Have you heard of these sayings ?

[Plain Talker]

Hey how about

," If thi brains were gunpowder tha wunt ave enough to blow thi cap off"

 

ditto "enuff t' bow thi nose!"

 

or "If brains were chocolate, y' wunt have enough t' fill a smartie!" ?

[grinder]

That not as green as tha are cabbage looking...

He had eyes like P*s*oils int snow...

[sedith]

When I used to ask my father where mum was, he used to say 'she's run off wi' a black man.'

[maidinsheff]

Hi Desperatedan

 

I certainly remember goin fer a walk round t'lump - we used to race on our bikes round t'lump as well. I lived in Gleadless then and the 'lump' was from Seagrave Crescent, down the jennel and across the waste land, onto Welwyn Road and then Jaunty Lane and back up Seagrave.

[willybite]

Hi Desperatedan

 

I certainly remember goin fer a walk round t'lump - we used to race on our bikes round t'lump as well. I lived in Gleadless then and the 'lump' was from Seagrave Crescent, down the jennel and across the waste land, onto Welwyn Road and then Jaunty Lane and back up Seagrave.

 

hiya where i lived when i was up to the age of 23 we lived on bath st, i suppose these two sayings were just used around that area, .1. just going ont top, meaning just going on broomhall st 2 just goin ort ill, meaning just going over st philips rd, gooin ont rooad,gooin darnt layn, gooin ont end, one neighbour would ask, run ont end tu turtons and fetch us a tin o top mill.

somemore weer gooin ontmooor, gooin darn t town, gooin ont estate, ( manor),gooin tu av a gamu togger ont red rek, are remember concrete cricket pitch opposite grey horse on chester st.

Edited October 8, 2010 by willybite

[chrishall]

Gleadless? 'Gleydless' surely.

[shaunfl]

Reading these again brought to mind another of my mother's classics, " you're about as much use as a fart in a collander ".

I wonder if that was one she made up herself, and it still doesn't make sense !! :hihi:

[daverad]

seems normal to me shaunfl

my mother called me a mardy arse

[earlybird8]

I remember that one, but with a small addition. "Tha'rt like a fart in a collander that can't gerr art for oyles !"

[Plain Talker]

Reading these again brought to mind another of my mother's classics, " you're about as much use as a fart in a collander ".

I wonder if that was one she made up herself, and it still doesn't make sense !! :hihi:

 

No, shaun. Many of us were told we were "like a fart in a colander"

 

"Tha'rt like a fart in a colander:- can't gerrout fer't't oyles!"