Sergeant Wilson Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Fullerene said: Does anybody ever phone the speaking clock to get the right time? No, but I still call Dial a Disc. Then transfer it to colleagues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: Not a saying but mind having to get a code from the tv listings in the newspaper to video record something on the telly. On a similar note, having to do trial and error with the 30 blank video tapes you had to find what you wanted to watch, only to find your brother had taped over it a few weeks earlier. That was VideoPlus. Certain VCRs had the feature. It meant you could fire the code in and it would automatically record the program, meaning you didn't have to go and physically push the record button. Handy for late night shows. 1 hour ago, 54_and_counting said: "do ye teach your granny how to suck eggs" I have heard this before but have no idea what it means. 3 minutes ago, Fullerene said: Does anybody ever phone the speaking clock to get the right time? Is that still a thing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 11 hours ago, Scotty Tunbridge said: Going in to a restaurant and being asked if you want to sit in smoking or non smoking, wtf is that about? not to diverge the topic but really who wants to puff a fag while you sit down for a nice steak or something? See also: smoking on planes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 34 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: See also: smoking on planes 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. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 9 minutes 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. I always thought it was 'Stop the bus, I need a wee wee' My last line was ' A wee wee I must do' My wife sang 'The driver needs one too' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Soapy FFC said: I always thought it was 'Stop the bus, I need a wee wee' My last line was ' A wee wee I must do' My wife sang 'The driver needs one too' Another new one. Where I'm from we sang, "A wee wee bag of chips" but during a discussion with extended family there were varying lines such as, "a wee wee drink of juice" or "a wee wee cup of tea". ETA. In keeping with the thread, this will now be moot as kids will all be sat on their phones/ipads/smartwatches looking at daft videos on YouTube together. Edited January 10, 2023 by jimbaxters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 22 minutes 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. Must say I hadn't heard that one. Another old one often sang on works picnics etc was " Oh You Cannae Shove Your Granny Aff the bus..." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 A few years back at election time there was a debate between Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson and a couple of other party leaders. I remember the media saying the next day that it had been like a "Stairheid rammy" I hadn't heard that one before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark Connolly said: See also: smoking on planes In 1973 Brazilian Varig Flight 820 crashed and this was attributed to a discarded fag in the toilets. Only 11 survivors out of 134. (10 crew, 1 passenger). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Fullerene said: In 1973 Brazilian Varig Flight 820 crashed and this was attributed to a discarded fag in the toilets. Only 11 survivors out of 134. (10 crew, 1 passenger). As an aside, it's not a great look where only 1 passenger made it out yet 10 crew did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweaty Morph Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 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? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 6 minutes 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? 2 good ones there which I also still use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squonk Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, hk blues said: As an aside, it's not a great look where only 1 passenger made it out yet 10 crew did. Even worse if the surviving passenger had set the aircraft on fire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, DA Baracus said: That was VideoPlus. Certain VCRs had the feature. It meant you could fire the code in and it would automatically record the program, meaning you didn't have to go and physically push the record button. Handy for late night shows. I have heard this before but have no idea what it means. Is that still a thing? Basically when someone tries to tell you how to do something that you already know how to do lol f**k knows where it originated from mind you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Put 50p in the meter. Nip into Willie Low's, just down past Woolies, but not as far as Radio Rentals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 It's Five to Five and it's Crackerjack CRACKERJACK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Just now, RiffRaff said: It's Five to Five and it's Crackerjack CRACKERJACK Said to someone recently when they dropped something that I'd take it off them and give them a cabbage. They'd no idea what I was on about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 “It’s a Duesy” would have been posted on the cork board version of P&B in the 70’s as an example. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, RiffRaff said: It's Five to Five and it's Crackerjack CRACKERJACK I'm 43 and don't get this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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