daft sayings

5 May 2010

whats for tea....'a rasher of wind and a fried snowball', or '3 jumps to the cupboard door' were stock answers
and for the 'coitus interruptus' we used to say getting off at Hunts Cross (a small station halfway between here and Liverpool)
where are you going mum? 'there and back to see how far it is'
where are you going dad? ' To see a man about a dog'.....how dissappointed was I when this dog never materialised!

5 May 2010

How long u gona be?..........as long as it takes dunno

You looking at me, or chewing a brick?
You'l catch your death goin out dressed like that!!

6 May 2010

Quote by Bluefish2009
When I was a kid asking what was for tea - the answer always was "breadnpullit and wipe it round the window"

YES, my gran used to say "breadnpullit". What is it? dunno

Bread and pull it.......in other words break pieces off. Must make bread go farther or something :dunno:
I wonder if the saying stemmed from the war when bread was rationed?

De-Rationing
Food rationing lasted for 14 years in Britain, from 1940 until 1954.
Rationing continued even after the war ended:
* Meat rationing continued for 10 years after D-Day (June 1954)
In 1946, when food was just as short as during the preceding years, bread was added to the ration and the sweet ration was halved.

Was interesting reading about rationing - I hadn't realised it lasted for so many yrs for some foods as stated above.

6 May 2010

yes my mum used breadnpullit
i find myself saying things like "can you sing far away "to my daughter
and using the saying`s my parents used

6 May 2010

Wetter than an otter's pocket.
Rougher than a robber's dog.
From Mr. Stuff ;)

6 May 2010

Quote by fluff_n_stuff
Wetter than an otter's pocket.
Rougher than a robber's dog.
From Mr. Stuff ;)

Helped me remember one of my Dad's;
As rough as a badgers ass
No idea of the reasoning