Well known phrases and sayings

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#441 Post by **SparkOut** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:04 pm

Stop being diplomatic! And I apologise.
I wasn't digging at the relative "familiarity", just wanting to shoehorn in the Mornington Crescent reference and have you explain it

#442 Post by **Bunnylump** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 11:08 pm

OK so I think it's your go.

#443 Post by **LAT** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 11:29 pm

I never did understand how Mornington Crescent worked.

#444 Post by **SparkOut** » Tue Jul 04, 2023 5:12 am

Pssst... you're not meant to...

S S A B F

#445 Post by **Scurra** » Tue Jul 04, 2023 5:45 pm

Ship Shape And Bristol Fashion

I never understood that one. It feels as though it's one of those phrases that was made up by a PR firm pretending that it was a "genuine" thing, or else that it was actually meant sarcastically (which would be a far more British tradition...) Looking it up, there's the fun implication that it was probably meant more as a dig at Liverpool than necessarily as a compliment to Bristol!

(Also, what do you mean, 'you're not supposed to'? That's always the excuse of amateurs.)

#446 Post by **SparkOut** » Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:31 pm

Aye, all that.

#447 Post by **SparkOut** » Fri Jul 07, 2023 7:47 am

So yes, you were correct. Is there another one coming?

#448 Post by **Bunnylump** » Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:46 am

Wasn't it you that just guessed IHGAC?

#449 Post by **SparkOut** » Fri Jul 07, 2023 6:47 pm

No...
You missed the S S A B F then? That Scurra answered in inviz text and explained in view.

#450 Post by **Bunnylump** » Fri Jul 07, 2023 7:24 pm

I have NO idea how I missed that.Sorry.

#451 Post by **Scurra** » Sat Jul 08, 2023 12:33 pm

F M O A D M C

#452 Post by **SparkOut** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:43 am

Y H H A A B O R

#453 Post by **Scurra** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:52 pm

My favourite follow-up line is Y H H N W H D "yo-ho-ho, no wonder he's dead"

#454 Post by **SparkOut** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 5:15 pm

sort of continuing a slight theme (there are more direct continuations but still...) : W W E N A D T D

#455 Post by **SparkOut** » Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:28 pm

(It's a line from a poem, rather than strictly a common saying)

#456 Post by **SparkOut** » Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:24 pm

Nobody is thirsty then?

#457 Post by **LAT** » Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:45 pm

Aha! The old seaman.

#458 Post by **SparkOut** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 9:18 pm

Yes, that old mariner is pretty ancient. Spill the beans and go ahead with the next one then

#459 Post by **LAT** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:02 pm

Right, sorry, been away for the night and need to get my thinking cap on.
the last one was
Water Water everywhere nor any drop to drink

#460 Post by **LAT** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:04 pm

How about
J O A T M O N

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