Old expressions your parents/grandparents used (1 Viewer)

[LastGarrison]

Where are you going?

To see a man about a dog.

 

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[robofcov]

Mum whens Dad going to finish the decorating
Mum.........When Nelson gets his eye back

 

[skybluesham]

Remember my grandad saying " well I'll go to the back of our yard " when something surprised him , sometimes he mixed it up with " go to the bottom of our stairs " ..

I still use myself sometimes

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

"you dirty Arab"
When I'd come home a bit mucky from climbing trees etc.
"You little tinker "
If someone's been a bit naughty.
Both classed as not very pc these days but nothing is . I still say the tinker one all the time.

 

[dutchman]

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.

 

[djr8369]

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.

I thought they were quite common to be fair.


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[martcov]

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

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..

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

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.

 

[martcov]

You're absolutely hilarious as usual. If it's in German no one really cares.

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.

 

[greys4life]

I thought they were quite common to be fair.


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must say I've heard them a lot - still use them myself sometimes.

 

[ccfc92]

Not sure how old this is, but as much use as tits on a fish.

 

[greys4life]

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..

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.

 

[Sbarcher]

"The things you see when you haven't got your gun."
Where's mum? - "She's run off with a black man!"

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

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.

Trolling ? What a squealing attention seeker you are.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

When my nan thought you were talking too much

"Give your arse a chance"

 

[fernandopartridge]

My 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 !

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 way

 

[bringbackrattles]

I recall an expression I haven't heard for years : " I laughed my duck off. " WTF !

 

[bringbackrattles]

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.

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.

 

[Gazolba]

"As snug as a bug in a rug" for someone curled up comfortably in bed.

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

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.

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!

 

[bringbackrattles]

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!

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 !

 

[SkyblueBazza]

Whenever 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".

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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 log

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[SkyblueBazza]

If I trapped my finger and got a blood blister it was always a " black man's pinch"
Very p.c.

"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 suspect

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[SkyblueBazza]

You 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.

And eat your crusts...it'll make your hair curl

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[SkyblueBazza]

Pull the other one, it's got bells on

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[SkyblueBazza]

Stop pulling a face - you'll stick like it!

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[SkyblueBazza]

Your bloody puddled you are.

&

Look at that barmy bugger!

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[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

I recall an expression I haven't heard for years : " I laughed my duck off. " WTF !

My dad used to say that all the time. I've never heard it said by anyone else...until now.

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

"that's the angels bringing the coal in " when there was a thunderstorm.

 

[bringbackrattles]

My dad used to say that all the time. I've never heard it said by anyone else...until now.

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 !

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

One of my father in laws
“ where were you going when I seen you coming back “

 

[Gazolba]

"Money doesn't grow on trees".
A favourite of my parents and used as justification for not spending money.

 

[shmmeee]

"Money doesn't grow on trees".
A favourite of my parents and used as justification for not buying me things.

Were your parents Phillip Hammond and Theresa May?

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

"Money doesn't grow on trees".
A favourite of my parents and used as justification for not spending money.

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.

 

[SkyblueBazza]

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.

"Those bloody wheels are going round!!!"

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