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Lee Van, for someone who is hard of hearing (Lee Van Cleef)

Abraham, if someone is in need of a wash (Abraham Lincoln)

If someone is a bit exuberant, I often say they are a wee bit Leeds (Leeds United)

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16 hours ago, peasy23 said:

Greyfriars Bobby

International goalie

Both terms used by a workmate if he goes for a shit.

A Margot Robbie.

A dose of the Duke o Argyles.

@scottsdad ken using "Anne Frank" is a bit grim, but it was a common one at my high school. We had an English teacher, lovely wee wumman who used to add -ing to the end of each project we were doing. "Are we Macbething today?", "We're Steinbecking next week" kind of thing. She was adorable so it wasn't cringeworthy, just idiosyncratic.

Anyway, you can see where this is headed. Mrs Davies (for that is her name) walked breezily into class, cheerily announced "we're Anne Franking today" to my class full of 2nd years. It took about 25 minutes for the laughter to subside and by then she'd thoroughly lost the dressing room. 

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