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rockgran Tue 28-Jan-14 11:04:38

When I put away the coasters and placemats after a meal I always pick them up in the manner of the countdown hostess and say three from the bottom and two from the top. I just can,t help myself. Also I can,t mention the herb basil with then shouting BASIL! in the manner of Sybil from faulty towers. I can,t be the only one with this sort of habit. Any other confessions?

jcdoh Mon 03-Feb-14 10:37:00

grin - forgot to say thanks to you gransnetters , for these wonderful quips and messages ! bring on the sunshine .

jcdoh Mon 03-Feb-14 10:31:19

oh what a way to start Monday morning !! due to returning home from w/end away !

yes these are what give our lives a giggle; helps keep our gin up; I always did such through out my years-- family favourite -- hommagoblins, for blood, they tried to tell me the right way to pronounce it, and commo- toes, all grown up now! but still laugh!

Flowerofthewest Sun 02-Feb-14 23:33:21

'Speak to me Goose' is another favourite of mine and DHs. From the movie 'Top Gun'

Flowerofthewest Sun 02-Feb-14 23:32:07

I have a real problem with the phrase Predictive Text, it always comes out at Predictive Sex. Has caused many a smile and guffaw.

rockgran Sun 02-Feb-14 19:31:51

Good Grief, Penfold!

KatyK Sun 02-Feb-14 17:49:39

Loved Hilda Baker. Jimmy Jewel in Nearest and Dearest used to call her a knock-kneed knackered old nosebag. DH calls me this sometimes. Charming!

Ana Sun 02-Feb-14 17:45:37

I think Robin (Batman's sidekick) said it, storynanny. I say it too...!

storynanny Sun 02-Feb-14 17:43:45

I always say batman after saying good thinking. Not sure I ever watched batman or whether he ever said good thinking

merlotgran Sun 02-Feb-14 15:25:43

When our Jack Russells chase our moggy we shout, 'Leave the Catalonia' hmm

Grannyknot Sun 02-Feb-14 14:05:05

Ogden' s Nut Gone Flake. It's all coming back now smile

Anne58 Sun 02-Feb-14 02:03:37

Grannyknot I think you might be right, funny cover, Ogdens something?

margaretm74 Sat 01-Feb-14 19:44:16

Oh dear, just finished our meal, went to wash up saying "right said Fred", finished clearing up and DH said "is there any more, mrs moore?" (No, we are not called Moore!)

Coming to the conclusion that SiL is right - we are bonkers.

papaoscar Sat 01-Feb-14 19:44:13

For those interested there's some wonderful stuff on YouTube of Professor Stanley 'Deep-Joy' Unwin, and Hilda Baker, including a duet of her with big Arthur Mullard doing 'You're the one that I want!' From Grease, and the Prof on the old Michael Barrymore show. It had tears rolling down my cheeks, but I'm easily pleased!

petra Sat 01-Feb-14 19:39:27

Kittylester asked if Terry Wogan had lost it. I never thought he had it. He's in the same box as Bruce Forsyth as far as I'm concerned.

Grannyknot Sat 01-Feb-14 18:57:37

Wasn't Stanley Unwin the man who was on the Faces album that also had the number "Wouldn't it be nice, to get on with your neighbours ... " smile

rosesarered Sat 01-Feb-14 18:32:19

A back seat driver Galen ? grin

Galen Sat 01-Feb-14 17:11:13

My mother confused ejection seat with ejaculation seat!

margaretm74 Sat 01-Feb-14 16:51:53

We have a "round tuit" plate somewhere. As we never get a round tuit these days I have packed it away. But we often say it.

kittylester Sat 01-Feb-14 16:47:05

We have a mug with 'More tea vicar' on it. So has a friend whose son was engaged to the vicar's daughter. Since they broke up, she keeps pens in it! grin

margaretm74 Sat 01-Feb-14 16:45:06

Ps this has to be said in a strong NI accent!

KatyK Sat 01-Feb-14 16:43:55

When people are at our house having a cup of tea, DH always says 'more tea vicar?'. Gets some odd looks. Loved Stanley Unwin Gagagran.

margaretm74 Sat 01-Feb-14 16:43:48

Yes, I remember him!

When we were househunting nearly 30 years ago we looked at an absolutely immaculate house, admiring everything as we went round. The householder just kept saying "if it's not right, then my name's not Andy Murray". He was a lovely man , but we were in hysterics and couldn't get out fast enough. Now we often say that if we're satisfied with a task we've done. People think we mean the tennis player, but it was way before he was born!

feetlebaum Sat 01-Feb-14 16:41:21

Hylda Baker used to talk about someone who had been into hoispital for 'a hysterical rectumy' - Les Dawson used that too, in one of the Cissie and Ada dualogues.

feetlebaum Sat 01-Feb-14 16:37:01

I "don't mind if I do" was Colonel Chinstrap's invariable response to what he heard as an invitation to have a drink, in ITMA... Unwin - yes - talking about 'Humphry Littlebold with his woodwiilly of simbrant tone, causing a deep thraucus of the earloads - indeed a great joy. Oh folly!" I have an LP somewhere, called 'Rotatey Diskers with Unwin'...

Gagagran Sat 01-Feb-14 16:11:37

Stanley Unwin would be proud of some of these! Anyone remember him?