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Sticky beak.
The cannon ball holder on a ship was made of brass and was called a monkey. I think it held 3 balls on the bottom row in a triangle with 1 on top.Quote:
Originally Posted by vnx205
When it was cold the monkey would shrink at a lower temp than the balls and the balls would be too big for the monkey and therefore fall off of it.
James
"no within Coo-ee".
"ya dago bastard"
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Originally Posted by Bush65
On the outide looki' in :D
me old man reckoned that I was a life member of the 'Pistol Club'
Drink till Midnight - P-ss til Dawn
and that I was normally fuller than a state school port rack and the old girl reckoned that I was p-ssing me life up the wall;)
When something has gone wrong somewhere: "things are crook in Tullorook".
"Beauty bonza" for excellent.
"Give us a gander" for let me have a look.
"Strike a light" for thats a good idea.
"put a block in the hole" for shut the door.
"were you brought up in a tent" ditto.
"do the block" for tour the Aust mainland,
and also for getting mad at someone or something.
"he's the ant's pants" to describe someone as ideal.
Also "bee's knees" and "duck's guts".
Rovers4
no ones said kick the bucket or **** a brick:o
PS the bird on the biscuit tin is a rosella not a macaw
I use most of those everyday,but I find sayings like 'in the kelvinator" ..."on the blower"..."wheres the bog house"...."cactus"....."its the ducks guts'....."ya bloody galah"....."grinnin like a shot fox"....."come a gutzer'.....theres heaps more I can put here but its when I use them these days I have to explain what I'm saying, If I use the yank crap talk(seppo lingo mate) I can be understood
Where did you tie up your horse?Quote:
Originally Posted by rovers4
was your mother a bubble dancer? was your father a glass blower? your not see through so get out of the way of the telly:)