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Post by Kath on Jun 26, 2023 21:45:35 GMT
Oh and I heard a new variant on the 'several sandwiches short of a picnic' recently at work....someone was referred to as being 'several slides short of a show'.
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Post by spinno on Jun 26, 2023 22:02:48 GMT
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it bolt the stable door.
Mutton dressed as lamb.
Variations of fur coat no knickers.
No show without Punch.
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Post by peterba on Jun 26, 2023 22:14:26 GMT
You have reminded me that my son sometimes comes out with 'going to see a man about a horse'. I'm convinced it should be a dog but he insists it's a horse!
In our house, it was definitely "Going to see a man about a dog".
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Post by peterba on Jun 26, 2023 22:22:02 GMT
Oh and I heard a new variant on the 'several sandwiches short of a picnic' recently at work....someone was referred to as being 'several slides short of a show'.
In the same vein, the one I liked was to describe someone as "Dagenham" i.e. two stops beyond Barking.
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Post by John Farrell on Jun 26, 2023 23:14:04 GMT
Point Dougal at the Doulton. |
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Post by John Farrell on Jun 26, 2023 23:14:52 GMT
Oh and I heard a new variant on the 'several sandwiches short of a picnic' recently at work....someone was referred to as being 'several slides short of a show'. Several snags short of a barbie. And - the lift doesn't go to the top floor. |
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Post by John Farrell on Jun 26, 2023 23:19:53 GMT
Here in Kiwiland, when someone's in trouble we'll say they're in the tutae (Maori for faeces)
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Post by kate on Jun 27, 2023 5:24:21 GMT
Point Dougal at the Doulton. Point Percy at the Porcelain. |
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Post by John Farrell on Jun 27, 2023 5:32:29 GMT
Point Dougal at the Doulton. Point Percy at the Porcelain. Strain the potatoes... |
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Post by MJB on Jun 27, 2023 6:21:48 GMT
More toilet euphemisms:
Going to bomb China.
Dropping the kids off at the pool.
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Post by mick on Jun 27, 2023 6:41:48 GMT
Up the wooden hill .... to Bedfordshire.
No better than she ought to be. Don't ask, no idea! Used by my grandmother about women that she didn't like.
Mick
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Post by John Farrell on Jun 27, 2023 6:53:06 GMT
If my dad felt that one of us kids was asking for things too extravagant, he would say "Who do you think you are - Lord Nuffield's bastard son?"
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Post by davem399 on Jun 27, 2023 6:56:26 GMT
Point Percy at the Porcelain. Strain the potatoes... The version I’ve heard is “I’m going to strain the greens”. |
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Post by davem399 on Jun 27, 2023 6:57:34 GMT
Talking to Bert and Huey on the big white telephone.
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Post by John Farrell on Jun 27, 2023 7:31:17 GMT
Talking to Bert and Huey on the big white telephone. The technicolour yawn? |
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