Phrases once common you rarely hear today

[fanatic1]

1. How's the world treating you then?
2. Don't do anything I wouldn't do
3. Don't let the bastards grind you down (sometimes with the Latin equivalent - nihil illegitimi carborundum)
4. Shall I be mother (re pouring cups of tea/
5. Gay sex e.g. Pushing shit uphill without a wheelbarrow. Jumping too low in the leapfrog
6. a bit of how's your father

 

[es1]

2. Don't do anything I wouldn't do

said this yesterday :D

young lad at work heading off for a year travelling, he confirmed he probably would...

 

[mrbelfry]

My mum had a few sayings growing up that she wouldnt say now

If you asked her "why?" She would say "y is a crooked letter".
If you asked "what's for dinner?" She would say "sh*t with sugar on"
If you said "that's not fair" she would say "neither is a black man's willy"

 

[dronefromsector7G]

All right darling. I bet you don’t get many of them to the pound!

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Same here. As kids we would ask dad where mum was - gone out with a big black man.
What's for dinner - Shit with sugar.
Why can't we have one of those - Cos!
What would you rather bee or a wasp.
Where's dad - Taken away by the men in white coats. Or taken away in a pink van (not sure what that was about)
Nowt as queer as John inman.
Bent as a ten Bob note.
Lovely pair of thruppeny bits.

I am always surprised when my kids tell me what they remember from their childhood, obscure things and phrases.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Well I’ll go to the foot of our stairs I thought it was bent as a nine bob note…

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

What’s for tea?
Shit with sugar on.

An 80s classic.

 

[True_Blue69]

Gordon bennett

 

[expatblue]

How's your father as in a bit of how's your father, and Penny for your thoughts are two that spring to mind.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

While you are down there.
Phwooaar
Happy as a sandboy

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Well I’ll go to the foot of our stairs I thought it was bent as a nine bob note…

It was a nine bob note. There did used to be ten bob notes, so they were legit.

My dad used one "She's got a face like my mother's bucket with a frill round it".

And then there's "Put wood in t'hole/Were you born in a barn" to get someone to shut a door.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I've got hairs stuck between my teeth/ muff diving.

 

[Elbow beards]

Put wood inth' hole
Were you born in a barn?

 

[City Hobgoblin]

All that meat and no gravy

 

[City Hobgoblin]

What’s for tea?
Shit with sugar on.

An 80s classic.

Two runs round the kitchen

 

[horlock_was_super]

Is it fuck a muffin - It's a barm!

:))))))

 

[SilvaGods]

My mum had a few sayings growing up that she wouldnt say now

If you asked her "why?" She would say "y is a crooked letter".
If you asked "what's for dinner?" She would say "sh*t with sugar on"
If you said "that's not fair" she would say "neither is a black man's willy"

 

[surrounded by idiots]

Do you fancy an early night love

 

[TinFoilHat]

I like the word tomfoolery

 

[chris63]

Face like a bag of spanners.

Shut yer cake hole