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Old sayings that younger folk won't get any longer


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10 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said:

Not a saying but jamming a squashed can on the back tyre of your bmx to save you making 'brrm, brrm' motorbike noises.

On a similar note - tying a long string to each end of your handlebars so that you could ride your bike and steer like you were on a horse.

Great fun, until you got to a point where you needed to pull the brake levers.

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6 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said:

On a similar note - tying a long string to each end of your handlebars so that you could ride your bike and steer like you were on a horse.

Great fun, until you got to a point where you needed to pull the brake levers.

You had streamers on your bike then 😉

 

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11 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said:

Not a saying but jamming a squashed can on the back tyre of your bmx to save you making 'brrm, brrm' motorbike noises.

 

10 hours ago, TxRover said:

Playing cards in the spokes.

Flattened Kwenchy Kup 

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On 17/01/2023 at 09:48, HenryHill said:

Saying someone isn't the full shilling gets puzzling looks these days.

I also enjoy the phrase 'he is radio rental' which is partly lost on young uns too.

Do people still call small change 'shrapnel?"

Awa' and byle yer heid isn't used much either.

I suddenly feel very old.. 

‘Away and byle yer heed’ and ‘he’s no the full shilling’ (full pronounced like ‘Phil’) were two phrases my Mum said often. Also ‘away and take a run and jump’. 
 

When I was wee and asked what we were having for dinner my mum would always say ‘coo shit and onion’ :lol: I didn’t appreciate the patter at the time but I’m definitely going to say that to my children. 

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On 22/01/2023 at 15:07, Bert Raccoon said:

Yer maw taking you to What Everybody's every Saturday 

I remember people referring to it as “What Everys”.

Another one I remember from my gran was saying someone was being “as nice as ninepence”. As I had no conception of “ninepence” as a wean, I always thought she was saying “nice as nightins”. Ditto “up and doon like a peep in the gas” - it was gibberish.

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On 22/01/2023 at 00:07, IrishBhoy said:


 

When I was wee and asked what we were having for dinner my mum would always say ‘coo shit and onion’ :lol: I didn’t appreciate the patter at the time but I’m definitely going to say that to my children. 

My dad used to say, "Tripe and trolleybags" 😅

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