rsclosson
Tele-Afflicted
"I feel like I've been eaten by a coyote and $#!+ off the side of a cliff!"
Actually I like that one.
Actually I like that one.
Stupid sayings and questions thread anyone?
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buster poser
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"All music was good until I turned 25."
"You can't even joke anymore!"
"Nobody wants to work these days."
"You can't even joke anymore!"
"Nobody wants to work these days."
metalicaster
Friend of Leo's
My parents were always using the ancient tongue, and I use a few myself. It confuses the kids.
It’s black o’er Bill’s mother’s.
(It’s going to rain)
Be reight.
(It will be alright)
If thou dost owt fer nowt, do it fer thysen.
(If you do anything for nothing, do it for yourself)
Well I go t’ foot o’ stairs.
(expression of surprise)
Wert thou born in a barn?
(Shut that door before you let all the heat out)
Gi’ o’er thou daft hapeth!
(Give over; cut it out)
Has yer cat died?
(I notice that your trousers are a little too short)
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It’s black o’er Bill’s mother’s.
(It’s going to rain)
Be reight.
(It will be alright)
If thou dost owt fer nowt, do it fer thysen.
(If you do anything for nothing, do it for yourself)
Well I go t’ foot o’ stairs.
(expression of surprise)
Wert thou born in a barn?
(Shut that door before you let all the heat out)
Gi’ o’er thou daft hapeth!
(Give over; cut it out)
Has yer cat died?
(I notice that your trousers are a little too short)
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metalicaster
Friend of Leo's
In British English, any noun can have ‘ed’ added to it to make it mean drunk.Us Brits can also be "rat-arsed" drunk, or "pissed as a fart" too
I have no idea why that is, but it's interesting that we have so many ways of describing being drunk/drugged.
Trolleyed, gazeboed, hammered, muntered, flamingoed…
The sun is out today.
@metalicaster
'Eck!, it's black o'er Bill's Mam's
Be reight
If tha duz owt fer nowt feruthers, tha's a wazzock
Foot't'stairs
Born in a barn wothee?, put ruddy wood in'th hole
Aye, daft a'porth's around these 'ere parts unnall
Our 'love' of supermarkets comes from our initial chain of shops, named after the opening line all customers had...
'Asda gorrenni...'
I'm so sorry.
'Face like a spanked arse' replaces the cat dying. Ex. 'Wossup?, tha's gorra face like a spanked arse' in place of 'Sup wi dee?, tha's cat deed or summat?'
Just a few miles and, although similar, there are just sufficient differences in speech that it has been known for spontaneous brawling to occur when Bladdo Southernwussianus attempts to communicate with the genetically similar Northern example, Pysstazza-fart-Northerndubious.
'Eck!, it's black o'er Bill's Mam's
Be reight
If tha duz owt fer nowt feruthers, tha's a wazzock
Foot't'stairs
Born in a barn wothee?, put ruddy wood in'th hole
Aye, daft a'porth's around these 'ere parts unnall
Our 'love' of supermarkets comes from our initial chain of shops, named after the opening line all customers had...
'Asda gorrenni...'
I'm so sorry.
'Face like a spanked arse' replaces the cat dying. Ex. 'Wossup?, tha's gorra face like a spanked arse' in place of 'Sup wi dee?, tha's cat deed or summat?'
Just a few miles and, although similar, there are just sufficient differences in speech that it has been known for spontaneous brawling to occur when Bladdo Southernwussianus attempts to communicate with the genetically similar Northern example, Pysstazza-fart-Northerndubious.
notmyusualuserid
Poster Extraordinaire
Three sheets are the jib sails on a sailing ship, particularly a clipper. In high winds and heavy seas they need to be taken in or the ship may founder."The whole nine yards" fabric? concrete? machine guns?
"three sheets to the wind" or some other amount of sheets, more fabric.
?? Where does it all come from?
Three sheets to the wind - out of control
THX1123
Tele-Afflicted
You can't stomp a snake with two feet in a bucket.
notmyusualuserid
Poster Extraordinaire
Whereas a cat with its throat cut is something completely different...
NeverTooLate
Tele-Meister
I mean "common sense" is of course the most obvious big item. Most groups of people, whether grouped culturally or politically etc, have some "common sense" that makes others run for the hills. Everything else is small change in comparison.
"The straw that broke the camel's back" is actually one I like. Think of a hard day of work. You have done a mountain of a job but a moment comes when having to send another brief email or move a single brick or whatever is just too much.
"The straw that broke the camel's back" is actually one I like. Think of a hard day of work. You have done a mountain of a job but a moment comes when having to send another brief email or move a single brick or whatever is just too much.
metalicaster
Friend of Leo's
A reckon wneed few extra lettuz like. Ows tha meant t’write God’s countreh’s talk on tinterweb wi’aht loader postroffeys n that?
notmyusualuserid
Poster Extraordinaire
'I am':
Blitzed
Wrecked
Minced
Pished
Trollied
Hammered
Rat arsed
Slaughtered
Plastered
Guttered
offsideref
Tele-Meister
You’re on the right track with 3 sheets to the wind, but without getting all technical here, the sheets were the ropes that were tied to the sails. “Three sheets to the wind” would be three ropes all loose and flapping about, when they should be tied to something and tight! It would definitely be a derogatory term, roughly meaning “all over the place” or at the very least “careless of his appearance”.
Everybody (including me) thinks sheets are sails, until they find out they’re not
Pickled ?
notmyusualuserid
Poster Extraordinaire
Those are truisms.
rsclosson
Tele-Afflicted
One I used to hear in when I was working in a welding shop years ago:
"He could *mess* up an anvil with a rubber mallet!" Of course, I had to clean it up for this forum, but you can guess how it really went.
"He could *mess* up an anvil with a rubber mallet!" Of course, I had to clean it up for this forum, but you can guess how it really went.
notmyusualuserid
Poster Extraordinaire
In the 20th century, probably
notmyusualuserid
Poster Extraordinaire
