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Re: old sayings
« Reply #693 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 14:32 BST (UK) »
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Re: old sayings
« Reply #694 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 14:34 BST (UK) »
We always blew them

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Re: old sayings
« Reply #695 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 14:35 BST (UK) »
So did we.
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Re: old sayings
« Reply #696 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 14:40 BST (UK) »
Well, blow me down


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« Reply #697 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 16:10 BST (UK) »
I never understood that saying either, I wonder where it originated.
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Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick/Sidgwick, Shadforth
Ireland: Davis
Norway: Torreson/Torsen/Torrison
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Re: old sayings
« Reply #698 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 16:14 BST (UK) »
Popeye?

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Re: old sayings
« Reply #699 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 16:21 BST (UK) »
Got to page 46 before I just had to add my twopence worth!

Favourite of my dads many years ago:

Her/His heads full of wee shops, and it's Wednesday afternoon everyday.
(That was the half day closing where we lived at the time)

Notice I saw many years ago:

All visitors bring joy to this place,
Some when they enter,
Others when they leave.

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Re: old sayings
« Reply #700 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 18:27 BST (UK) »
Well, blow me down     

A variation on yours YT

We have always said.......... well you could have blown me down with a feather
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Re: old sayings
« Reply #701 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 20:29 BST (UK) »
Allanby's, Thompson's and Pannett's of Leeds and Tadcaster.
Streeter's and Kent's of Croydon.
Cavalli's and Cascarini's of Wales and Italy