Phrases once common you rarely hear today

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

I love a good gay euphemism.

My old Dad used to say " There's only one way to shove shit up hill and that's with a wheelbarrow "

 

[He’stheleftbackremember]

As long as I’ve got a hole in my arse. (Meaning for ever)

 

[Bri1975]

"that's cheap"

 

[northendenton]

I will make laugh on the other side of your face.

 

[Uwe Already]

Believe you me, or believe you me not - it’s true!

 

[bluem@n]

Suffering from Brewers Droop

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Always remember my first 'proper' job, sat down round a table and our scheduler came in the room (rather large lady) scrambling round under the desk to plug her laptop charger in and one of the stranger old guys in the team said "while Your down there..." she got up and smacked him so hard, we all absolutely pissed ourselves.

No more than he deserved

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Sure as eggs are eggs

Teach your grandmother to suck eggs

 

[LWashington]

Suffering from Brewers Droop

Keep your pecker up.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

I love a good gay euphemism.

 

[Grassland Blue]

I’ll tell you owt fer nowt.
You’re not made of glass - when inadvertently standing in front of the telly.

You make a better door than a window.

 

[man on the moon]

My mum used to say to me as a kid every time I went out to play..."make sure you have clean underpants on in case you are run over and taken to the hospital, I'll died with embarrassment if you're not". Fuck what condition I was in after the accident as long as my mum wasn't embarrassed that was the most important thing....anyway,"face like Churchill chewing a nettle","fuck my old boots" and "can you give us a dig out" ( a loan )

 

[Franny 1234]

In reference to our Gay neighbour my dad would refer to him as the shirt lifter.
Where's mum i would ask ?
His reply was run off with a black man.

 

[city2]

Wait till your father gets home

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

……and Manchester United are the Premier League Champions…..

 

[yerwot?]

tell it to the marines...crikey bob....ecky thump....half a dollar...head the ball...raining cats and dogs...off--licence...out-door...livin' over the brush..borstal..brothel creepers..rag and bone man...lush...left footer..deep sea diver...sanatoriums..short arms deep pockets..going for a ruby murray...get it on the drip..

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

don't hear "thank you"

 

[Fat Chance]

Going for a Tony Curtis...

Jobs a ball of wool...

 

[Tuearts right boot]

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.

I thought it was bent as a nine bob note seeing as there was nothing out of the ordinary about a ten bob note as they were in circulation, a nine bob note however......

 

[Tuearts right boot]

" You'll be laughing on the other side of your face my lad......."