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Re: old sayings
« Reply #684 on: Tuesday 22 October 13 18:07 BST (UK) »
Like a tom tit on a round of beef.                                                                                         Like a tramp's overcoat, forever on.

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« Reply #685 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 09:42 BST (UK) »
What go's around, comes around

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« Reply #686 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 09:45 BST (UK) »


     Wooo hooo de ja vu,well done YT

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« Reply #687 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 09:46 BST (UK) »
????????????? Thought this was moved to the ToT


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« Reply #688 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 09:50 BST (UK) »
You could say it actually, because as I bent over to switch the TV Channels before leaving the house, my Dad said "Sybil, are you going to allow your daughter to go out in that skimpy dress showing her knickers?"

Reminded me of my dad back in the early 70's.  Lots of steps up to the pavement from the front of his house and as I was leaving he called out 'I expected to see your knickers when you was a little girl, but not now you are grown up.'
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« Reply #689 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 13:28 BST (UK) »
I thought I was imagining things, YT.  I could have sworn this was moved to TOT and then here it is back again.
Suffolk: Pearl(e),  Garnham, Southgate, Blo(o)mfield,Grimwood/Grimwade,Josselyn/Gosling
Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick/Sidgwick, Shadforth
Ireland: Davis
Norway: Torreson/Torsen/Torrison
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« Reply #690 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 13:29 BST (UK) »
However.....  I am reminded of this little saying  which amused my father hugely:

Q:  How many beans make five?

A:  One bean, a bean, a bean-and-a-half, a half a bean and a bean.
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Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick/Sidgwick, Shadforth
Ireland: Davis
Norway: Torreson/Torsen/Torrison
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« Reply #691 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 14:09 BST (UK) »
Has anyone taught their grandmother to suck eggs recently?

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« Reply #692 on: Wednesday 23 October 13 14:27 BST (UK) »
I have never understood that saying, Maggie