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| Thread ID: 150953 | 2022-10-20 02:09:00 | Do you remember this saying? Then you must be old! | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1488964 | 2022-10-20 02:09:00 | I came across this just recently and remembered it from my childhood in the 50s: A wigwam for a goose's bridle. A wigwam for a goose's bridle is a phrase, meaning something absurd or a nonsense object, or latterly "none of your business". It is an old English phrase from the United Kingdom which later found particular favour in Australia, where its first recorded use is in 1917, and also in New Zealand. It is a saying that I had forgotten about until I heard someone mention a bridle and it set the cogs of the old brain whirring. So, do you remember the saying? If so you must have a few years behind you. I remember my father, when I asked what something was, he would reply, with a grin, "A wigwam for a goose's bridle," so I was still none the wiser.:waughh: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1488965 | 2022-10-20 02:15:00 | I think you've done that one before Roscoe :) Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1488966 | 2022-10-20 02:55:00 | My Mum (bless her soul) used to use that phrase, frequently :) | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1488967 | 2022-10-20 04:16:00 | I think you've done that one before Roscoe :) Ken No, I don't think so, Ken. If I had, the repeat police (Bevy, I believe) would have swooped by now, but not a sausage.:rolleyes: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1488968 | 2022-10-20 05:35:00 | No, I don't think so, Ken. If I had, the repeat police (Bevy, I believe) would have swooped by now, but not a sausage.:rolleyes: Sorry, Bevy. I made a mistake. My apologies. I should have said baabits. He's the repeat police. I do beg your pardon.:blush: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1488969 | 2022-10-20 11:01:00 | Do you also remember the reply when kids asked adults where they were going? "Up the boo-aye (sp?) shooting Pukekos with a long handled shovel?" ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1488970 | 2022-10-20 19:34:00 | Yep, got that one as well Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1488971 | 2022-10-20 22:13:00 | Do you also remember the reply when kids asked adults where they were going? "Up the boo-aye (sp?) shooting Pukekos with a long handled shovel?" ;) Definitely remember up the boo aye :lol: but not the Pukeko one. |
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