Brightonia
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" gonna tape the Pepsi chart with Dr Fox"
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Forgotten/rare phrases
- Thread starter Nibble
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vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
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So, your lot were to blame for all the Bundles then ?.... Tarring was a cracking school but if you got out of order you might end up " Rolled " That is, put in one of those eight foot high wheeled circular bins with the lid jammed on then tipped over and " Rolled " up and down the playground....... As in " Quick, they're Rolling Jenkinson "
The Fifth Column
Retired ex-cop
You must think I came home on the last banana boat was/is one of my dads favourites. Also in response to 'seeing a man about a dog', that always signified that my dad was off to conclude some kind of dodgy deal which usually required 'cash in hand' or some 'bunce' to be involved.
but then they immediately became scopers as opposed to spasas......
wasn't it you make a better door than a window?
yes this - and of course sussedabution
RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)
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It was only my year at Hove park school circa 87-88 but when something was really good, we would say "ooooh that was Lilt" after the tropical fizzy drink.
I say that all the time. But then, I'm old-fashioned and like to keep up the old standards.
Gordon Bennett! You must be near me at the Amex.
Look up John Wayne.
GNF on Tour
Registered Twunt
One I regularly use today - hence I'm still single. I also got called into the boss's office a few years ago and got told off for referring to all the ladies in the office as "cupcake".
red star portslade
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"Oooooooooh i've come over a little queer"
smillie's garden
Am I evil?
- Aug 11, 2003
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pastafarian
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there have been a couple of references to joey prior to you.
however you went "full retard" and called Joey Deacon
the youngsters on here must be very confused
pastafarian
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Ex-Staffs Gull
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Watched the first two seasons of grange hill on DVD. That brought back loads...
Jeepers creepers was
A song from the 1940's that was "all the rage" mainly because it rhymed with "where'd you get those peepers" (as in where'd you get those eyes). There's a Louis Armstrong version that's so catchy, you'll be singing it for days hence surviving until relatively recently . (I'm not that old but I did some research for a 40's show I took to New York where you can still say it and they know the reference).
A song from the 1940's that was "all the rage" mainly because it rhymed with "where'd you get those peepers" (as in where'd you get those eyes). There's a Louis Armstrong version that's so catchy, you'll be singing it for days hence surviving until relatively recently . (I'm not that old but I did some research for a 40's show I took to New York where you can still say it and they know the reference).
BearwoodSeagull
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My grandad used to sy...
'Not worth a hatful of crabs'
and
'you give my arse the headache'
a lot ....which both made me laugh.
Never hear......'it's a rum old do' anymore.
Posted before but 'itchy beard' i used to like........i think was a particularly Brighton/Sussex thing?
'Not worth a hatful of crabs'
and
'you give my arse the headache'
a lot ....which both made me laugh.
Never hear......'it's a rum old do' anymore.
Posted before but 'itchy beard' i used to like........i think was a particularly Brighton/Sussex thing?
Box of Frogs
Zamoras Left Boot
Variations on some previously mentioned:
It's black over Will's Mothers
A curry was referred to as a Ruby, as in Ruby Murray
If I couldn't sit still my Nan used to call me a fidgetarse or ask if I had ants in my pants.
It's black over Will's Mothers
A curry was referred to as a Ruby, as in Ruby Murray
If I couldn't sit still my Nan used to call me a fidgetarse or ask if I had ants in my pants.