"Me, Polly Garter, under the washing line, giving the breast in the garden to my bonny new baby. Nothing grows in our garden, only washing. And babies. And where's their fathers live, my love? Over the hills and far away. You're looking up at me now. I know what you're thinking, you poor little milky creature. You're thinking, you're no better than you should be, Polly, and that's good enough for me. Oh, isn't life a terrible thing, thank God?"Pastychomper wrote: ↑29 Apr 2022, 4:11pmMy father told me that saying was traditionally followed by "She's no better than she ought to be!" (which I always thought is true of everyone, mind you).Slowtwitch wrote: ↑12 Feb 2022, 7:48am Or of a similar puffed up, haughty woman:
All fur coat, and no knickers!
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Anything from Mr.Pumblejook
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A quote from Joe Walsh when discussing his alcohol addiction:
"it all went wrong when Keith Moon decided he quite liked me"
"it all went wrong when Keith Moon decided he quite liked me"
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He / She is 'about as bright as a winter's night.'
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As dim as a 40 watt bulb (pre LEDs obviously!)
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“I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.”
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As warm as a fridge door light.
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A sandwich short of a picnic.
A toast " through the teeth round the gums lookout stomach here it comes"
or " to your eyes and your mouth the former have met , the latter not yet here's hoping"
A toast " through the teeth round the gums lookout stomach here it comes"
or " to your eyes and your mouth the former have met , the latter not yet here's hoping"
Percussive maintainance, if it don't fit, hit it with the hammer.
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“ Give it a go mate, she’ll be right” a positive attitude to experimentation, from Down Under.
Also a Down Underish rhyme I say when doing electrical work, “Red and Brown will take you down, Black and Blue, will see you thro’ “
Also a Down Underish rhyme I say when doing electrical work, “Red and Brown will take you down, Black and Blue, will see you thro’ “
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I remember my grandfather used to say, "By The Cringe" which for some reason always amused me.
He also used to say about my mother's cooking, "She is the only woman I know who can kill a piece of meat twice", which to be fair was pretty accurate.
He also used to say about my mother's cooking, "She is the only woman I know who can kill a piece of meat twice", which to be fair was pretty accurate.
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‘All mouth and trousers’, for someone who is full of themselves. (Is that another one?)
‘Hadaway and <i>[inappropriate word removed]</i>’, from the Geordie end. Possibly a firm of Newcastle lawyers . . .
‘Hadaway and <i>[inappropriate word removed]</i>’, from the Geordie end. Possibly a firm of Newcastle lawyers . . .
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I thought that was "no trousers" with something similar beginning "All fur coat..."JohnMorgan wrote: ↑5 Mar 2023, 12:34pm ‘All mouth and trousers’, for someone who is full of themselves. (Is that another one?)
‘Hadaway and <i>[inappropriate word removed]</i>’, from the Geordie end. Possibly a firm of Newcastle lawyers . . .
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Tight as a fishes *rse
Cold as a witches t*t
Welcome as a f*rt in space suit
Rich as a boxing day f*rt
Dry as a nun’s f*d
Like trying to shove lard up a cat’s *rse with a hot knife
Full as a bull’s b*m
Full as a seaside dunny on boxing day
Cold as a witches t*t
Welcome as a f*rt in space suit
Rich as a boxing day f*rt
Dry as a nun’s f*d
Like trying to shove lard up a cat’s *rse with a hot knife
Full as a bull’s b*m
Full as a seaside dunny on boxing day
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"PowerPoint makes us stupid." Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis, USMC (ret.)
"If we're all thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking." General George S. Patton Jr.
"If we're all thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking." General George S. Patton Jr.
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Cytec 2 - exponent of hammer applied brute force.
Cytec 2 - exponent of hammer applied brute force.
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“. . . And no knickers”. Where I am it means top show, with no substance, or trying to appear well off when not.thirdcrank wrote: ↑5 Mar 2023, 1:02pmI thought that was "no trousers" with something similar beginning "All fur coat..."JohnMorgan wrote: ↑5 Mar 2023, 12:34pm ‘All mouth and trousers’, for someone who is full of themselves. (Is that another one?)
‘Hadaway and <i>[inappropriate word removed]</i>’, from the Geordie end. Possibly a firm of Newcastle lawyers . . .