tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post1390651137293876625..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Just sayings...Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-3030903343609940072010-06-13T10:59:23.760+01:002010-06-13T10:59:23.760+01:00"Those who can .. do .. Those who cant, becom..."Those who can .. do .. Those who cant, become either Teachers or Politicians" ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-37295973467019170862010-06-12T20:46:38.323+01:002010-06-12T20:46:38.323+01:00"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow..."You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear" ... good advice to Prezza on the reason he gave for accepting a Peerage ..<br /><br />Another piece of advice for Politicians .. "If if's & buts were apples and nuts .. a greedy fellow could fill his guts" ..<br /><br />And from my Armed Forces days .. "ABC" (all been changed) .. and "ABCBA" (all been changed back again) ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-67069854942637630322010-06-12T16:27:36.766+01:002010-06-12T16:27:36.766+01:00"Penny wise, pound foolish."
"He w..."Penny wise, pound foolish."<br /><br />"He who pays the piper calls the tune"Mrs Rigbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896765062231309345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-88528610180628415762010-06-12T15:06:35.218+01:002010-06-12T15:06:35.218+01:00'A bird in the hand shits on your wrist'
...'A bird in the hand shits on your wrist'<br /><br />'The early worm gets caught by the bird'<br /><br />'"Should" is good, "is" is better'<br /><br />'Look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves'<br /><br />'Always go to the toilet before your leave the pub'Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-48381041150256497652010-06-12T04:08:55.010+01:002010-06-12T04:08:55.010+01:00Good to see they haven't all been forgotten!
...Good to see they haven't all been forgotten!<br /><br />It;'s easy to see why Socialists would like them gone. Too much common sense in there.<br /><br />Let's get them back into use. <br /><br />Bill Sticker - I suspect that might come from when people kept their own pig in the garden and when it was big enough, a certain gentleman would call. Not that long ago, really.<br /><br />It wouldn't work now. The slaughterman would be arrested for carrying a knife.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-53571301395634732572010-06-12T01:40:16.685+01:002010-06-12T01:40:16.685+01:00Re; Anonymous 11 June 2010 19:03
"Leading yo...Re; Anonymous 11 June 2010 19:03<br /><br />"Leading you up the garden path", the second half of which is; "to have your throat cut."<br /><br />Grisly, but apposite.Bill Stickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285528897339442436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-21452373468773080752010-06-12T00:38:56.713+01:002010-06-12T00:38:56.713+01:00My favourites are;
Living well is the best reveng...My favourites are;<br /><br />Living well is the best revenge.<br /><br />Eat, drink and make merry for tomorrow we die.<br /><br />Like a cow handling a musket.<br /><br />My old mum used to quote this rhyme all the time when I was little;<br /><br />'If all the world was paper and all the seas were ink and all the trees were bread and cheese, what would we have to drink?'<br /><br />Years later I realised she was clearly insane and had her sectioned.Griblettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-26096651592557529452010-06-11T23:25:33.691+01:002010-06-11T23:25:33.691+01:00"You can't teach a pig to sing - it frust..."You can't teach a pig to sing - it frustrates you and annoys the pig"Dioclesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139646438543954337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-35495989486736820902010-06-11T21:17:57.462+01:002010-06-11T21:17:57.462+01:00Let's hope the LibCons aren't "Penny ...Let's hope the LibCons aren't "Penny wise, pound foolish."<br /><br />WV = cidhoonshangemallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-61208851282694796982010-06-11T19:21:49.479+01:002010-06-11T19:21:49.479+01:00Dear Mr Leg-iron
Our New Utopian Socialist Societ...Dear Mr Leg-iron<br /><br />Our New Utopian Socialist Society has its own take on our proverbs:<br /><br />With sticks and stones we'll break your bones because your words have hurt us, at least a little bit.<br /><br />And for the passionately Utopian:<br /><br />With sticks and stones we'll break your bones because we think that someone else might have taken offence at your words had she (or he) heard them, and even if he (or she) had heard them but expressly stated s/he was not offended, we think they ought to have been.<br /><br />DPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-7624669445942381642010-06-11T19:05:16.727+01:002010-06-11T19:05:16.727+01:00I've never quite been able to work out why, if...I've never quite been able to work out why, if you are supposed to "look before you leap," then "he who hesitates is lost" and "the early bird gets the worm" into the bargain! Sounds like someone's fibbing .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-77019513961721410872010-06-11T19:03:50.053+01:002010-06-11T19:03:50.053+01:00'Leading you up the garden path'.'Leading you up the garden path'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-9307757849595024882010-06-11T15:05:13.355+01:002010-06-11T15:05:13.355+01:00A friend of mine was in the car with her mother on...A friend of mine was in the car with her mother one day, when someone pulled out in front of her. Forgetting her mother was sitting in the back, let alone that she was a retired Salvation Army Captain, she broke out into a stream of abuse, eff words, the lot! Catching her mother's eye in the rear view mirror, she blushed bright red and apologised profusely. Mother promptly said: 'Needs must when the Devil drives."sixtypoundsaweekcleanernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-72824518817827765062010-06-11T13:38:37.404+01:002010-06-11T13:38:37.404+01:00"After all is said and done, there's a lo..."After all is said and done, there's a lot more said than done."Caedmon's Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804296312549298845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-28718722105016052092010-06-11T13:27:20.735+01:002010-06-11T13:27:20.735+01:00Here's two from my Army days...
"Always ...Here's two from my Army days...<br /><br />"Always expect the worst, then everything else is a bonus..."<br /><br />and, for me, an important one.<br /><br />"Never ask anyone else to do something you are not prepared to do yourself."Anthonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-48719395720583841852010-06-11T12:57:38.797+01:002010-06-11T12:57:38.797+01:00Here are two which mean the same thing:
Many a mi...Here are two which mean the same thing:<br /><br />Many a mickle makes a muckle<br /><br />Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.<br /><br /><br /><br />Labour heeded neither..........Billy Blofeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02973682006107803539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-20333537367943133332010-06-11T12:38:56.303+01:002010-06-11T12:38:56.303+01:00"all fur coats and nae knickers" which s..."all fur coats and nae knickers" which seems to sum up our style-obsessed but substance-free society.<br /><br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-80852876408885843252010-06-11T12:24:38.541+01:002010-06-11T12:24:38.541+01:00Handsome is as handsome does...
And then there...Handsome is as handsome does...<br /><br />And then there's Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby and Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid - thanks to Giolla for reminding me of these two ladies :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-4121700592563924922010-06-11T12:01:14.600+01:002010-06-11T12:01:14.600+01:00Haven't heard this one for a while;
"per...Haven't heard this one for a while;<br /><br />"perhaps we should give power to labour, I mean, how can they be worse than the tories?"<br /><br />Didn't vote for them myself, but I did have high hopes, oh so long ago...<br /><br />A VERY long ime ago, it feels likeGendeaunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-72845211667462006312010-06-11T11:56:41.070+01:002010-06-11T11:56:41.070+01:00"do unto others as you'd have done unto y..."do unto others as you'd have done unto yourself"?<br /><br />One our glorious leaders seem completely unaware ofGiollahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506590396277806919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-14923162329511891542010-06-11T11:32:52.888+01:002010-06-11T11:32:52.888+01:00"Many hands make light work"
To which t..."Many hands make light work"<br /><br />To which the riposte was<br /><br />"Too many cooks spoil the broth"<br /><br />And then there's<br /><br />"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"<br /><br />I'm sure I can think of many more.Frank Davishttp://frank-davis.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-56885750773490742672010-06-11T10:37:59.909+01:002010-06-11T10:37:59.909+01:00Classic one for the government "Do as I say, ...Classic one for the government "Do as I say, not as I do".<br /><br /><a href="http://www.learn-english-today.com/Proverbs/proverbs_A-K.html" rel="nofollow">More phrases and proverbs</a><br /><br />I grew up with both my mum and my nan spouting proverbs at me all day. My nan was German, so I got it two languages when I was a kid!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165615283953837706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-84165186577407251792010-06-11T09:40:36.840+01:002010-06-11T09:40:36.840+01:00Mine are non PC.
"Like looking for a nigger ...Mine are non PC.<br /><br />"Like looking for a nigger in a wood pile." I made the mistake of using that in a factory in Florida to describe an intractable engineering problem. I was lucky not to be frogged marched off the premises. But hey it's an every day phrase.Disenfranchised of Buckinghamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-20862845532151095542010-06-11T09:05:45.630+01:002010-06-11T09:05:45.630+01:00"Ne'er cast a clout 'til May be out&q..."Ne'er cast a clout 'til May be out" - climate changers seem to have forgotten that one ;)<br /><br />http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/till-may-is-out.htmlSnakeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-73918018073060462152010-06-11T08:54:56.810+01:002010-06-11T08:54:56.810+01:00There used to be commonly-known sayings. There use...<i>There used to be commonly-known sayings. There used to be an awful lot of them. Somewhere along the line they have dropped out of use and the world has become a greyer place for their loss.</i><br /><br />Perhaps you refer to the "Gods of the copybook headings"?Garethnoreply@blogger.com