Trevor S 2,003 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 ................Penny for your thoughts...... ................Stop your snivelling, you wappy bugger......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Look at him/her the swivel eyed get Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 I remember mi mam, when telling the time would say "5 and 20 past (or 5 and twenty to). I always thought it sounded better than 25 past or 25 to. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 My mum used to say the same thing when saying the time! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Where are you going Dad? "There and back to see how far it is". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Going to see a man about a dog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Christmas is coming, The goose is getting fat, Please put a penny in the old man's hat. If you haven't got a penny a ha'penny will do. If you haven't got a ha'penny then God bless you. Why, if you can afford to invest in a gosling earlier in the year; you can give time and effort in its protection, feed and upkeep; your dad can afford a hat that will hold money and the goose is putting on a good weight; what right do you have to try and negotiate a charitable gift? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Suck your orange Do what they do in Russia They've do a moonlight Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 When it was time to get a move on, Dad would sigh and say, 'Well, this won`t buy the baby a new bonnet.' 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 My mum used to say that, Eileen 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Sorry If I've said this on here before, but on a day like today my grandma would have said it was 'One o' them dark days afore Christmas'. Something else she would say - back in the 1960s - was if we were having extreme weather conditions - 'It's because of them men they keep shooting up into space. It's not right'. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Bad weather etc..........our Gran used to blame the A - Bomb. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Trevor, this is what my mum used to say. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Some good quips on this topic, but let's get one thing clear. As kids, we all thought the things our parents said was utter rubbish. It's only now in our later years that we look back in amusement, and have a wry chuckle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 It's a grey day here, so at lunchtime I said, I'll put a light on a dark subject, summat me mam used to say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Happy as a pig in s**t Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 You mugwump........ Heard this term a few times when I was a youngster and thought it meant being a fool or childish. Google indicates it is of American origin and of a political sense. Please, anybody else heard of this phrase back in the 50s around Notts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 If mam saw a bloke with shaggy hair in need of a haircut, she'd say, all he needs is a bloody violin. And if she didn't want to do something, she wouldn't do it 'for all the tea in China' 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Never heard the long hair/violin thing, But my mum also used the expression "not for all the tea in China" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Not one of my parents sayings...but my grandad had this little rhyme...has anyone else heard it? See all,hear all ,say nowt Eat all,sup all,pay nowt 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Yes - I remember that one c-p! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 #1896...........And if ever tha' does owt fer nowt, allus do it fer thissen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,270 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 crankypig #1896 and broxtowelad #1898 Here is the FivePenny Piece a Lancashire group singing "Here all See all Say Nowt" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC_aa2Eok0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 # 1898 and #1896 have reminded me of a little rhyme that came from my grandfather The Lord be praised My belly's raised An inch above the table And I'll be damned If I ar'nt crammed As full as I am able. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Re #1893 - I think a "mugwump" referred to someone who was either indecisive - sitting on the fence to the speak, or maybe one who tried to have his cake and eat it (or, to put it another way, he "ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds"). He was "mug" on one side and "wump" on the other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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