Crassus 1:10 Sat Jan 9
Phrases from your childhood
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It is of constant amusement to my kids, their pals, now young adults, when I inadvertently drop in a colloquial phrase from my upbringing, even more so at work
Terms seemingly unfamiliar but standard fayre back in the Brampton days
So give me your 'endangered' phrases from a time when we were young and the sun shone - I'll kick off
Face like a smacked arse
Face like a China man's arse
Silly as a sack of arseholes
What a LEMON
About as genuine as a 5 bob note
Oh and referring to %0 new pence as 10 bob always raises a snigger
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Nurse Ratched
1:20 Sat Jan 9
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My parents were born in the mid 1920s and they and my aunts and uncles had loads of strange expressions that made me chuckle as a kid. Daft Ada. Fanny Fernackapan (?spelling). My dad referred affectionately to my mum as 'droopy drawers'. 'Droop' for short. She'd call him a 'gink'. My aunt, when she saw/heard something she thought was a bit odd, would say "Oo-er".
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Hermit Road
1:24 Sat Jan 9
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“That’s not fair”
to your mum
“Nor is a black man’s arse but you don’t hear him complaining “ was the inevitable response.
Going down the debris.
Penny for the guy.
Five and Twenty to.
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Crassus
1:32 Sat Jan 9
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ha ha
I remember daft Ada, droopy drawers and that oo-er thing
My Dad who was an endless font of such was born 38, Mum 39
I guess I am lucky in that I still, after years, miss them with occasion raw emotion and recollection
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Mad Dog
1:34 Sat Jan 9
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Chinny beard
Or chimney reckon.
Not sure if these were localised to deepest essex, but when I was at school these meant "I don't believe you"
And a lot of quoting Mary Whitehouse experience and blackadder.
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Crassus
1:34 Sat Jan 9
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“Nor is a black man’s arse but you don’t hear him complaining “
Outstanding - nicking that one
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Nurse Ratched
1:36 Sat Jan 9
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I remember trying to explain 'benny' and 'Are you a benny tied to a tree?...Aaaargh, benny on the loose!' to my bewildered kids.
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White Pony
1:38 Sat Jan 9
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Joey.
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Ronald_antly
1:39 Sat Jan 9
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Crassus 1:34 Sat Jan 9
Careful!
You'll TRIGGER the WOKE community.
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chevy chase
1:41 Sat Jan 9
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Dozey as a bunch of lights
Dopey cods
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Crassus
1:45 Sat Jan 9
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Nurse
First rule of comedy, even unintended comedy, is never explain the punchline
So I dropped an inadvertent, what's wrong with him, face like a China man's arse comment in ref to my lads mate down the pub to much confusion and wtf modernity, a mere shrug and raised eye brow and they fell about and it is now common parlance - all unintended, courtesy of being both apt and a spontaneous throw back
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only1billybonds
1:46 Sat Jan 9
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Got a match?
Yea,your face my arse.
Push it like ya pushing a P*** off ya sister.
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Ronald_antly
1:48 Sat Jan 9
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Mad Dog 1:34 Sat Jan 9
Jimmy Hill!
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Iron Duke
1:50 Sat Jan 9
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My mum would sometimes say May the devil shite on you.
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only1billybonds
1:59 Sat Jan 9
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Crass.
I still talk to my (grown up) kids using old money terms like 30 bob,half a crown etc.
Was on the phone to my boy earler talking about Haller. I said i wouldnt give you seven n fourpence for him.
At nearly 30 years old this kind of stuff still cracks him up. ( my kid,not haller. :-)
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Crassus
2:19 Sat Jan 9
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Billy
Appeldore - Devon
Lovely place, go every year for the dog's holiday ( ffs don't go there) has two blinding chippys, can't beat locally caught fish by the sea
One of them has a big unit owner with a broad, proper East London accent, transpires he is Dutch!
Anyway, his price menu was on the wall in pounds, shillings and pence
Loved that and commuting it to decimal, many an amusing dialogue with confused pup tourists translating it to 'new pence' and telling them about farthings then blowing their minds upon guineas
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Moncurs Putting Iron
2:30 Sat Jan 9
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Paki - ( Late 70s, early 80s from Skinheads to me. We didn't actually have any ethnic minorities in our school so they had to make to with me who happened to 'tan up' in the Summer)
Sparked weird conflicting emotions in me. Its not an ethic slur cos I am caucasian, yet I know they dont mean it as a term of endearment. Yet how can it be bullying to call someone a name that would only be hurtful if they were and actual Pakistani.
Racists still confuse me to this day.
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only1billybonds
2:47 Sat Jan 9
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Crass.
Was talking to my (aussie) mrs a while ba k about how accents can change and some slang dies out. Funnily enough,her old man came from Stepney before shipping off and she said he still spoke in the 'old' way . Told her as far i was concerned i have 2 things that still connect me to the (much changed) East End and East London in general. 1 is my football club,,2 is my accent and turn of phrase. To lose either would be a step closer to totally losing touch with my roots which I wont let happen.
Strictly a bloke thing i think as both my East End born sisters really dont give a moments thought to where they come from. I find that odd and a little sad. They in turn think I'm a soppy fucker.
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Kaiser Zoso
8:38 Sat Jan 9
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Five and twenty past, or five and twenty to
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Sydney_Iron
8:42 Sat Jan 9
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Piss flaps like John Waynes saddlebags.
Face like a well slapped arse.
Face like a Bulldog chewing a wasp
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