lizzmobile 11 #37 Posted May 28, 2007 I'll have your guts for garters (took me years to twig this one, but only 'cos I didn't know what garters were ) When we'd ask what was for dinner: "A run round the table and a kick at the pantry door". When someone was sulking, she'd say "What's up wi' 'im? He's gorra face like Humpty Logan". Still makes my ribs shake today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cressida 1,568 #38 Posted May 28, 2007 A face like a farmer's a**e on a frosty morning Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Grandad.Malky 11 #39 Posted May 28, 2007 Never spend more than you can save I posted something similar on the tread about claiming back bank charges and was accused of being offensive, just shows you our grandparents knew better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cressida 1,568 #40 Posted May 28, 2007 I posted something similar on the tread about claiming back bank charges and was accused of being offensive, just shows you our grandparents knew better. some of the words of wisdom that get handed down should be put on the wall and framed so one doesn't forget them ( ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Grandad.Malky 11 #41 Posted May 28, 2007 some of the words of wisdom that get handed down should be put on the wall and framed so one doesn't forget them ( ) Too right. My favourite was a “a place for everything and everything in its place” recited to me every time I lost something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Gangan 10 #42 Posted May 28, 2007 What's good for goose is good for gander. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jabberwocky 46 #43 Posted May 28, 2007 "Oatsey dotes and moatsey dotes and little lambsey divey, diddley-ivey-ooo, wouldnt you" Im afraid she sort of... lost it in the last years of her life... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cressida 1,568 #44 Posted May 28, 2007 Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know (ding dong) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
marmite 10 #45 Posted May 28, 2007 ''Dozy Dinah Ducklegs'', at least i think how its spelt. I have no idea where it came from, my gran is Welsh. It was used if you did something stupid or were generally being a dopey sod. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
CorkerSWFC 10 #46 Posted May 28, 2007 My nanan also used to say, "pardon mrs ardon theres a pig in your garden" lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alirosdan 10 #47 Posted May 28, 2007 "yer eyes are bigger than yer belly" Very confusing to a small child. Took me years to understand what it meant. Another one was "yer've got 'oller legs" What makes you think I was always eating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
prioryx 10 #48 Posted May 28, 2007 My nanan says five and twenty past the hour instead of twenty five past lol My grandfather when asking the time always said "How much is the clock" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...