I know the old ones are quite perfect
"Them that laugh first" and awl that, "There is no fool like a pair of ignorant old fools"
These old cliches are brilliant but how come there are very few new words of wisdom around.
The world has changed enough to include a couple of new ones, surely.
Old catch phrases.
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Posted 20 August 2008 - 11:11 PM
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Posted 21 August 2008 - 04:47 AM
I know the old ones are quite perfect
"Them that laugh first" and awl that, "There is no fool like a pair of ignorant old fools"
These old cliches are brilliant but how come there are very few new words of wisdom around.
The world has changed enough to include a couple of new ones, surely.
Sporting cliches seem to be invented by the day: game of two halves; give 110%; take each game at a time, etc
The reasonable expectations of honest men must be protected.
'Fiat justitia ruat caelum'
'Fiat justitia ruat caelum'
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Posted 21 August 2008 - 02:27 PM
My dad had a couple of choice ones...one of which I won't say more than to hint it was in response to me blubbing 'It's no fair, it's no fair'.
The other was a response to me asking 'where is it dad...where is it'. He would rejoin 'hinging fae ma lip shoutin Tarzan'.
My Gran's was a favourite of mine that I still use, to describe one with an overblown ego prone to being a blowhard...'A bigger bum than ten arses'. (it still gets me that one)
The other was a response to me asking 'where is it dad...where is it'. He would rejoin 'hinging fae ma lip shoutin Tarzan'.
My Gran's was a favourite of mine that I still use, to describe one with an overblown ego prone to being a blowhard...'A bigger bum than ten arses'. (it still gets me that one)
I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.
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Posted 21 August 2008 - 02:30 PM
Pestering my nana abut what was for dinner, she used to say 'air puddings'.
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Posted 21 August 2008 - 06:07 PM
Not forgettin that old favourite
"I'll take ma haun aff yer face if ye don't behave"
or
"I'll make ye smile on the ithur side of yer face ya wee bugger"
"jist you wait 'til yer ******* (insert relevint parent) gets hame you'll know awe aboot it then"
"I'll take ma haun aff yer face if ye don't behave"
or
"I'll make ye smile on the ithur side of yer face ya wee bugger"
"jist you wait 'til yer ******* (insert relevint parent) gets hame you'll know awe aboot it then"
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Posted 21 August 2008 - 06:13 PM
Not forgettin that old favourite
"I'll take ma haun aff yer face if ye don't behave"
or
"I'll make ye smile on the ithur side of yer face ya wee bugger"
"jist you wait 'til yer ******* (insert relevint parent) gets hame you'll know awe aboot it then"
haud oan, get this thread back on course its modern catch phrases.
The reasonable expectations of honest men must be protected.
'Fiat justitia ruat caelum'
'Fiat justitia ruat caelum'
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Posted 21 August 2008 - 10:18 PM
Couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery
As much use as a chocolate tea-pot
She'll be right!
As much use as a chocolate tea-pot
She'll be right!
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Posted 22 August 2008 - 12:28 AM
Been there done it got the tshirt
Beam me up Scotty
Beam me up Scotty
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Posted 22 August 2008 - 12:25 PM
Been there done it got the tshirt
Beam me up Scotty
Two I say to my soon regularly... to his great annoyance (hehe)
It's a cald wurld without a shirt
Your coat's on a shoogily peg
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Posted 22 August 2008 - 12:40 PM
A colleague once uttered this line the morning after a previous evening meal of a particularly strong curry
'ave got a backside like the start of Bonanza'
'ave got a backside like the start of Bonanza'
The reasonable expectations of honest men must be protected.
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'Fiat justitia ruat caelum'
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Posted 22 August 2008 - 01:17 PM
A colleague once uttered this line the morning after a previous evening meal of a particularly strong curry
'ave got a backside like the start of Bonanza'
Hahahaha. laffed out loud....
that's twice aff you now I believe
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Posted 22 August 2008 - 08:32 PM
I had an auntie who was pretty hefty. My uncle once said to her, "You look like two teddy bears wrestling in a gunny sack when you walk away from me." It nearly killed me to not laugh.
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Posted 22 August 2008 - 11:23 PM
Go bite yer bum!!
Shoot through like a Bondi tram
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Emperor Nasai Gorin did it
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to keep the rabbits out
Shoot through like a Bondi tram
Gotcher wobbly boots on?
& for Gayle
Emperor Nasai Gorin did it
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to keep the rabbits out
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Posted 24 August 2008 - 06:18 PM
My late father once used the phrase 'go sh*te in your hat and wear it'. 
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Posted 24 August 2008 - 09:44 PM
Punching above your weight.
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Posted 25 August 2008 - 10:29 PM
A backside like a bag o burglars tools (cheeky beggar talking about a local barmaid)
If you don't stop greeting this minute .. I'll gie ye something tae greet aboot !
Laughing ur ye ? I'll gie ye something tae laugh about on the ither side o yer face !
Ye better no dae that, it's dangerous/ye'll hurt yerself and I huvnae the time tae run tae the hospital wi ye.
Come o'er here tae a gie ye a slap. (as if...)
Were ye born in a barn ?? ..shut the door !
If you don't stop greeting this minute .. I'll gie ye something tae greet aboot !
Laughing ur ye ? I'll gie ye something tae laugh about on the ither side o yer face !
Ye better no dae that, it's dangerous/ye'll hurt yerself and I huvnae the time tae run tae the hospital wi ye.
Come o'er here tae a gie ye a slap. (as if...)
Were ye born in a barn ?? ..shut the door !
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Posted 31 August 2008 - 01:15 AM
Mah auld maw used tae say, "Don't think ah'm daft jist coz ah slevver"
If ah tried tae justify sum crime by sayin, "but ah thot it wiz okay", mah granny wid reply, "see whit thot did? Plantit a feather an thot it wid grow a hen"
As fur modren day frazes, ah like, "she hud a face like a coo lickin pish affa nettles"
"Ah hope yer baws turn skwerr an' fester et the coarners"
"Ah hope yer ears turn intae erses an' ye shit oan yer shooders"
"Away an' fry yer tadger"
"Nivver staun still in a revolvin doorway"
If ah tried tae justify sum crime by sayin, "but ah thot it wiz okay", mah granny wid reply, "see whit thot did? Plantit a feather an thot it wid grow a hen"
As fur modren day frazes, ah like, "she hud a face like a coo lickin pish affa nettles"
"Ah hope yer baws turn skwerr an' fester et the coarners"
"Ah hope yer ears turn intae erses an' ye shit oan yer shooders"
"Away an' fry yer tadger"
"Nivver staun still in a revolvin doorway"
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Hahahaha, totally brilliant!
It's a shame you cannae get the benefit of yerself mister. Ye're a tonic.
I seem to recall however that you did not receive any of the bootins ye were due at OM, but.... saved for next time.
"A face like a burglars dug"
"A face like a blind cobbler's thumb"
"A face that would turn a funeral up a side street"
ancient but good. Thanks to Tom Shields - the original and still by far the best.
It's a shame you cannae get the benefit of yerself mister. Ye're a tonic.
I seem to recall however that you did not receive any of the bootins ye were due at OM, but.... saved for next time.
"A face like a burglars dug"
"A face like a blind cobbler's thumb"
"A face that would turn a funeral up a side street"
ancient but good. Thanks to Tom Shields - the original and still by far the best.
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Posted 31 August 2008 - 04:36 PM
Mah granny wid say 'pee'd the bed and blamed the blankets'mah granny wid reply, "see whit thot did? Plantit a feather an thot it wid grow a hen"
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Posted 31 August 2008 - 04:44 PM
Mah granny wid say 'pee'd the bed and blamed the blankets'
Mah granny hud a few things thot did, an' that wiz also wanny thum, if slightly diffrint. Hur vershin went, "wet the bed and thot he wid blame the blankets"
Funny auld wurld. Ah aye thot that mah granny jist made them up as she went alang. See whit thot did?
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