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Life of Reilly/Riley

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Katek Fri 23-Jul-21 13:37:54

Who was he? One of those phrases we use but don’t know where it came from.

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Grany Sat 24-Jul-21 10:53:14

Gordon Bennett

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Callistemon Sat 24-Jul-21 12:35:06

It's all gone Pete Tong

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bonbons01 Sat 24-Jul-21 12:41:10

Great Scott! It certainly has. Before you can say Jack Robinson Painted Jezebel wants a life of Riley, she thinks he's as rich as Croesus but he's just a Walter Mitty. For Pete's sake!

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Nannan2 Sat 24-Jul-21 12:45:58

Yes,Old mother Reilley was his gran.

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Lucca Sat 24-Jul-21 13:00:03

seacliff

I'm a bit of a Johnny Come Lately to this conversation, very novel and amusing, not Pathetic at all. .

Maybe the poster who said it was pathetic was actually taking the Mickey ?

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Nell8 Sat 24-Jul-21 13:00:18

Oh yes, Old Mother Reilley. I remember her. Used to see her down the Bingo with Ten-ton Tessie.

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Aveline Sat 24-Jul-21 13:03:47

But Weary Wullie will have none of that nonsense.

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timetogo2016 Sat 24-Jul-21 13:06:54

That made me chuckle Calendargirl on a couple of levels.
Lord snooty wouldn`t have found it amusing though.

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Callistemon Sat 24-Jul-21 13:07:01

My mother called me Calamity Jane
Probably for good reason.

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Callistemon Sat 24-Jul-21 13:09:01

I was warned he was a bit of a Romeo
But I married him anyway.

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nanna8 Sat 24-Jul-21 13:59:58

He turned out to be a Johnny come lately and shot through like a Bondi tram.

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bonbons01 Sat 24-Jul-21 14:09:19

It's Sod's law.

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FarNorth Sat 24-Jul-21 15:20:40

He never mentions that he's related to Joe Soap and Jane Doe.

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3nanny6 Sat 24-Jul-21 15:24:14

They went to see Arthur and Martha well Arthur is your aunt so who is Martha? but they all had the life of Riley so I hear.

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Aveline Sat 24-Jul-21 15:47:13

I don't want to be a Doubting Thomas but...

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Squiffy Sat 24-Jul-21 16:26:22

Then there’s the chap, Round Robin, who lived on a diet of and chocolate. ??

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Squiffy Sat 24-Jul-21 16:28:25

chips and chocolate!

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Aveline Sat 24-Jul-21 16:39:45

'Home James and don't spare the horses'

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seacliff Sat 24-Jul-21 17:09:19

oooh Betty, that's a real bobby dazzler

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May7 Sat 24-Jul-21 17:23:34

When I was gossiping with Nosey Parker yesterday he told me that peeping Tom had had his eye poked

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MissAdventure Sat 24-Jul-21 17:30:06

Who's the nice one? Cyril?

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FarNorth Sat 24-Jul-21 19:09:35

Ah, well, we're all Jock Tamson's bairns.

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MissAdventure Sat 24-Jul-21 19:12:09

Crikey o'Reilly!
So we are!

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Greenfinch Sat 24-Jul-21 20:48:59

If nobody did it it must have been Old Nick.

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Chewbacca Sat 24-Jul-21 21:54:50

I'd ask Simon but he's a bit simple.....

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