#54

Needs to be unhooked from the Gold Standard and upgraded then. Tut tut.

#56

I guess it’s fallen out of use recently. I wonder why.

doesn’t imply there was a drop off in use. I guess there’s been some more recent phrase that seems more apt?

Reminds me of quicksand and how until maybe the mid-90s it was just a thing that was big in the public consciousness as a concept of a bad thing. Obviously it’s in Neverending story but I recall it being used in tea time shows and in cartoons still in the 80s. And then…gone, no one cares. I guess zombies took over and now they’ve almost gone…

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#57

File to: films that don’t exist thread

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#58

See also:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schitt's_Creek

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#59

“Christ on a bicycle” and “Hell’s teeth” were regular expressions my late Uncle used which I realised I’ve picked up when I used the latter recently and received… looks. I’m sure I’ve heard them used elsewhere but they certainly don’t seem to be hugely common

#60

“Lets belly up to the brass”- when my father wants me and my brother to meet him out for drinks.

“little bubber” my mom uses to describe my nephew.

“Whats up blood?” my uncle every time he sees me or my brother.

#61

I’ve never heard Christ on a bicycle, but Christ on a bike was pretty common when I was growing up and I’ve probably used it too.

^^^ Never heard of these but find it interesting it’s in Wikipedia thanks to this!

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#62

Is your uncle a G?

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#63

Haha, no. Its meant as what up blood, as in blood relative. Its great.

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#64

“I’m voting Tory”

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#65

My dad always says somebody has a jaw like a zookeeper’s boot

#66

Haha. My French teacher used to tell our unruly class “It’s like Billy Bob’s Taproom”

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#67

@aboynamedgoo TOP Oss are actually my second favourite named Dutch football team. Naturally, behind Go Ahead Eagles.

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#68

My parents pronounce duvet as “duh-vette”. Seems trivial but they are always banging on about “duh-vettes” and what tog rating they are, and do we need any more single “duh-vettes” etc.

#69

My da is Scottish so basically everything that comes out of his mouth is weird.

#71

My wife inexplicably does this and she pronounces pizza as “pitza”. No idea why.

#72

My mum says ‘Vac-U-um’ in place of ‘vacuum’.

#73

As said elsewhere, my dad still somehow finds it necessary to talk about CD-ROM but pronounces ROM as Rome.

He also seems to find the name Lauren really hard to say and keeps saying it more Lao-Renn.

He is British and English is very much his subject and he’s taught it and also been a @xylo in a bookshop, so it’s a bit baffling.

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#74

Big star wars fan?

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#76
C:\Rome>

(Blooming distracting daughter telling me Christmas cracker ‘jokes’: What do you call a dog with flowers on its head? A Collie-flower!)

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