The amusing sayings thread

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David
i am sure I could teach you lots of new words, and if I run out I'll ask Mike or John

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[Contratrombone64]

sure, but not when they're mis-spelled ...

 

[teddy]

wot u meen
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[JHC]

I just saw this Bose add with fresh eye’s has to be an oxymoran



QuietComfort 15Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones

 

[teddy]

If the cows do drown the farmer goes to town (old country saying)

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[marval]

Never look back unless youre planning to go that way

 

[teddy]

If you pick May (the plant) in May (the month) all your friends will die away.

A saying from my grandmother. Cheerful sod.

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[teddy]

You can always tell if you are coming or going. If you look over your shoulder and can see where you have been you are going!

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[marval]

On the other hand, you have different fingers.


Margaret

 

[Soubasse]

Back in the dim dark ages when I was young (and yound), I was at a school camp. During breakfast (with everyone looking a little worse for wear), a mate of mine describe another kid as having:
"A haircut like an exploded armchair"

 

[teddy]

While in hospital recovering from heart surgery one of my friends said I looked like 8 pounds of (manure) in a six pound bag. How kind.

 

[JHC]

While in hospital recovering from heart surgery one of my friends said I looked like 8 pounds of (manure) in a six pound bag. How kind.

And have you changed much ?????? still waiting for you pic :grin:

 

[teddy]

And have you changed much ?????? still waiting for you pic :grin:

Put on a pound!

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[JHC]

Put on a pound!

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Probably a better choice than a bikini :banana:

 

[Dorsetmike]

Asked step daughter to put the kettle on, she said "it don't fit me"

 

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Asked step daughter to put the kettle on, she said "it don't fit me"

Mike

we must be related. When I asked my daughter what her last slave died of fhe replied " disobedience"

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[teddy]

See a pin and pick it up, all day long you will have good luck. Victorian saying. ???????????

Were pins valuable in Victorian times?

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[teddy]

While walking along the pavement...

Step on a crack, break your mothers back. Another charming saying.

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[Dorsetmike]

I like some of the pseudo latin phrases like

"Nil illegitemae carborundum!" = "don't let the barstewards grind you down"

Or the RAF motto

"Per ardua ad Astra" which we translated as "After work we go the the cinema"

( the cinemas on RAF bases were almost all called The Astra)

Any others out there?

 

[teddy]

He knows which side of the hedge the old hen is going to lay the egg. Old country saying relating to a wise man.

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