Silly sayings
 

Don't you often think we say some STUPID things. Here are a few that make me laugh:

What's up with you? (why ask want's UP, when it's obvious I'm DOWN?) ::)

Can you give me a hand? (yeah, I can but if I do I'll struggle helping you with just the one I've got left)..
...which brings me to ....
I've got one left (good for you...I've got one right)
...and....
Are you allright? (Does it look like it to you? Am I not half left?) ???

I'm gutted! (disgusting if you think about it!!) :o

They are having a bit of a ding-dong (are they playing with the door bell then?) ???

He's a bit of a .....so and so (a bit of? And what about the rest?) ;)

He's had it this time... (well, if he's already had it, why are you still going on about it?) :P

I can't stand her (so sit down then) :D

Look forward to hearing some more. The best are the most common, We don't even realise the literal meaning of some of the things we say, do we? :)

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While over here my bro got one in
' Can't do both things at twice'
and while we were back in the home land me daughter asked
' Ow much o' clock is it'?
Poor kids, but explained it to her and she said she is finally getting the hang of this foreign language.
Blooming cheek she meant North Western English

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Yeah but that was a literal translation from German "how much o'clock is it?" (Wieviel Uhr ist es?). Think you have to let her off for that one, Mik!
At work my English colleague always greats me with "mealtime!" on his way to lunch (literally Mahlzeit! in English!!)

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my mum used to say if u fall off that tree and break ya leg dont come running to  me to fix it . or i will give u the back of my hand  well thanx mum  is it softer than the front of ya hand,

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;D At the end of the day!!!   What about morning, or afternoon???

Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry for - Eh!!  :'(

 Shut your mouth and eat your tea...    (how?)

 Look at the dirt on the back of your neck... ( I'm not a contortionist) ;D  ;D  ;D

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he he !! They were good Lettie! Made me laugh! Talking of which...

"you'll be laughing on the other side of your face if you don't watch it". Didn't know my face had another side!! :P

"watch your mouth" - eh?? How can I watch my mouth if I don't have a mirror on me? :D

Keep your nose out..... ? ;D?

"He's been earwigging"... what other kind of wigging is there? What is wigging???

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irish saying is that ya self there mick ( no it somone eles)

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How about

mind yer back.     eh?

watch yourself.     how?

pack it in.       in what?

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How about  Take your time but hurry up.
It's grateing on my nerves.
I've got pins and needles in my hand.

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your getting up my nose  geeez i must havea big nose

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!'v got eyes in the back of my head. ::)
Its raining cats and dogs.  [smiley=dogrun.gif]

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this is not a saying just wouls like some to explane to me   if u put somthing cold in a flask it stays cold if u put  somthing hot in there it stays  hot ( HOW DOES IT KNOW IF ITS HOT OR COLD )?

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What about do ya want a smack??What kind of a question is that.
Or give it here i will kiss it better and it will be a pigs foot in the morning.I hurt my nose for crying out loud.Who wants a pigs foot in the middle of their face??
Or if you are a good boy today you will never see the present i am going to get you.
Mum owes me loads of presents for that.
When you fall down parents ask ' did you hurt yourself' Course i did i am not crying for nothing
When a child is asked would you like a sweetie???
What kind of a question is that?
If ya tired go to bed early as you are up early in the morning.
I'm buggered, i do not want to get up early.I want to lie in.
Did you not see the car coming?
Yes i did but i must be suicidal eh!
Or whos round is it?
Obviously not theirs otherwise they would not be asking

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[quote author=happyone link=board=anything;num=1064387900;start=0#11 date=09/25/03 at 13:53:17]this is not a saying just wouls like some to explane to me if u put somthing cold in a flask it stays cold if u put somthing hot in there it stays hot ( HOW DOES IT KNOW IF ITS HOT OR COLD )?
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Good one it does'nt it guesses

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[ What is wigging???
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Wigging is what i will be doing when i get that PonyTail :o

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mik i have a bald head like u they just  pulling ya leg  yeah wheres that come from pulling ya leg  

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what about getting on my t**s ( would love to get on them   ;D

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Better than getting up someone's nose I suppose.  :-/
In Italian instead of saying "you're getting on my nerves" they say "you're breaking my balls"
and to say "be corageous", they say "get your balls out!! ooer - they are obsessed with genitals!!!  :-[

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;) so am i    ;D

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I thought the only hanging thing you had was a pony tail?????? ;D ;D

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;)  lynx keeps it in her hanbag to stop me  using it to much ;D

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slept like a log   how  do u sleep like a  bit of a tree?

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Jo should that not be gentiles

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[quote author=happyone link=board=anything;num=1064387900;start=0#11 date=09/25/03 at 13:53:17]this is not a saying just wouls like some to explane to me if u put somthing cold in a flask it stays cold if u put somthing hot in there it stays hot ( HOW DOES IT KNOW IF ITS HOT OR COLD )?
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This has to do with thermodinamics and the reflective serface of the conical shape of the flask.and the vacuam between the inside wall and outside wall .
look inside a flask what do you see ??? a very highly polished surface this along with the vacuam reflect heat back into the liquid so keeping it hot or cold ;D
if the liquid is cold then the vacuam between the inside wall and the outside wall keeps the liquid cold stopping heat getting in so raiseing the tempeter of the viscose fuid inside



it also keeps the elasticity of the liquid the same :o

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:o omg mick  what book ya find that in  ;D

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Hey mick good information but all i need now is sumbody to translate it in to English for me  ;D

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Make it really really simple for a dork purlease

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why is it that when you lose something somebody allways says

"where did yu have it last"

If i knew it wouldnt be lost!

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I'm watching you, i've got eyes in the back of my head you know.
He'l get a flea in his ear when I see him. Fleas in ears  ???

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what a bout box your ears  why would u want boxes on ya ears ?

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i  have my eye on you  whay would u want to put ya eye on em keep ya nose out  i didnt put it in your pi**ing me off now   i never p***sed on you
hes no lead in his pencel his rock has no lettering thro it  dont play with it to much you go blinde ( gthat ones  true mick told )

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Then it that case i can only say one thing.'AAA Grashopper'me be blind but i had fun getting there.No that is not nice is it

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:o

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I will be meeting my-self comeing back. mmm

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quote from crusaders dad ( are you reading that paper your sitting on)

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Whooooooo you better go [smiley=coffeecup.gif] coz Crusader gonna gonna run ya over with his chair when he siz that one.

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[smiley=couchplus.gif] he told me  ;D

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I hope I don't get in trouble with this....

Had to send this one on....it's an absolute classic!!! Enjoy!


Genuine extracts from letters of complaint sent to local councils...


"My bush is really overgrown round the front and my back passage has
fungus growing in it."

"He's got this huge tool that vibrates the whole house and I just
can't take it anymore."

"It's the dogs mess that I find hard to swallow."

"I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt
my knob off."

"I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he
put his foot in the hole in his back passage."

"And their 18 year old son is continually banging his balls against my
fence."

"I wish to report that tiles are missing from the outside toilet roof.
I think it was bad wind the other night that blew them off."

"My lavatory seat is cracked, where do I stand?"

"I am writing on behalf of my sink, which is coming away from the
wall."

“I request permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen. 50% of the
walls are damp, 50% have crumbling plaster and 50% are plain filthy."

"I am still having problems with smoke in my new drawers."

"The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is
cleared."

"Will you please send a man to look at my water, it is a funny colour
and not fit to drink."

"Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces."

"I want to complain about the farmer across the road; every morning at
6am his cock wakes me up and its now getting too much for me."

"The man next door has a large erection in the back garden, which is
unsightly and dangerous."

"Our kitchen floor is damp. We have two children and would like a
third so please send someone round to do something about it."

"I am a single woman living in a downstairs flat and would you please
do something about the noise made by the man on top of me every night."

"Please send a man with the right tool to finish the job and satisfy
my wife."

"I have had the clerk of works down on the floor six times but I still
have no satisfaction."

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brilliant Len.  havent laughed so much for ages ;D ;D

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Thanks Len, had a really good laugh at that one, you had me in tears. [smiley=lol.gif]

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How about the old classroom classic "Keep your eyes on the blackboard while I go through it!" and why do we always saying something's making a "funny" noise - I can't remember the last garage/plumbers bill I laughed at. Finally a quote from the genius philosopher who wrote the book on the critical analysis of daft sayings.

"...The answer to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle, they're on TV!..." Homer Simpson

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Why does it hurt when I pee...




I might get away with this one for a short time because
Roy's in Hong Kong.   [smiley=whip.gif]

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You naughty boy len. ;D

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:o ::) omg  it hurts me to must be somfing  going around

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In your case it's old age happyone. The only thing that's going round, are smileys rolling eyes. [smiley=yelrotflmao.gif]

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:'( not nice  janet u know i only 21

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And I'm 17

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[quote author=ANNE link=board=anything;num=1064387900;start=0#10 date=09/24/03 at 23:59:24]!'v got eyes in the back of my head. ::)
Its raining cats and dogs. [smiley=dogrun.gif][/quote]

Was just reading through all the silly sayings and whilst laughing me head off i noticed this by Anne - and realised i had seen the real reason why we say it -

Houses had thatched roofs -- thick straw -- piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof -- hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."