Forty Fousand Feathers on a F?F?F?

[Jomes]

I know of Forty Fousand Feathers on a Frush, but what could it be that ends in three words starting in F? Any suggestions?

[olivia]

I know of frushes froat, but dont know the third F

[johnalex]

. . . I fink it might be 'forty free fousand fevvers on a frush's froat' ?

[johnalex]

. . . actually I fink it's firty free fousand, etc.

[Dinkypuzzled]

I was told that it was forty fahsand fevvers on a fevvered frush's froat.

[oxcomper]

33,000 fevvers ...

see this site: http://www.patrickchaplin.com/is_that_so/language_of_dar ts.htm

[eddyayres]

forty fousand feathers on a feathered frushes froat

eddy ayres

[johnalex]

For further info check out this extract from oxcomper's link, relating to the history of Darts slang. (If the htm link fails, you must ensure that the suffix </p> does not appear in your address bar; I think AB are aware of this gremlin).

�FEATHERS' � One of the innumerable synonyms for the number 33. Its origin is the Cockney saying: �Thirty-three thousand feathers on a thrushes throat� or rather � in dialect - �Firty-free fousand fevvers on a frush�s froat,��

Innumerable words and phrases of Cockney rhyming slang are utilised in the language of darts, including �Two Bee-Hives� (two fives), �Two Hens (two tens) and �Plenty Too� (twenty-two). Given that the centre of the dartboard manufacturing industry in the 1930s was the East End of London it is not surprising that rhyming slang should find its way into the game of darts. However, the true origins of this particular phrase attributed to Cockneys about the �froat� of a �frush�� which appears to be mocking the Cockney accent - remain a mystery.

[CindyK]

I am English And I have always known it as “forty fousand fevvers on a freckled frushes froat”

I always tell my youngest daughter “I love you 40,000 feathers on a freckled thrushes throat”! We both have a small Roman numeral for 40,000 tattooed on our right ankle…. Only tattoo we have!