nomadpete Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Moving on from betting about London bricks, I thought it would be nice to record some of the witticisms that I have heard. I discovered to my great disappointment that few younger folk have heard the humerous sayings that were common when I 'wore a younger mans shirt.' Im sure you guys would have some to add. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 I'll start off with Busy as a bee..... "Running around like a fart in a bottle looking for a corner to sit in" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Like a rat up a drainpipe. Fair shake of the sauce bottle Pass the dead horse Flat as a lizard drinking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Hoo roo means see you later in some parts of NSW. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 As poor as a church mouse. nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Stone the Crows and stiffen the jewy lizzards. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 You'd kid me snakes is Lizzards and get me bit. Nev 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Deaf as a door nail Just you, me and the gate post. Flat as a tack Gives me the tom tits ( the shits) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Here comes Blisters. He always shows up after the work is finished. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octave Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Grundies, named after Reg Grundy and rhyming slang for undies 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 It's a dry argument. Isn't someone going to order? Nev 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 A bloke could die of thirst here. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 A bit later.. Isn't THAT" drop dead" gorgeous? . Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Crack a couple of tinnies over a Barbie, with the storm n strife and the billy lids. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I mucked up a simple job and was told that I was as useless as an ashtray on a motorcycle. Guess I'm as useless as tits on a bull. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Something showing a lack of class. ARE you CHEWING those oysters? Nev 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Something showing real class especially since it happened in BRISBANE.. Waiter , what is this wine like? Is it any good? Waiter, without hesitation.., SIR It's like angels pissing on your tongue. Nev 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 6 minutes ago, old man emu said: I mucked up a simple job and was told that I was as useless as an ashtray on a motorcycle. Guess I'm as useless as tits on a bull. Or useless as a hip pocket on a tee shirt. Or many variations of that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 1 minute ago, facthunter said: Something showing real class especially since it happened in BRISBANE.. Waiter , what is this wine like? Is it any good? Waiter, without hesitation.., SIR It's like angels pissing on your tongue. Nev That one sounds like it was from personal experience. Brissy was none too sophisticated back in the 70's when I moved there. "Yessir, we have all kinds of wine here. Red AND white." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Yes it's a true story and it happened before 1969 in the centre of Brisbane. I was overnighting between flights. Nev 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Faster than a speeding bullet.... "Quicker than blowing the froth of a beer at five minutes to closing time" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 2 minutes ago, facthunter said: Yes it's a true story and it happened before 1969 in the centre of Brisbane. I was overnighting between flights. Nev Back then, a late Saturday night out ended at 8pm when the waiter started stacking chairs on the tables around me, turned off the lights and started mopping the floor. By 8.30 everyone had gone to bed in Brisbane and even the council had switched the traffic lights off. Aaaaah the good old days. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 29 minutes ago, old man emu said: I was as useless as an ashtray on a motorcycle. Useless as a spinnaker (or flyscreen) on a submarine. Went over like a lead balloon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I don't know if it is still current, but in the mid-70s the tram from Adelaide CBD to Glenelg was called the Bay City Roller after a certain boy band popular at the time. Speaking of trams, I'd better shoot through like a Bondi tram or I'll never finish my work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Fair Dinkum must be the most Australian word. If you a re "not fair dinkum' you can't be trusted. Sometimes shortened to just dinkum. .Nev 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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