i live in Glasgow and heard a guy working at a market stall shouting this at people passing by in a shopping centre today and i'm wondering what exactly it means?? some sort of banter that has gone...
Went to a wedding the other day and whispered to the bloke next to me "isn't the bride a right ugly looking d*g" "Do you mind, that's my daughter you're talking about" he replied....
In the song 'Mi Granny' by The Fivepenny Piece (poem by Samuel Laycock I think) there is a line 'God bless her oo's FARRENTLY looking,' can anyone explain to me what FARRENTLY means in this context....
Regarding Rangers demotion to the Scottish Third Division today, Dunfermline chairman John Yorkston said, “The vote was 25 to five so I think that was fairly unanimous." You can't be...
My Grandmother had a poem called Our Dogs, in an old picture frame and I can only remember the first couple of lines and would love to learn the rest of it; does anyone out there know the rest of...
Which modern phrases annoy you the most. I personally can't stand it when people say "simples" like that meerkat advert a few years back or "end of" when discussing something... I...
Does anyone out there know the words and origins of "A cavalrymans toast to the ladies" apparantly it was published in the Horse & Hounds in the late 1980's but I cannot access the...
I was amazed to find that my American son-in-law had never heard of boiled eggs and soldiers, but I was unable to answer his query as to where the soldier part came from. I muttered vaguely about...
In everyday speech, people say "I'll try and do it" and so on, when they mean '"I'll try to do it". Taken literally, 'try and do it' means that the speaker will do it and so 'try'...
Can any of you help me with this quiz from the local church magazine? It is from an old 11 plus paper so there is no excuse not to figure it all out. The questions are listed below: I have nine balls...
9 Across, Present award say,for business initiative(10) 12 Across, So unprepared for trip to supermarket,and lacking enthusiasm(8) 15 Across, Make remarks about Anglicans for a start(12) 18 Across,...
Warning on a bottle of drain cleaner: "If you do not understand, or cannot read, all directions, cautions and warnings, do not use this product." On a snow sled: "Beware: sled may...
Seen these in a magazine - some good ones Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright, until you hear them speak. If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong. We never...
Evening, I seem to recall in my feeble little brain watching or listening to Eddie Izzard speaking to someone in English who was answering back in their language but Eddie was able to understand what...