Phrases once common you rarely hear today

[SamTheGuru]

Face like a bulldog chewing a wasp

Face like a bulldog chewing a wasp whilst licking it's piss off a stinging nettle.

 

[MCFC_ Phil]

Don't think much of yours.............

 

[Franny 1234]

I takes two to tango

 

[man on the moon]

Ooohhh never had that one, dandelion and burdock or cream soda were the two for me. Could never get me head round dandelion and hadnt a clue what a burdock was. None of the adults seemed to know either.

Yup,we called it mineral as well,my favourites being, pineapple and attaboy ( not sure what was in it but it was fucking top )

 

[man on the moon]

Thought of another one from my youth, if you have the shits real bad we used to say “I’ve got an arse like the Japanese flag” works better if you think of the rising sun war flag :D

Never heard of that one, closest to it would be an expression over here for when you get ready to shoot your load you could say..."had a face like a Japanese sniper"

 

[mackenzie]

Kiss my Irish arse.....
Courtesy of my Gran

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

"Watch out for that white dogshit".

 

[The Mighty Marmoush]

If the wind changes, your face will stay like that

 

[Dial M 4 Mercer]

“Make sure you wear a vest or you’ll catch your death out there”.

“Take your coat off or you won’t feel the benefit when you go back out”.

 

[dark 'n stormy]

Raining cats and dogs

Or

It’s tippling down

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Seen more sex than a copper's torch

 

[Maly]

You know what thought did?
Ran behind a muck cart & thought it was a wedding

 

[philfodenswristsock]

Some of my late dads classics.
Don't lean against the heater, you'll get piles!
Tidy yourself up, you look like a bag of shit tied up in the middle
Tidy your room up, it looks like a midden
Keep quiet, you've got verbal diarrhoea
Keep still lad, you've got St Vitus Dance
Always be alert son, Britain needs lerts
(After muck spreaders had been out) sniff it up lad, it'll put hairs on your chest

 

[Barcon]

"Are you on shrooms?" Not said that in ages.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Very rarely allowed coke off the pop man. My dad viewed it with suspicion for some reason? Could have anything else, loved the cream soda and still buy dandelion and burdock now. Also loved limeade, rasberryade and cherryade. There was a Corona van but we had the cheap unbranded van. :-)

Alpine....??? I Think the van was yellow

 

[Penfold the Duke]

Alpine....??? I Think the van was yellow

Not sure but we’re in Worcestershire so was Alpine a Manchester thing? I do know there was a Masons pop man round our way. Sadly no one left I can ask.

 

[Dicko69]

It's a game of 2 halves

 

[Dial M 4 Mercer]

“Wipe that smile off your face”.

 

[Saxmundham Blue]

hard cheese

 

[BLUE PEANUT]

Alpine....??? I Think the van was yellow