Favourite sayings
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Marc Meakin
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Favourite sayings
Mine is : " There is no such thing as bad weather , only inappropriate clothing "
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Adam Gillard
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Re: Favourite sayings
Hoping someone can help me here and that I haven't imagined this. There's a saying about someone being stingy or uncaring that goes something like "wouldn't [__] [__] for their grandmother". Does anyone know what I'm talking about and can help me fill in the blanks?
Mike Brown: "Round 12: T N R S A E I G U
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
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Gavin Chipper
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Re: Favourite sayings
There's the one about selling your own grandmother.
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Adam Gillard
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Re: Favourite sayings
Thanks Gevin, that might be the one I'm thinking of actually, although it doesn't encapsulate the stingy / uncaring attributes that I was thinking of.
Mike Brown: "Round 12: T N R S A E I G U
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
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Callum Todd
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Re: Favourite sayings
Think there's also one where if somebody might ask a favour of somebody you could say 'they wouldn't even do that for their own grandmother'. Implying there are stingy/uncaring/lazy/selfish.
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Adam Gillard
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Re: Favourite sayings
Nice one, I think that's it!Callum Todd wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:57 am Think there's also one where if somebody might ask a favour of somebody you could say 'they wouldn't even do that for their own grandmother'. Implying there are stingy/uncaring/lazy/selfish.
Mike Brown: "Round 12: T N R S A E I G U
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
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Paul Anderson
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Re: Favourite sayings
Wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire?
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Fred Mumford
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Re: Favourite sayings
That's a terrible saying, as I am not sure which option is worse.
Two I like are " yes Mrs Lincoln, but apart from that did you enjoy the play?" and "about as much use as a snooze button on a smoke alarm".
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Paul Anderson
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Re: Favourite sayings
Ha, at least it's catchy, unlike your Mrs Lincoln one, whatever that means...sounds awfully parochial
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Marc Meakin
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Re: Favourite sayings
One saying that's becoming more commonplace is 'waiting for the other shoe to drop'
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Fred Mumford
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Re: Favourite sayings
The reference is to Abraham Lincoln's assassination in a theatre, so you can probably deduce when to use it from that.Paul Anderson wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 12:53 pm Ha, at least it's catchy, unlike your Mrs Lincoln one, whatever that means...sounds awfully parochial
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Paul Anderson
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Re: Favourite sayings
Ah get ya now
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Re: Favourite sayings
My favourite saying is 'Hi Christy, I'd like to invite you for a phone audition for Countdown'- that was really fun to hear 
EDIT- My new favourite saying is 'you have passed your audition'!
EDIT- My new favourite saying is 'you have passed your audition'!