Pearls of Wisdom aka "stating the obvious"

[bungarra]

A few I grew up hearing:
" He wouldn't work in an iron lung"
" I am busier than one armed brick layer in Beirut"
" He wouldn't know if he was Arthur or Martha"
" Quicker than a rat up a drain pipe"
" Couple of snags short of a BBQ"

[Vincenzo]

Originally Posted by damo76

There was one she used to say if i asked for money she would reply with something about a begger, maybe one of you would know that one.

The only thing that comes to mind is beggars can't be choosers. She may have given you $1 where you asked for $2.

Originally Posted by castellan

I goes without saying.

As a comment - strange

As a word of wisdom - it used to frustrate the hell out of me as a kid when someone said it because I "wanted" them to say it.

Originally Posted by batman 105 e

Colder than a witches tit.
Hungry enough to eat the crotch out of a low flying duck.

Love these two, I used to wonder as a kid if it could freeze water.

Hungry enough to eat a horse and chase the rider!

Originally Posted by supershifty

I always liked the cockney rhyming slang: Dog and bone = phone, Cheers and kisses = Mrs etc.

Billy lids - kids
Frog and Toad - road

Originally Posted by Keiron

Children should be seen and not heard

Growing up this used to get me into so much trouble, when I would politely ask why?

Originally Posted by bungarra

A few I grew up hearing:
" He wouldn't work in an iron lung"
" I am busier than one armed brick layer in Beirut"
" He wouldn't know if he was Arthur or Martha"
" Quicker than a rat up a drain pipe"
" Couple of snags short of a BBQ"

This is a perfect example of my original posting. I was an adult before I knew what an iron lung was and what it was used for.

I love how the Monty Python boys used "faster than a rat up an aquaduct" in the life of brian.

Cheers Vincenzo

[castellan]

Originally Posted by castellan

I goes without saying.

It goes without saying.

[castellan]

Billy Connerly says this a lot, something that starts with ? and then off !
I seen him say that there is no english substitute that quite has the same emphasis, it has that sertain ring to it and that, go away. does not cut it at all.
Be gone.
Vamoose.
Who started that word was it the aussies ?

Get ------ ?
Get nicked, is that right ?

As nowadays words can mean diffrent things, even totaly diffrent like the word sick, wicked, gay, are totaly out of contence to what they once were.

Talking to young people especialy the political correct brainwashed ones are near imposable to talk to as they have no idea and get totaly of track and start ranting and raving like an imbecile.

A mate got offended over his dad calling him Boy on his death bed and mate had no idea what his dad ment at all, he was realy upset because he thought his old man looked down on him but he had just forgoten the meaning of what his dad was convaying, his love for his boy! because my mate in his job he has to be totaly PC, it's like a nazi camp, so if you go out side of what is demanded of you, you will suffer the consequences very harshly indeed even to the point you will never work again in that industry. it's a total moronic nazi mob mentality of madness.

Gidday we aussies were a very forgiving casual calm level headed people who could roll with the punches once. now we will try to sue for anything as we are so precious.

So Pearls of Wisdom ? or stating the obvious be ok in the new PC world ?

[Vincenzo]

Originally Posted by castellan

Billy Connerly says this a lot, something that starts with ? and then off

If you are referring to the "F" word it is Germanic in it's origins and about 300 or 400 years old, thats all I can remember. And yes, I agree there are times when no other word can be substituted.

Cheers Vincenzo