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It really gets up my goat!

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Anne58 Fri 20-Sept-13 01:26:09

Damn, I've just coughed and laughed myself into a..................

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Anne58 Fri 20-Sept-13 00:57:53

Oh, I'd almost forgotten the "tender hooks" ! And, of course the being "pacific" !smile

Then of course there is the husband of a friend who will say "when will they have the mouse to realise.........

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feetlebaum Thu 19-Sept-13 21:44:35

Hylda Baker was the governor at this sort of thing - the woman who was in hospital to have 'a hysterical rectumy' for example. (Or as Dame Edna might have put it 'in the hozzy for a hizzy'.)

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petallus Thu 19-Sept-13 21:04:34

He's got prostrate trouble!

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whenim64 Thu 19-Sept-13 20:32:10

To be pacific I'm on tender hooks! grin

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Gorki Thu 19-Sept-13 20:21:54

I didn't know this absent. Our friend was obviously wiser than he knew as he has absolutely no knowledge of computers grin

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absent Thu 19-Sept-13 20:06:03

Gorki I think state of the Ark is a modern play on words applied to computers and software that are more than about one year old.

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Gorki Thu 19-Sept-13 20:03:57

State of the Ark (or arc)

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Ana Thu 19-Sept-13 19:43:59

Or fowl - which is really quite funny!

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Ana Thu 19-Sept-13 19:43:14

One foul swoop.

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Greatnan Thu 19-Sept-13 19:39:46

Tow the line.

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feetlebaum Thu 19-Sept-13 19:36:51

My wife #1 announced 'I'm not green behind the ears you know!

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absent Thu 19-Sept-13 19:32:08

It turned out to be a damp squid.

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Anne58 Thu 19-Sept-13 19:27:31

And other mis-quoted sayings!

I worked with someone who would say "Well, of course, it's catch 2" NO IT IS'NT, IT's CATCH 22!

Also "The proof is in the pudding" Actually, it's "the proof of the pudding is in the eating"

Then there was the chap who would refer to young "whippet snappers" (Perhaps I should have reported him to the RSPCA?) and another who once remarked that some such action resulted in "a human cry" (Took a minute or so to realise he meant "a hue and cry"

Please share yours, unless of course it's just me......

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