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24-11-2009, 10:19 PM
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Thanks H, by the way, what does your username translate to, I have difficulty getting the letters in the right order, I find H easier.  |
27-11-2009, 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by posie  Thanks H, by the way, what does your username translate to, I have difficulty getting the letters in the right order, I find H easier. | It's my daughter initials plus one of mine, but H is ok!
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27-11-2009, 10:35 AM
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OK. ..'H' it is... |
28-11-2009, 01:35 AM
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Speaking of Clouts Posie...do you know how the saying "N'er caste a clout 'till May is out" originated? Regards Wizz  |
28-11-2009, 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by loripo It does  I must remember that one...
How about
The spring is sprung
the grass is riz I wonder where the birdies is?
They say the bird is on the wing,
But that's absurd,
because the wing is on the bird!
or Boid if you prefer | My maternal Grandad who hailed from Suffolk used to say this one! (Not that I ever met him, he died before I was born  )
D.
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28-11-2009, 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by wizzo Speaking of Clouts Posie...do you know how the saying "N'er caste a clout 'till May is out" originated? Regards Wizz | Wasn't that discussion begun of p.2 of this thread?
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28-11-2009, 11:14 AM
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Yeah Wizz, you gotta keep up, go to top of page 2 and scroll down and you will see the answerS to that. Ask me another ! ! ....Poe.... |
28-11-2009, 11:50 AM
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| | | Re: Old Sayings,Anecdotes,Related to Wildlife
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Originally Posted by loripo It does I must remember that one...
How about
The spring is sprung
the grass is riz I wonder where the birdies is?
They say the bird is on the wing,
But that's absurd,
because the wing is on the bird!
or Boid if you prefer |
This one's been attributed to Ogden Nash and e e cummings but I can remember Spike Milligan reciting it so I always thought it was one of his but obviously not |
28-11-2009, 01:52 PM
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| | | Re: Old Sayings,Anecdotes,Related to Wildlife
One saying I never seem to get right is ...
"If you see one rook it's a crow"
Or is it the other way round? |
28-11-2009, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Elean0r One saying I never seem to get right is ...
"If you see one rook it's a crow"
Or is it the other way round? | lol! Rooks tend to have much company around them, so you have quoted it correctly E!!
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