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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I sometimes wonder about the origin of sayings when I hear them.
Gordon Bennett - Who was he, what did he do?
Wouldn't touch em with a barge pole - Who touches people with barge poles?
What other weird sayings are there? |
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I used to wonder about the origin of the phrase “enough room to swing a cat”.
At one point, I used to (humourously) imagine someone in a room swinging a cat around by its tail and saying “yeah, that's enough room alright!”  |
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"I used to wonder about the origin of the phrase “enough room to swing a cat”.
At one point, I used to (humourously) imagine someone in a room swinging a cat around by its tail and saying “yeah, that's enough room alright!” "
Swinging cats? Is that a thing?
Better not tell mine they will want to join the Website.. |
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""Let's nuke this"
A favourite of those who grew up during the Nuclear Arms race"
Are you sure?
My recollection of those days was that we were all far too scared of it happening to make light of it. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I used to wonder about the origin of the phrase “enough room to swing a cat”.
At one point, I used to (humourously) imagine someone in a room swinging a cat around by its tail and saying “yeah, that's enough room alright!” "
Also, "cat's got your tongue"  |
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Swing a cat - this refers to swinging a
Cat of nine tails. It’s like a whip with nine tails usually with studs on . Used to flog sailors as a punishment. As we understand it you had X amount of lashes on your bare back from the ‘ cat o’ nine tails’. |
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"Swing a cat - this refers to swinging a
Cat of nine tails. It’s like a whip with nine tails usually with studs on . Used to flog sailors as a punishment. As we understand it you had X amount of lashes on your bare back from the ‘ cat o’ nine tails’."
Oooooh I have one of those minus the studs.. |
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"I used to wonder about the origin of the phrase “enough room to swing a cat”.
At one point, I used to (humourously) imagine someone in a room swinging a cat around by its tail and saying “yeah, that's enough room alright!” "
It was the space to swing a cat of nine tails. So it's an old nautical term. |
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A strange one I heard more years ago
Was when someone did something accurately
It was cock on
I’m not sure if the intent was it’s so well done it gets me hard
Or
It’s so accurate I could rub my cock over it without abrasion
Or
I’m so in favour of this , if your gonna change or question it your gonna have to go through my limp cock first
Who knows |
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By *YDB75Man
over a year ago
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Dont play with ya belly button ya bum will fall off
If the wind changes ya face will stay like it
Stop playing with it you’ll go blind
Carefull that BMW is indicating to turn right
Is there any evidence these have happened ?? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Dont play with ya belly button ya bum will fall off
If the wind changes ya face will stay like it
Stop playing with it you’ll go blind
Carefull that BMW is indicating to turn right
Is there any evidence these have happened ?? "
Well we all know the BMW indicating has to be pure myth |
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By (user no longer on site)
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There's a few that I know the answers to!!
Freeze the balls off a brass monkey!
Metal Square made of brass used for stacking cannonballs on ships they contracted in cold weather spilling the contents!
Hard graft!
Graft is a long thin spade used for digging trenches.
Gormless!
To have gorm daily bottle of wine is an old phrase for saying as intelligence but has falling out of fashion, however gormless remains!
Raining cats and dog
Can't remember exact details but was depictions of two ancient gods one was represented by cats and one was a dog one was that thunder god and the other one was a lightning god possibly Norse cant remember. |
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