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mrsmopp Fri 20-Sep-13 10:09:24

Are my seams straight?
Are you courting?
We're going steady.
He's so square.
It's a shotgun wedding.
Ooh, he sends me! (About a pop star)
See you later Alligator!

whenim64 Fri 20-Sep-13 10:26:41

Dig that music.
Fab!
Who are those cats over there?
I've chucked him!
Going out dancing.
Petting.
Smooching.
Went all the way.

Ha ha! What a lovely thread. smile

mrsmopp Fri 20-Sep-13 10:37:36

Necking.
He's two timing me.

KatyK Fri 20-Sep-13 11:20:49

In the days when we used to send letters -

SWALK

Postman, postman don't go slow, go like Elvis, go man go

whenim64 Fri 20-Sep-13 11:35:32

Cool it.
Crazy, man!
Hip.
Going to see a film at the flicks.
Ciao, baby! (that was when I chucked him!) grin

feetlebaum Fri 20-Sep-13 11:56:22

It's all right - it's one of ours...
TTFN
I go... I coom back.
After you, Claude... no ,after You Cecil...
You should use stronger elastic...
Not you Mama, siddown!

Poppikok Fri 20-Sep-13 12:18:59

Anybody got two ten shilling notes for a pound?smile

annodomini Fri 20-Sep-13 12:23:49

'Are you dancing?'
'Are you asking?'

'Come on snake, let's wriggle.'

mrsmopp Fri 20-Sep-13 12:25:52

Hit parade.
LPs. EPs 45rpm
Do you listen to the Light Programme or the Home Service?

kittylester Fri 20-Sep-13 12:40:04

See you in the coffee bar wearing my sloppy Joe!

yogagran Fri 20-Sep-13 13:07:59

"I've got the curse"

Zengran Fri 20-Sep-13 13:26:36

Far out man!

annodomini Fri 20-Sep-13 13:43:38

Picture House.

KatyK Fri 20-Sep-13 15:19:39

Round these parts if your underskirt was showing someone would shout 'Charlie's dead'

Lona Fri 20-Sep-13 15:55:16

Sorry, I'm washing my hair on ......

annodomini Fri 20-Sep-13 16:18:19

We would say that too Katy or else 'it's raining in Paris'.

AlieOxon Fri 20-Sep-13 17:08:29

Your show's slippin'.....

'Air ye dancin?' - 'Naw, it's just the way I'm stannin' '

AlieOxon Fri 20-Sep-13 17:09:16

'In a while, crocodile'

LizG Fri 20-Sep-13 17:11:45

Keynsham spelled K..E..Y..N..S..H..A..M. Never thought that one day I would live near it.

KatyK Fri 20-Sep-13 17:30:42

Oh yes - what was that Keynsham thing now? Was it something to do with winning a prize?

wisewoman Fri 20-Sep-13 17:55:18

Postman, postman, do not tarry
Take this to the one I'll marry

mrsmopp Fri 20-Sep-13 17:56:42

Can't talk any more - the pips have gone.
Putt more pennies in!
No, there's a queue outside the kiosk and its raining!
Pip pip pip pip

Press button A when the caller answers
press button B to get your money back.

mrsmopp Fri 20-Sep-13 17:58:21

It's snowing down south = your slip is showing.

I've laddered my nylons!

wisewoman Fri 20-Sep-13 18:00:58

My father: "Why do you need to talk to friends on the phone - you only saw them an hour ago" What on earth would he think nowadays as teenagers are surgically attached to theirs?

FlicketyB Fri 20-Sep-13 18:21:22

Keynsham, wasn't it Horace Batchelor(?) and his football tips, or was it racing? He had adverts on Radio Luxembourg.