The things people don't say anymore

"Son, turn it down. There's people in this house trying to sleep!"
Now it's:
"Dad, turn it down. There's people in this house trying to sleep!"

A friend of mine used to have to say to his teenage daughters 'Don't wake us up when you come in' but they are a little older and go out even later so he now has to say 'Don't wake us up when you go out'!

Chaps

One rarely hears the expression chop chop anymore. For those of you under fifty, it meant hurry up.

Also we do not groove anymore and neither do we use the expression " hey man" but then, I never did groove or say hey man.

Regards

Mick

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:

One rarely hears the expression chop chop anymore.

I still say that to my children!

Mark

"Are you putting on your Sunday best to go out?"

Mark

I presume you are seventy and your children are in their forties.

Regards

Mick

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
Mark

I presume you are seventy and your children are in their forties.

Regards

Mick

Not quite Mick!

My Dad used to say it to me and I use it with them for a bit of fun. Nothing wrong with preserving a little of the past for posterity!

(I'm 42 by the way)

Regards

Mark

"face like a robber's dog" is rarely encountered nowadays.

....."And Bob's your Uncle" ..who the hell was Bob??

....Remember me mam saying to me ..
...."If you fall off that wall and break both legs don't come running to me!"



.....Ok she didn't but someone's mam MUST have said it!

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Originally posted by Chillkram:

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
Mark

I presume you are seventy and your children are in their forties.

Regards

Mick

Not quite Mick!

My Dad used to say it to me and I use it with them for a bit of fun. Nothing wrong with preserving a little of the past for posterity!

(I'm 42 by the way)

Regards

Mark

I remember 'chop chop'and 'Sunday best' and i'm 45.

I now use 'Lights, camera, action' for my kids instead of 'Chop chop' though i'm sure it could be resurrected.

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Originally posted by Rico:
"face like a robber's dog" is rarely encountered nowadays.

Or, 'a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp'

Does anyone still have a 'front room' which is only used for special occasions, like when visitors come over, and no-one is allowed to go into at any other time??!!

One that my mates grandfather used to say to us.... "can't is for c#nts". God I wish i could say that to my patients!!! You just don't get pearls like that now.....

Ryan

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Originally posted by Diccus62:

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Originally posted by Rico:
"face like a robber's dog" is rarely encountered nowadays.

Or, 'a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp'

Or, 'a face like a bulldog licking piss off a stinging nettle' or 'a face like a welders bench' or 'a face like a bucket of frogs'

Moving off topic I know but my current favourites are 'must have fallen out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down' and, of course 'she's a BOBFOC' (body off baywatch, face off crimewatch)

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Originally posted by Chillkram:
Does anyone still have a 'front room' which is only used for special occasions, like when visitors come over, and no-one is allowed to go into at any other time??!!

Of course, anyone who was anyone way back in the day had a front parlour. Sadly, both no longer exist, having been turned into 'reception rooms' by estate agents.

/dl

People don't seem to have a 'Back Passage' anymore either........................ I remember jet johnson having a good line on that one

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Originally posted by bornwina:

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Originally posted by Diccus62:

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Originally posted by Rico:
"face like a robber's dog" is rarely encountered nowadays.

Or, 'a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp'

Or, 'a face like a bulldog licking piss off a stinging nettle' or 'a face like a welders bench' or 'a face like a bucket of frogs'

Moving off topic I know but my current favourites are 'must have fallen out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down' and, of course 'she's a BOBFOC' (body off baywatch, face off crimewatch)

Or 'A face like a bag of spanners'
or that little jem from the 50's:-
" #uck me pink in the moonlight"

In putting some pupil in their place teachers no longer use such heart-warmimg phrases as,

"You're a horrible little man; what are you?"

Or

"You spineless little gutterspnipe!"

It seems teachers are far to kind these days.

I remember my electronics teacher at A-level asking a lad what his name was and the boy replied,

"Mark, Sir!" [He was Ex-Army, and had tremendous presence, so the Sir came naturally].
"Not what I wanted. My name, in that case, is Mister, and my other name is T+++++. I shall use your second name and you will use both mine on every occasion. Now what is your name, boy?"
"J++++, Sir."
"That is better."

To all he then said,

"Fast learner. I hope you all learn well by example."

Strange as it may sound this teacher was the one we not only respected most, but actually found to be easily the most helpful when there was something difficult to comprehend. His students got phenomenal results, and we really understood what he taught. After the final exam he took us all to the pub and invited us to address him by his Christian name. By now a certain awe, perhaps even fear, had grown into respect and even affection! If I see him, I still call him Mr T+++++, and he teases me by calling me Mr ++++++! And we even fit in the occasional pint if possible, and discuss old times and many of pupils keep in touch with him, so he is like the link between us all.

Such people are all too rare these days.

ATB from Fredrik

It's ages since I heard somebody say Another Great English Tennis Champion

ROTF! Surely you are not THAT old! Fredrik

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Originally posted by Analogue:

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Originally posted by bornwina:

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Originally posted by Diccus62:

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Originally posted by Rico:
"face like a robber's dog" is rarely encountered nowadays.

Or, 'a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp'

Or, 'a face like a bulldog licking piss off a stinging nettle' or 'a face like a welders bench' or 'a face like a bucket of frogs'

Moving off topic I know but my current favourites are 'must have fallen out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down' and, of course 'she's a BOBFOC' (body off baywatch, face off crimewatch)

Or 'A face like a bag of spanners'
or that little jem from the 50's:-
" #uck me pink in the moonlight"

Or "A face like a melted welly"
or "A face only your mother could love"

Rich

Pushing Sh*t uphill

A face like a smacked bottom

Anyone for tennis?