Phrases that you appreciate

[Trenchard]

Not the ones that annoy you. Some folk on here seem to make a career of being annoyed so there are plenty of those. How about the opposite end of the spectrum?
Round here, the answers to ,"How are you?" are many and varied. Usually, there is the public answer, that ranges from, "Awright" to "Fine thanks." Other are more creative, such as , "Not three bad" or "Fair to Middleton."
However, on I heard the other day had a certain cachet. "How are you doing?" I asked. The response was, "Carrying on rewardless."

[motco]

Winston Churchill might have said "KBO" Keep[ing] buggering on

[cherryowen]

A couple of years ago when the "Diane Abbott" thread was still open, one PH'er opined that she, 'would be out of her depth on a freshly mopped floor'.

[Turtle Shed]

"A face like a punched lasagne".

[SteveStrange]

No wrinkles on a balloon.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

It's not rocket surgery.

[evenflow]

A friend of mine once spent a day detailing his car, after which he proudly proclaimed it was "glistening like a todger on the outstroke".

[RammyMP]

Vic Reeves on the comedy programme ‘Hebburn’ a few years ago speaking to his son (Chris Ramsey): “your mothers been giving me the three degrees”

I use the phase myself when I can and it seems to fly over most peoples heads. Makes me chuckle though!

[Doofus]

RammyMP said:

Vic Reeves on the comedy programme ‘Hebburn’ a few years ago speaking to his son (Chris Ramsey): “your mothers been giving me the three degrees”

I use the phase myself when I can and it seems to fly over most peoples heads. Makes me chuckle though!

It'll pass.

[Zarco]

Wetter than an otters pocket.

[Dr Jekyll]

'The whole worlds gone mad except you and me, and you're a bit weird'.

[Brummiebeau]

''You're miles off it'' Usually followed by a ''mate''

[Trenchard]

I read a quotation from a pilot concerning mid-air refuelling. He said that getting the probe into the tube with the drogue was like trying to, "...put a piece of wet spaghetti in a cat's arse."

[anonymous-user]

One of my favourites usually involves some poor bugger making a right pigs ear of something followed by someone saying to them

"keep the bits, we'll make a smaller one"

I don't know why but it makes me chuckle most times i hear it.

[spikeyhead]

Don't be a plonker* all your life, have a day off for once.

The word usually used isn't usually plonker

[Dr Jekyll]

'We'll burn that bridge when we come to it.'

'It was raining cats and dogs and I stepped in a poodle'.

'You can't teach an old dog to change it's spots in mid stream.'

One I've used on here a couple of times to describe someone of less than first rate intellect.
'The kind of person who grew up watching Magpie instead of Blue Peter.'

Edited by Dr Jekyll on Wednesday 30th March 06:51

[omniflow]

Rome wasn't built in a day

Yes - but parts of it were

[Blue62]

‘Fanny like a ripped welly’ is one of my favourites, closely followed by ‘remember there’s seven pounds of steaming sh*t up there’, when passing comment on a particularly nice backside.

[motco]

The thin end of a white elephant

[Turtle Shed]

A lot of these are Rickyisms

e.g. "Gorilla see, gorilla do" and "It's not rocket appliance"

A few more here, NSFW:

https://youtu.be/Jfq3c4Cf1Fs

Edited by Turtle Shed on Wednesday 30th March 07:58