The amusing sayings thread

Montefalco

New member
"But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins." - Oscar Wilde, 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
 

marval

New member
"Childhood is that wonderful time when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath."

Richard Zera
 

Dorsetmike

Member
Had a Google for derivations of the phrase " a bit black over Will's mum's" most agree it means "it looks like rain". It's usually attributed to the British West Midlands, Birmingham, Coventry etc. As to who Bill, or Will was, many say Will Shakespeare, as Stratford upon Avon is South west of Coventry, South Westerly being the direction of prevailing winds and thus the direction to look for approaching rain clouds.

Any more backgrounds to common phrases???????
 

marval

New member
Done to a turn - Meat was roasted until cooked on an upright spit which had to be turned by hand.


Margaret
 

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
Heard this beauty from a Scotsman on another forum (don't actually know if he thought of it or purloined it from somewhere else):

"As useful as Heather Mills left foot in a toe-curling competition"

Sadly, I just don't get it ... please explain (Pauline Hanson inflection required)
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
I spent all of my fortune on Wine WWomen and WWWhisky I wasted the rest
 

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
Ah, I see, now I get it.

As to a pig in a parachute, Margaret, I think that would be very useful, I mean you could always place him under you if said parachute failed and you'd have a (moderately) soft landing...
 

marval

New member
Hi CT

I had not thought of that use for a pig, well next time I jump out of a perfectly good plane. lol


Margaret
 

teddy

Duckmeister
A crow in a croud is a rook
and a rook on its own is a crow.

Old country saying.
teddy
 

teddy

Duckmeister
When searching for a lost item....

It will be in the last place you look.

Unless you are stupid enough to keep looking after you have found it!
 
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