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My Gran, "don't sit on that cold floor, you'll get chincoff in your bottom" - eh?? :hihi:

 

Diferent Gran when asked what was in a cupboard, what's for tea etc, "Jumps, hoops and bites at the latch" :loopy:

 

 

And most bizarrely from my Grandad, "It's allmeivyon". The spelling is an approximation as it's a completely made up word which can be loosely defined as, "after due consideration of the facts I have reached the conclusion that what you're proposing is of little or no validity".

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My Gran, "don't sit on that cold floor, you'll get chincoff in your bottom" - eh?? :hihi:

 

My nan said cold seats gave you piles.

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My nan said cold seats gave you piles.

 

very similar, a friend of my father's told him never to sit on a cold wall, as he would get stones

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"In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king."

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My gran also used to say 'It's not the cough that carries you off, its the coffin they carry you offin'

 

That is brilliant!

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My Nan used to say "Standing there like one o'clock half struck" meaning you were stood about being gormless!

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My Gran seemed to be endlessly telling me I was 'priceless' when I was naughty.

 

I never understood why then and am still confused! Maybe it meant something else in those days?

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My Gran used to say " Dont forget to get off at Tinsley dont go all the way to Rotherham" whenever I told her I was courting

 

PMSL!! :lol:

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My Gran used to say " Dont forget to get off at Tinsley dont go all the way to Rotherham" whenever I told her I was courting

 

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

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My Dad used to say. A slight inclination of the cranium is as adequate as spasmodic movement of the optic, to a equine quadruped devoid of it's visionary capacity. Meaning ' A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse' It took me year's to memorize that one!

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Just remembered one of my dad's sayings, when we'd been showing what he considered to be an unwarranted amount of interest in what was for a particular meal - "Tha'll get sh*t wi' sugar on it"

 

I always thought was a particularly charming bon mot.

 

Dozy

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Just remembered one of my dad's sayings, when we'd been showing what he considered to be an unwarranted amount of interest in what was for a particular meal - "Tha'll get sh*t wi' sugar on it"

 

I always thought was a particularly charming bon mot.

 

Dozy

 

thank goodness I've had tea, have you seen Shoeshine's new post - someone to give you away:)

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