LastGarrison
Well-Known Member
Where are you going?
To see a man about a dog.
To see a man about a dog.
A very posh-sounding daughter of a British Army Major taught me these:
"Arse about face" (the wrong way around)
"Arse over tit" (upside down)
"Gone tits-up" (dead or no longer working)
What was funny was that she said these things as if they were the most normal thing in the world.
Must have been a remnant of an old way of counting. From an old nursery rhyme:
"Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie":
Sing a Song of Sixpence by Mother Goose
You're absolutely hilarious as usual. If it's in German no one really cares.My gran always used that ( at 25 past or to). In German all counting is in that style, not just that bit of time. Don’t know why just 25. she never said five and thirty etc..
You're absolutely hilarious as usual. If it's in German no one really cares.
must say I've heard them a lot - still use them myself sometimes.I thought they were quite common to be fair.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
My gran always used that ( at 25 past or to). In German all counting is in that style, not just that bit of time. Don’t know why just 25. she never said five and thirty etc..
Trolling ? What a squealing attention seeker you are.Trolling again? You were bemoaning that everything is PC now, which means you can’t call black people, Asians and homosexuals names or mock them anymore in public. Doesn’t bother me, but why would you mention about everything being PC now? Taking away your right to free speech?
Doesn’t matter though, you can still troll people you don’t know on the internet and get your petty hatred out in that way.
Nasty piece of work.
Walsgrave wasn't incorporated into the city of Coventry until the 30s (presumably as the housing along Ansty Road grew towards it), could be old enough to think that wayMy elderly Uncle Jack who lived in Walsgrave would say to anyone going to the City centre to shop:" Are you going to Coventry ? " Even as a kid I thought that doesn't make sense !
There's a song by the band Chicago called 25 or 6 to 4. When asked how the title came about they said they were in the studio when someone asked what time is it ? The reply came back it was 25 or 6 to 4. They decided that would be a good song title.My Mum used to use it, again when talking about time 5 and twenty to and agree it was nearly always 25 never any other number.
Thanks BBR - that has always confused the fuck out of me. Assumed it had something to do with betting odds: 25 (to 1) or 6/4!There's a song by the band Chicago called 25 or 6 to 4. When asked how the title came about they said they were in the studio when someone asked what time is it ? The reply came back it was 25 or 6 to 4. They decided that would be a good song title.
As a music fan I've got loads of band name info etc. Lemmy before he got famous was always skint, he was always asking for money. And because of his accent it came across as : Lemmy a tenner, Lemmy a fiver, so thats how his nickname came about !Thanks BBR - that has always confused the fuck out of me. Assumed it had something to do with betting odds: 25 (to 1) or 6/4!
I used to hear that one in relation to going for a shit. Once I grew up (questionable) I modified it for myself...going to see a pan about a logWhenever my old man was going out, I used to ask him where he was going. His reply was always, "going to see a man about a dog".
Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
"You must think I just got off the banana boat" when he didn't believe something...relating it to those that had & got easily taken advantage of I suspectIf I trapped my finger and got a blood blister it was always a " black man's pinch"
Very p.c.
And eat your crusts...it'll make your hair curlYou beat me to it. My dad would say " into the middle of next week." He was more specific about exactly when .
He also would say around the dinner table " Eat that, it'll put hairs on your chest. "
I didn't want any hairs. I was about 9 at the time.
My dad used to say that all the time. I've never heard it said by anyone else...until now.I recall an expression I haven't heard for years : " I laughed my duck off. " WTF !
My mum and dad said it often. When I was working on the railway in a group of all nationalities, I remember saying " I laughed my duck off " much to the bewilderment of my fellow workers !My dad used to say that all the time. I've never heard it said by anyone else...until now.
"Money doesn't grow on trees".
A favourite of my parents and used as justification for not buying me things.
I'd completely forgotten about that one and yet my mum said it all the time. I used to leave the lights on everywhere in the house."Money doesn't grow on trees".
A favourite of my parents and used as justification for not spending money.
"Those bloody wheels are going round!!!"I'd completely forgotten about that one and yet my mum said it all the time. I used to leave the lights on everywhere in the house.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?