Words / Phrases you don't hear anymore - or do you?

[CheeseHead]

36 minutes ago, davieG said:

Are you talking to me?

I'd rather chew a brick than talk to you!

At school it was “Are you talking to me or chewing a brick? Either way you’re gonna get your teeth knocked out!”

[AyewJoking]

On 28/03/2026 at 16:29, Sampson said:

“That’s the badger!”

I use that often

[Nalis]

Turn off the light its like Blackpool illuminations in here

[Trav Le Bleu]

Please 

 

Thank you

 

Excuse me

 

Yes, I am a doddery old fart!

[davieG]

A couple of very crude,  disrespectful and sexist ones in the style of Get you tits out for the lads

 

You don't look at the mantle piece whilst stoking the fire.

 

A favourite of one of my younger team when working - "it was like a sausage up Charles St"- I'll leave you to work out what he meant.

 

[Jon the Hat]

8 hours ago, davieG said:

A couple of very crude,  disrespectful and sexist ones in the style of Get you tits out for the lads

 

You don't look at the mantle piece whilst stoking the fire.

 

A favourite of one of my younger team when working - "it was like a sausage up Charles St"- I'll leave you to work out what he meant.

 

That last one I heard in my student days working at Sainsburys in Wigston.  Took me a minute to work it out then!

[Guest worth_the_wait]

"That's as much use as a fart in a colander"       (variation on the "as much use as a chocolate teapot/fire-guard")

[Parafox]

23 hours ago, davieG said:

A couple of very crude,  disrespectful and sexist ones in the style of Get you tits out for the lads

 

You don't look at the mantle piece whilst stoking the fire.

 

A favourite of one of my younger team when working - "it was like a sausage up Charles St"- I'll leave you to work out what he meant.

 

Either she has a vag like a bucket or he has a tiny penis.