RiffRaff Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 minute ago, scottsdad said: I'm 43 and don't get this. This may help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackerjack!_(TV_programme) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 6 minutes ago, TxRover said: “It’s a Duesy” would have been posted on the cork board version of Chicago P&B in the 70’s as an example. FTFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, jimbaxters said: On another note, I was unaware until recently about the fact that there are various closing lines to this song... Stop the bus, I want a wee wee Stop the bus I want a wee wee Stop the bus I want a wee wee A wee wee.... Complete as you remember it being in your part of the country. In Fife it was "a wee wee drink of gin" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, TxRover said: “It’s a Duesy” would have been posted on the cork board version of P&B in the 70’s as an example. 50 years earlier than that. “It’s a Duesy” was once a common expression – For People Proud of their German Heritage (edsimoneit.blog) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 15 minutes ago, scottsdad said: I'm 43 and don't get this. It'll be a Crackerjack pencil for you, then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Do you want a backie? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, jimbaxters said: In Malpensa airport recently where the departure lounge has one of those wee glass cuboid things with, presumably, extractor fans where about 20 people were crammed in having a smoke. It's not in a corner but right in the middle of the floor. A very sad scene. They have one in Munich too. I think it's even sponsored by Camel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 To call something a Brammer, meant something superior. I have read that it came from an exceptional breed of bull called a Brahman, but more likely to come from Joseph Bramah's unpickable lock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: To call something a Brammer, meant something superior. I have read that it came from an exceptional breed of bull called a Brahman, but more likely to come from Joseph Bramah's unpickable lock. As used by Ian Drury: Noël Coward was a charmer As a writer he was brahma Velvet jackets and pyjamas "The Gay Divorce" and other dramas There ain't half been some clever b*****ds (Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders) There ain't half been some clever bas-tards 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, johnnydun said: Put 50p in the meter. Nip into Willie Low's, just down past Woolies, but not as far as Radio Rentals. Wullie Lows yi posh bastirt! Get it half the price in Jimmy Reids! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 26 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: To call something a Brammer, meant something superior. I have read that it came from an exceptional breed of bull called a Brahman, but more likely to come from Joseph Bramah's unpickable lock. Brahmin is also used as a term for the Boston/Harvard elite of the early 19thC and poets like Longfellow (ooh, Matron) and it's said to be from the highest Hindu priest caste. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Don Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 TV finishing around 11pm - midnight and then being left with a wee white dot on the screen, there was no breakfast TV either. Pubs being shut on a Sunday and having to go to a Hotel Bar for a drink, if they had a satellite dish you could watch the live English game via Borders TV. Standing outside Radio Rentals on a Saturday afternoon to get the football results. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 48 minutes ago, Alert Mongoose said: Do you want a backie? Probably has a different context nowadays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 27 minutes ago, Dunfermline Don said: TV finishing around 11pm - midnight and then being left with a wee white dot on the screen, there was no breakfast TV either. Pubs being shut on a Sunday and having to go to a Hotel Bar for a drink, if they had a satellite dish you could watch the live English game via Borders TV. Standing outside Radio Rentals on a Saturday afternoon to get the football results. The little white dot was a sign. It means something really heavy. It means it's time to go to bed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 hours ago, jimbaxters said: In Malpensa airport recently where the departure lounge has one of those wee glass cuboid things with, presumably, extractor fans where about 20 people were crammed in having a smoke. It's not in a corner but right in the middle of the floor. A very sad scene. Otherwise known as the Leper colony. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 27 minutes ago, Derry Alli said: Wullie Lows yi posh bastirt! Get it half the price in Jimmy Reids! I just mind it when I was living in St Andrews, so posh bastirt sure enough. Peasant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, coprolite said: The little white dot was a sign. It means something really heavy. It means it's time to go to bed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 hours ago, hk blues said: As an aside, it's not a great look where only 1 passenger made it out yet 10 crew did. Probably huddled in the bogs having a fag tbf 2 hours ago, Sweaty Morph said: I was actually thinking about this a few weeks back, when I described doing something quite complex to a colleague as 'like being on the Krypton Factor', and was met with a blank expression. Didn't think it was that old a show, but there you go! Also, would describing haphazard driving on a busy road as 'Wacky Races' be lost after a certain generation? See also "its a bit Heath Robinson". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Fitlike Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 3 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: See also: smoking on planes Smoking on oil rig helicopters c/w ashtray, a few beers, wearing street clothes without survival suits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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