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Post by Sayings on May 23, 2007 8:57:44 GMT
My Granny always says that to me.... and my dad tooo,aswell as "Money doesn't grow on trees"
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Post by janpete on May 23, 2007 9:21:18 GMT
Might no be an old saying but whenever i say to my dad 'Hi dad you alright?' he says if was alright i wouldnt be here. He makes me laugh he loves it really horses, horses oh and more horses!!
'up the apples and pears' 'put the wood in the whole'
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Post by typical on May 23, 2007 10:22:10 GMT
Money can't buy you friends (to which I reply no, but it buys you a better class of enemy ) Money can't buy you happiness (generally it is people like me that have none thanks to horses that say it-how often to multi millionaires say this!)
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Post by armada on May 23, 2007 10:44:00 GMT
Heres a few I've heard my mum and gran come out with. 'He throws money around like a man with no arms', as that refers to a big spender, I've never quite got that one as surely a man with no arms cant throw it around!
'More money than sense'.
'You'll cut your own throat one day' said when I've made a sharp comment.
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Post by abe on May 23, 2007 11:26:04 GMT
my mum always says "a blind man would be glad to see that" whenever i made a fuss over a small cut-I never understood that as surely a bling man would be glad to see anything!?
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Post by pol on May 23, 2007 12:21:52 GMT
You can lead a horse to water ..........
And he'll probably slosh it all over you, staining your best show jods with mank and slime from some dubious looking manky water trough that seems to inhabit most show grounds.
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Post by lucinda craven on May 23, 2007 14:03:12 GMT
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Post by blackknight nli on May 23, 2007 14:07:22 GMT
Well said Lucinda!!
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Post by lolly on May 23, 2007 14:18:50 GMT
'What goes around, comes around' and I think it does
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Post by i agree on May 23, 2007 14:27:29 GMT
Lolly how true is that saying i try very hard to do right by people not because I'm good, because i am scared of the consequences
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Post by not logged in on May 23, 2007 14:45:39 GMT
Many years ago I worked for a short time for a well know show jumper.
He always said "be nice to everyone on your way up....you will have to look them in the eye on your way down!"
My Mother drilled into her offspring the following pearl of wisdom: Your life lies before you like new, untrodden snow. Be careful how you walk it - as every step will show!
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Post by thingy on May 23, 2007 15:16:21 GMT
Costs as much to keep a bad un as a good un (how true)
Layors for meddlers,and crutches for lame ducks, (useless items)
As old as my tonge, but a little older than my teeth, (like this one)
More chiefs than indians (most show societies)
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Post by Me again on May 23, 2007 15:24:54 GMT
"All the gear, no idea" usually in SJ circles. "Stopped a pig in an entry" - bandy legged! "Face like a smacked ar$e" - one is somewhat disenchanted!
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Post by old one on May 23, 2007 18:05:31 GMT
Careless talk costs lives.
Walls have ears
Be like Dad - keep Mum
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Post by papahotchie on May 23, 2007 18:22:17 GMT
"As useful as a chocolate teapot".....
"Can talk the hind leg of a donkey...
"If the going gets tough, go shopping!!!" .....my favourite one!
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Post by Always the Optimist on May 23, 2007 18:55:02 GMT
Hope this isn't too riske, but my personal fave is: "You can't polish a t*rd" ....oh, so true
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Post by chip on May 23, 2007 18:55:24 GMT
My mother used to say You never know your luck in a dark corner ( never knew what she ment by that)
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Post by janpete nli on May 23, 2007 19:29:34 GMT
if you havent got anything good to say, dont say nothing at all!
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Post by Scotland nli on May 23, 2007 20:58:21 GMT
My Mum always says "What's for you will not go by you"
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Post by Admin on May 23, 2007 21:04:48 GMT
My old fella used to say" Do unto others before they do unto you"
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Post by these are mine on May 23, 2007 21:10:25 GMT
when someone can't find something we use - up my bum in a matchbox
as much use as a fart in a colander, or as much use as a chocolate fire guard
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Post by Late on May 23, 2007 21:14:53 GMT
"Shee'l be late for her own funeral that one" My grandad says it as time keeping is not really my thing!
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Post by overatdaknee on May 23, 2007 21:15:28 GMT
I've often regretted my speech- but never my silence.
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Post by Ultimate on May 23, 2007 21:25:25 GMT
The ultimate saying has to be "plenty more fish in the sea" and normally it is said at really bad times and everyone will confess to having used it!
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Post by cath on May 23, 2007 21:55:11 GMT
The ultimate saying has to be "plenty more fish in the sea" and normally it is said at really bad times and everyone will confess to having used it! my Dad use to say, if your not in bed for midnight, come home!!!!!! I was about 20 when i heard him say it, and i could not believe my ears......I am 45 now, and i wish !!!!!
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Post by yougotit on May 23, 2007 21:57:17 GMT
ok not an old one as such but by current fave - how often does it ring true! 'All the gear & no idea'
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Post by meanie on May 23, 2007 22:52:13 GMT
"if my dog was as ugly as that/him/her I'd shave its ar$e and walk it backwards"
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Post by flashthecash on May 23, 2007 23:00:00 GMT
"no foot, no orse" how true is that! "reep what you sow" "fur coat, no knickers" "mutton dressed as lamb"
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Post by whats up on May 24, 2007 6:53:38 GMT
a badly organised person - they couldn't organise a p*ss up in a brewery
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Post by My favs on May 24, 2007 7:03:14 GMT
''Too many cooks spoil..... ''If you cant stand the heat............get out 'dont cut your nose off to spite your face'' you got to be init to win it When some one looks mad, a friend of mine quite often says .... she looks like a bulldog chewing a wasp!' Good things come in small packages for men that drive big cars/speed/generaly pose, my mum always says. oh look he has small man complex!
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