old man emu Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Do the Millenials get the meaning of some of our good old sayings, or is it Hash Tag Huh!? In these times of keyboard communication, would they understand what "Blotting your copy book" means? Can you add any other sayings whose meanings are lost in this digital age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Whacko the diddle-o. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Know your onions. Tell you snakes are lizards and get you bit.. Stone the crows mate.. Stiffen the Jewy Lizards. Flat out like a lizard drinking. The ant's pants'. Bird brained. Cop that, young Harry. It's a dry argument. A real Pearler.. Kindred Soul. Blind as a bat.. Daggy.. billy can. Schooner, Pint, Middy.. Dud bash.. Old as the hills.. Shoot through. Nev . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 It's a joke, Joyce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I guess they'd need an interpreter to watch The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. The Millennials probably have their own relevant nicknames, but do they have any like Lofty or Stringbean or Pothole (always in the road). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 Mad as a two-bob watch. For the Sydneysiders - Getting off at Redfern Wide open like the entrance to Luna Park. Come in, Spinner Further behind than Walla Walla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 For the Sydneysiders - Getting off at Redfern and this one - go like a Bondi Tram. Not being a Sydneyite, I wonder how that one came about. The old Brisbane one 'Full as a Cribb Island Bus' was explained to me once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 It's "Shoot through like a Bondi tram" Before trams were removed in the early 1960's, one of the routes was from the Sydney CBD to Bondi Beach. I suppose that during the summer, the Tramways would run minimum stop services from Central Railway to Bondi. With no stops, the trams could get up some speed compared to the multi-stop trams. Therefore, they would "shoot through" the intermediary suburbs. Another one- Flat as a shit carter's hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Send er down Hughie. Pigs arse he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 Useless as a flyscreen door on a submarine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Or an ashtray on a drag bike. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 As much use as cupholders on a hang glider At least I got a connection with recreational flying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Useless as a hip pocket on a singlet. Useless as dead dingo's donger. Useless a tits on bull. Useless as a nun's cXXt. Shovelling sXXt uphill. Couldn't drive a greasy stick up a dog's aXXe. All over the place, like a mad womans sXXt. Fit as a Mallee Bull, and twice as dangerous! (greeting, when someone asks how you are). Full as the last bus. Going like sXXt off a shiny shovel (moving fast). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 I think I've been Trumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 Could pull a ton up Druitt Street (In Sydney - a steep street going from the wharves at Darling Harbour to The Town Hall - sign of a good draught horse) Further behind than Walla Walla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octave Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Do the Millenials get the meaning of some of our good old sayings, or is it Hash Tag Huh!? I think some of these sayings not only mean little to millennials but little to me (1962) Some I have heard but only form older folk (older than me that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Octave, you might need to be a minimum of five or six years older. I've got a brother born in '61 and he wouldn't be familiar with too many of them. Ironically, his son was a millennial and loved the old sayings and regularly used them. Did his bit for preserving them for future generations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octave Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Octave, you might need to be a minimum of five or six years older. I've got a brother born in '61 and he wouldn't be familiar with too many of them. Ironically, his son was a millennial and loved the old sayings and regularly used them. Did his bit for preserving them for future generations. Probably geographical also. My parents are from Yorkshire so there are old Yorkshire sayings that I know that would probably meaningless to Australians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Probably geographical also. My parents are from Yorkshire so there are old Yorkshire sayings that I know that would probably meaningless to Australians Eee, trooble at' Mill... Hey, have you heard about the way Yorkshire people are injecting Ecstasy into their mouths? They call it "E by gum"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octave Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Eee, trooble at' Mill... Hey, have you heard about the way Yorkshire people are injecting Ecstasy into their mouths? They call it "E by gum"... Yorkshire born Yorkshire bred, strong int arm week int head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 So I wonder if the Millennials are wondering if we get the meaning of some of their good new sayings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 So I wonder if the Millennials are wondering if we get the meaning of some of their good new sayings. I'll text one of them and ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 OK Boomer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 I got a reply: # Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David2ayo Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Arlo Guthrie wrote a song (probably many songs, actually) called "The Motorcycle Song". He refers to writing this song while going over a cliff on his motorbicycle, "put a new ink cartridge in my pen". I noticed that one version changed that phrase - nobody knew what he was on about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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