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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#221 Post by SparkOut » Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:51 pm

LAT wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:57 pm
 Aha! At last an easy one! :D
I never did understand why the slangy more vulgar version swapped the C for P. You might get "some quantity" but you hardly get a "piece" of a liquid.
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#222 Post by LAT » Wed Mar 16, 2022 8:20 am

SparkOut wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:51 pm
LAT wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:57 pm
 Aha! At last an easy one! :D
I never did understand why the slangy more vulgar version swapped the C for P. You might get "some quantity" but you hardly get a "piece" of a liquid.
Very true! :lol:
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#223 Post by Bunnylump » Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:48 am

LAT wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:14 pm
 Carrot, or something nice and chocolatey would be good. :D

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#224 Post by LAT » Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:27 am

Correct! Your turn :D

It felt like quite an appropriate saying in many ways at the moment.
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#225 Post by Bunnylump » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:38 pm

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#226 Post by Scurra » Sat Mar 19, 2022 9:04 pm

Were you trying to cue up the old 'Datsun cogs' joke? :D
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#227 Post by Bunnylump » Sun Mar 20, 2022 2:44 am

:lol: Yes!
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#228 Post by Bunnylump » Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:33 pm

Your go, Scurra.
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#229 Post by Scurra » Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:02 pm

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#230 Post by Bunnylump » Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:01 am

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear?
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#231 Post by Scurra » Wed Mar 23, 2022 1:54 am

You seem to be able to do lots of other things... :D (Yes.)
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#232 Post by Bunnylump » Wed Mar 23, 2022 9:56 am

Well, currently making a rug using an Islamic design I saw on a tile in the British Museum, but I am afraid sow's ears are definitely beyond me! :lol:

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#233 Post by SparkOut » Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:52 am

Yes, I think you probably can be. Given certain circumstances.
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#234 Post by Bunnylump » Fri Mar 25, 2022 9:50 am

What? Me personally? You could well be right. I know I wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of myself. :lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV122X7ycvQ Yes
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#235 Post by SparkOut » Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:55 pm

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#236 Post by Scurra » Mon Mar 28, 2022 11:43 pm

Unless you've made the final of Bake Off, I might suggest...?
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#237 Post by SparkOut » Tue Mar 29, 2022 3:35 pm

Scurra's asbestos breeches let him cook up a storm :)
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#238 Post by Scurra » Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:21 am

(If You Can't Stand The Heat, Get Out Of The Kitchen.)

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#239 Post by SparkOut » Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:40 pm

Such as one might say if the jester came last in one of Lumpybum's quizzes. Or referring to a librarian's trouser leg perhaps?
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#240 Post by Scurra » Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:31 pm

:D Your turn.
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