Published on 12, July, 2020
My head is a repository of all the old sayings my mum used when I was little and they stuck.
I only ever hear people my age (50+) using these now.
It's a shame if their use disappears completely.
I'd be curious to know whether any of the younger members of the forum know/use these.
Please share any you know.
There is a lot of wisdom in these.
A few that spring to mind immediately.
A stitch in time saves nine.
He who hesitates is lost.
Look before you leap.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Jack of all trades, master of none
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Out of the frying pan, into the fire
Youth is wasted on the young
Kill two birds with one stone.
A bad workman blames his tools
A fool and his money are soon parted
Honesty is the best policy
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Careless talk costs lives
Don't rob Peter to pay Paul
"You think you're bigtime?". I saw that film in the USA. Great film.
Carlito's Way! That'd be a good one for our zoom "film night"...
For a few seconds, I was wondering what hanking was, and why we couldn't do this to Shakespear
many we can t hank Shakespeare for!
Me too.
The famous one is "No good deed goes unpunished". I'm putting this here because I prefer the version from Carlito's Way (1993)
"A favour will kill you faster than a bullet"
Close but no cigar
A literal one really in the old travelling fairs the prize would be a cigar and if you lose "close but no cigar kid"
Hoe many hours you doing this week? 40 .
It'll be worth it when you can relax though
Me getting one day off oh yeah it was worth it to relax and still be tired
Dont come crying to me if you kill yerself doing that
This makes me think of 90% of the busking community... I mean this 90% still have talent but an amp isnt always the best idea dont use it just because you can guys
I actually would of thought the bucket would of been some sort of pre gallows trap door thing
My grandad would always say "dont forget to take the wotsit with you" always though he ment a cheesy snack
As a child I asked a friend hie was your dinner he replied all gravy
One year out
Kylie's first single was the locomotion
... her record producer was Pete Waterman who is a locomotive enthusiast
Oh shhhhhhhh...sugar
I used to search random facts but I get way more joy out of searching in books I will absorb a page and savour it and sometimes even smell the paper oh my how nice different stocks stocks smell
Dear mr prime minister please bring back paper pound notes I miss the smell lol
Et tu isa
Ave never eat two ov anythin in my life victor
"It was as difficult as trying to poke butter up a porcupines bum with a hot needle".
"You have a face for radio"
"About as pretty as a bulldog chewing a wasp"
And the oldest saying of all: "Let there be light!"
Clerks...Love that film.