Odd "sayings" qoutes etc.
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My grandfather was highly secretive. He would duck questions that he didn’t want to answer with nonsensical retorts like.
Q. Where are you going?
A. Up the road, to get the milk, to light the fire.
Or.
Q. What is it?
A. It’s a wigwam, for a water-windmill, for grinding smoke.
We think that these sayings might have originally been Music Hall catch phrases. Does anyone know where they came from?
Q. Where are you going?
A. Up the road, to get the milk, to light the fire.
Or.
Q. What is it?
A. It’s a wigwam, for a water-windmill, for grinding smoke.
We think that these sayings might have originally been Music Hall catch phrases. Does anyone know where they came from?
alex1982 said:
My nan says
'i dont know, i'm sure'
Nan wtf?
a few of my fav's from a welsh ex of mine'i dont know, i'm sure'
Nan wtf?
"i'll be there now" or "i'll be there now in a minute"
and "i'll be back now"
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king won't you dosey fking welsh bint you've got to take some amount of ing time. you're HERE now, once you've gone there and back again time WILL have passed, tt[/b
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JonRB said:
Where does the phrase 'div' come from (as in "you div" = "you idiot"). Can also be 'divvy'
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Is it related to what happens when you divide by zero when using a calculator?Anyone know?
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