Pigs eyelashes

[bridge too far]

Did anyone else grow up hearing 'Pigs eyelashes and glue' when they asked what was for dinner?

 

Or, when asking what colour something was, being told 'Sky blue pink with a finny anny border'?

 

Or did I just have a weird upbringing

[Poshie72]

I used to get told 'Bread and strtch it' when I asked about dinner??

 

and colour was always 'Sky blue pink with yellow polka dots'???????

 

so no you didnt have a weird upbringing.. unless its just us girls

[Jillyanne]

My nan would always say 'bread and pull it' if I asked what was for dinner. If asking her where something was it was always 'up in nanny's room behind the clock'.

 

I think we have had this conversation before BTF.

[Hatch]

Did anyone else grow up hearing 'Pigs eyelashes and glue' when they asked what was for dinner?

 

 

in many Northern towns that would not be an expression but an actual answer

[bridge too far]

in many Northern towns that would not be an expression but an actual answer

 

LOL well my family did originate in Liverpool

 

Oh and they used to say 'well I go to sea in a rowing boat' if they were surprised about something.

[saint boggy]

when growing up , if i asked what's for tea i got "bread niffits" as a reply :confused: lol

[lettuce]

"It's sawdust and hay for tea today"

 

P.S. I did grow up oop north.

[RonManager]

"It's sawdust and hay for tea today"

 

P.S. I did grow up oop north.

 

Saw dust and hay - you were lucky.

[Fowllyd]

Sky blue pink I remember well, though without the embellishments. When we asked what was for tea, my mum used to say we'd have bread and point. That meant you'd get a slice of bread, and you could point at whatever you wanted to put on it - but you couldn't actually have any.

 

In Newcastle I've heard the expression "Well I'll show me arse in Woolies!" as an expression of (normally fake) amazement.

[Mao Cap]

When I failed to see something that was in plain view, my Mum used to point it out and say "What's that then, Scotch mist?" which I always found confusing.

[krissyboy31]

when growing up , if i asked what's for tea i got "bread niffits" as a reply :confused: lol

 

My missus uses "Iffits". If it's there, you can have it If it's not, you can't! So I presume if it's the same derivative, the n should be 'n' as in and?

[saint_in_munich]

sh!t with sugar on

[Special K]

"How much is that Dad?"

"2 and 6 and a horse**** sandwich, son"

 

Very strange.

[Crouchie Crouchie]

**** with sugar

[EastleighSoulBoy]

My nan would always say 'bread and pull it' if I asked what was for dinner. If asking her where something was it was always 'up in nanny's room behind the clock'.

 

I think we have had this conversation before BTF.

 

Bread and pull it or air pie and windy pud.

[EastleighSoulBoy]

Saw dust and hay - you were lucky.

 

we used to live in 't shoebox in't middle 't road.

[hamster]

Bread and pull it or air pie and windy pud.

 

'Hair Pie' I have heard of ESB, not I hasten to add, on offer from my Nan.

[Hatch]

one i used last night,

 

'Going to see a man about a dog'

[EastleighSoulBoy]

'Hair Pie' I have heard of ESB, not I hasten to add, on offer from my Nan.

 

It's not the cold that's making me shudder this morning!

[Poshie72]

If i asked for something at the shops, the reply I would get was 'How am I supposed to pay fot it, shirt buttons'

[hamster]

I din't grow up in ampsher and loved visiting Nanny Eastleigh (couldn't pronounce 'Drabik') and being called a 'nipper'.

 

My favourite bar none thing that people darn ere say is:

 

"Wah!"

 

Some of yous don't even know that you do it. It's quite endearing you carrot crunching oiks.

[EastleighSoulBoy]

I din't grow up in ampsher and loved visiting Nanny Eastleigh (couldn't pronounce 'Drabik') and being called a 'nipper'.

 

My favourite bar none thing that people darn ere say is:

 

"Wah!"

 

Some of yous don't even know that you do it. It's quite endearing you carrot crunching oiks.

 

I always felt it was a shortening of the exclamation Oooh aaah! But, yes, it

is used a lot by 'proper Eastleigh' people and not the JCLs of the last 20 years or so.

[Fowllyd]

'Hair Pie' I have heard of ESB, not I hasten to add, on offer from my Nan.

 

"Hair Pie" is an instrumental track on Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's classic LP "Trout Mask Replica". Just thought I'd mention that - I like to be helpful.

[hamster]

"Hair Pie" is an instrumental track on Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's classic LP "Trout Mask Replica". Just thought I'd mention that - I like to be helpful.

 

A phrase that I have only ever heard in Eastleigh is to 'spear the bearded clown'. I have not a clue what it means though, but sounds quite cruel, worse than spearing dolphins imho and no I am not being funny, clowns are defencless people just trying to earn a crust(y).

[RonManager]

A phrase that I have only ever heard in Eastleigh is to 'spear the bearded clown'. I have not a clue what it means though, but sounds quite cruel, worse than spearing dolphins imho and no I am not being funny, clowns are defencless people just trying to earn a crust(y).

 

I fear you may have misheard. It was more likely 'spear the bearded clam' (fnarr fnarr), and came from the aussie Barry McKenzie craze that swept through on the back of the introduction of Fosters Lager in the 70s.

 

That was the phrase in Winchester anyway.

[hamster]

I fear you may have misheard. It was more likely 'spear the bearded clam' (fnarr fnarr), and came from the aussie Barry McKenzie craze that swept through on the back of the introduction of Fosters Lager in the 70s.

 

That was the phrase in Winchester anyway.

 

THat is why I said I only ever heard it in EASTLEIGH. Can you no read?! :smt116

 

Only joshing mush.

xx's

[RonManager]

THat is why I said I only ever heard it in EASTLEIGH. Can you no read?! :smt116

 

Only joshing mush.

xx's

 

But I went to Eastleigh Tech so the phrase was definitely used on your patch, but maybe out of your earshot.

[hamster]

But I went to Eastleigh Tech so the phrase was definitely used on your patch, but maybe out of your earshot.

 

Either way, what does it mean?

 

:confused:

[RonManager]

To make love to a lady of the opposite sex.

[Fowllyd]

I fear you may have misheard. It was more likely 'spear the bearded clam' (fnarr fnarr), and came from the aussie Barry McKenzie craze that swept through on the back of the introduction of Fosters Lager in the 70s.

 

That was the phrase in Winchester anyway.

 

I remember that - Barry McKenzie had a fabulous array of terms for various - ahem - bodily functions. He originally appeared as a cartoon strip in Private Eye, written by Barry Humphries and drawn (I think) by Nicholas Garland. Incredibly funny stuff and yes, Barry's favourite tipple was Foster's, which he would drink until he chundered/laughed at the ground/parked a tiger/went the big spit...

[RonManager]

I remember that - Barry McKenzie had a fabulous array of terms for various - ahem - bodily functions. He originally appeared as a cartoon strip in Private Eye, written by Barry Humphries and drawn (I think) by Nicholas Garland. Incredibly funny stuff and yes, Barry's favourite tipple was Foster's, which he would drink until he chundered/laughed at the ground/parked a tiger/went the big spit...

 

..Vegemite sandwiches etc..

 

There was even a movie, I seem to remember 'The Adventures of Barry McKenzie', filmed in Earl's Court, the Aussie enclave in London.

[Fowllyd]

..Vegemite sandwiches etc..

 

There was even a movie, I seem to remember 'The Adventures of Barry McKenzie', filmed in Earl's Court, the Aussie enclave in London.

 

There was indeed, though I never saw it. I'll have to see if my parents still have the two Barry McKenzie books they used to have - collections of the Private Eye cartoons. From recollection, most of Barry's efforts were expended in trying to get a 'Sheila' to 'come across' - something in which, needless to say, he was invariably unsuccessful!

[hamster]

To make love to a lady of the opposite sex.

 

Wah!