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| strukkanurv
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| 895234. Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:53 am |
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| Muffins^ wrote: | | I always though it was "as dull as DISHwater". Might just be me though. |
Same here.
| Muffins^ wrote: | | He also describes his mother as having "duck's disease"... something along the lines of her legs being too short, or her arse being close to the ground. |
My dad used to call my mum 'Tennessee Toddy' and follow it with: 'All bum & no body'.
He had some funny expressions, usually when something strange or unexpected happened, like:
'Well, shit in yer hat & punch it!'
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'Well, shit & step back in it'.
Back to the original thread, exactly how 'well-to-do' was the Queen Of Sheba? |
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| Strawberry
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| 895243. Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:12 am |
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| There's an article about the queen of sheba here. |
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| strukkanurv
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| 895247. Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:23 am |
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| Oooh, so now I know. Ta. |
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| crissdee
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| 895252. Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:33 am |
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My old platoon corporal would often say:
"There's more (?) there than soft Mick"
Never figured out what that meant. |
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| tetsabb
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| 895256. Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:47 am |
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| Strawberry wrote: | | There's an article about the queen of sheba here. |
Louise Schofield's sister is married to my brother, another archaeologist. On one trip to that area, her donkey was eaten by hyenas. |
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| Efros
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| 895260. Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:55 am |
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| Knocking seven bells (sorts) of shit out of something is fairly common in the NE of England. |
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| Strawberry
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| 895261. Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:56 am |
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| strukkanurv wrote: | | Oooh, so now I know. Ta. |
:) It's all right, glad i could help. |
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| Spike
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| 895262. Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:59 am |
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| Quote: | A total of eight bells are struck to end a watch; to knock seven bells out of someone implies pretty severe handling — without actually finishing him off.
Jackspeak, A Guide to British Naval Slang & Usage, by Rick Jolly, revised second edition 2007. |
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| Efros
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| 895266. Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:05 am |
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| Would explain my Dad's fondness for that expression he being a 24 year RN man. |
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| Janet H
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| 895330. Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:55 pm |
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| Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs? |
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| soup
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| 895331. Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:07 pm |
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| Spike you're not an undercover member of CANOE are you |
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| strukkanurv
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| 895332. Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:08 pm |
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| Thass a rum un'. |
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| Bondee
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| 895342. Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:31 pm |
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| filofax wrote: | | more {whatevers} than you can shake a stick at. |
An alternate version that I've heard more than once...
More <whatevers> than a flasher could wave his nob at. |
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| AlmondFacialBar
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| 895344. Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:33 pm |
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| Bondee wrote: | | filofax wrote: | | more {whatevers} than you can shake a stick at. |
An alternate version that I've heard more than once...
More <whatevers> than a flasher could wave his nob at. |
Gosh, that one's new on me! Likee! I guess they both come with the idea that if these loads of whatevers were people you probably wouldn't want to indulge in threatening behaviour at them, because it would be 60 to one.
Another weird one - in German, when someone seems pissed off for no good reason, we ask them what's walked across their liver.
:-)
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| Bondee
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| 895345. Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:34 pm |
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| Efros wrote: | | Knocking seven bells (sorts) of shit out of something is fairly common in the NE of England. |
I've heard knocking seven bells out of... or knocking seven shades of shit out of... |
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