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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#461 Post by SparkOut » Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:26 pm

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#462 Post by LAT » Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:41 pm

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#463 Post by SparkOut » Thu Jul 27, 2023 7:17 am

J B N, J B Q, J J O T C
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#464 Post by Scurra » Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:20 am

...but this is generally only recommended if he is wearing asbestos underwear.
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#465 Post by SparkOut » Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:33 am

But then the PPE required due to the asbestos renders Jack less nimble and quick, so the chances of achieving the task are greatly reduced. I don't know why it would be good to try it anyway.

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#466 Post by LAT » Fri Jul 28, 2023 1:16 pm

apparently it was a method of fortune telling. If you managed to leap over unscathed you were in luck! :lol:
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#467 Post by SparkOut » Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:36 pm

Aha. My buttocks would be scarred and blistered then.
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#468 Post by LAT » Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:45 pm

Now there's a vision I am trying not to imagine! :lol:
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#469 Post by Scurra » Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:14 pm

I'm tempted to offer MBWBSAB now. :)

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#470 Post by SparkOut » Sat Aug 12, 2023 10:48 am

This is harder than the Rhyme game one. The only thoughts I can make merelyget as far as
P... While/When/With You/Your P...

Or silly things like Please Water Your Plants
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#471 Post by Bunnylump » Sat Aug 12, 2023 2:33 pm

Pay With Your Pride? (No idea if this is actually a phrase or not!)
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#472 Post by Scurra » Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:45 pm

I'm pretty sure it's a phrase you know. :D

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#473 Post by SparkOut » Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:04 pm

I'm pretty sure I will know it after I've been nudged into remembering. The trouble is, there are too many silly alternatives that come to mind first, like Pirates Walking Yellowbeard's Plank.
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#474 Post by SparkOut » Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:53 am

Best I have so far is Pay What You Please
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#475 Post by Scurra » Sun Aug 20, 2023 1:39 pm

The Ps are wrong, but the WY is correct.
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#476 Post by SparkOut » Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:15 pm

Oh, well. Yes of course it is.
But I've always resented when I'm told to do myself what I've advised others I reckon they should do.
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#477 Post by LAT » Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:42 pm

aaah! Well done!
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#478 Post by Scurra » Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:55 pm

SparkOut wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:15 pm
 But I've always resented when I'm told to do myself what I've advised others I reckon they should do.
Don't we all? Your turn.
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#479 Post by SparkOut » Mon Aug 21, 2023 1:22 am

So after Practice What You Preach this one should be quite simple.

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#480 Post by LAT » Mon Aug 21, 2023 9:18 am

It's Not Remotely Simple?
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