've never heard anyone described as looking like a pox-doctor's clerk, but in my younger days the term "stinks like a pox-doctor's clerk" was used to describe a man who wore too much cheap after-shave. I daresay it comes from the days when perfume was used to disguise bad smells. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 'Mardy begger' isn't understood down my way. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Up and down like a fiddlers elbow or Up and down like a whores drawers Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 And if someone was acting in a stupid clown-like manner, they would be described as 'lairy'. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I've always know the word 'Lairy' as being argumentative. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevorthegasman 150 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I think of "lairy" as the next stage after "cheeky" going a little bit too far..... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Does this mean anything to anyone ? I know it sounds a bit lairy but it's just come up out of the sludge in the bottom of my memory. When asked if you knew where someone lived and you didn't know you would say "He lives 'back of Knocker Street, where they put clogs on ducks." Now what the b......... h.... was that all about ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Our version was Dahn nutter-cutter, where they hoss-shoe pigs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Pinxton jam mines; Selston treacle pits; and Shottle where they bottle fog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Fox-Russell 9 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 My grandfather was from Nottingham - and some of his words and sayings come back to me now, reading these posts. It's probably a dopey question, but is there anyone in the public domain - on telly, in politics etc - who speaks with what you would call a typical Nottingham accent. I would like to know what Pa sounded like when he arrived in Oz all those years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Sue Pollard? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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