Weird sayings in 'families' - well in mine

[PRESLEY 1,224]

On 27/11/2020 at 20:51, kidley said:

my mother used to say ,if brains where gunpowder tha wunt have inuf to blow thi cap off. 

Or if Brains were Chocolate, you wouldn't have enough to fill a Smartie.  

[kidley 48]

my mother, he/she is still wet behind the ears,

[PRESLEY 1,224]

It's very funny, when you see it you'll  Roll wi laughin, 

[trickyob 11]

a couple from me mam " as tha no gumption"  and "wot tha gaupin at"

[Baron99 778]

My old fella.  "if wit were <removed> you'd be constipated." 

Edited December 2, 2020 by nikki-red

[Kidorry 189]

One of my mothers favourites was when we asked where she was going , she would say "there and back to see how far it is"

[catmiss 12]

4 hours ago, Kidorry said:

One of my mothers favourites was when we asked where she was going , she would say "there and back to see how far it is"

My mum and her friends used to buy their selves a bit of (perhaps juicy) gossip time by sending their toddler offspring to ‘go up t’ gas lamp and see if I’m there, if I’m not come back an tell me’- and we did it!

[MEC176 10]

When it's raining heavy and the rain is coming straight down,

my Mother would say,

 

It's raining stir rod's.

[Rollypolly 51]

1 hour ago, MEC176 said:

When it's raining heavy and the rain is coming straight down,

my Mother would say,

 

It's raining stir rod's.

We still say that now but we say stair rods. I assume it's because stair rods are those long straight bars that were used on stair carpets. My dad also used to say ' it's black 'ore Bills mother's' . We thought Bill was someone dad worked with.

[Kidorry 189]

11 minutes ago, Rollypolly said:

We still say that now but we say stair rods. I assume it's because stair rods are those long straight bars that were used on stair carpets. My dad also used to say ' it's black 'ore Bills mother's' . We thought Bill was someone dad worked with.

I was told it was in reference to Kaiser Wilhelm  Of Germany during the first world war. Him being a relative of Queen Victoria.

Edited December 6, 2020 by Kidorry

[Jim Hardie 523]

Whenever I asked my dad what he was doing, he'd always say 'Keeping t'sun out o' me eyes.' 

I've never heard anybody else use the expression.

[MEC176 10]

I presume it all depends on which area you come from or live

with it's coming down like stir / stair rods my Mother was from

Crooks my Dad from Jump in Barnsley his parents use to say,

"Here come's John Willy hat band " no idea what it refered to.