tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post5179372346612494145..comments2024-01-27T18:57:44.721+00:00Comments on Resistant But Persistent: A casual remarkSharon Longworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120227975152565893noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-26923083910183219652010-12-25T07:38:46.964+00:002010-12-25T07:38:46.964+00:00My kids are probably tired of all my sayings,most ...My kids are probably tired of all my sayings,most past down from my Mum and her Mum before her. <br />'Don't cast a clout till May goes out!' whenever they are tempted to wear thin clothes in Springtime.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-17841672215113074382010-09-19T18:40:36.035+01:002010-09-19T18:40:36.035+01:00My grandmother used to say "You are nuttier t...My grandmother used to say "You are nuttier than a damn squirrel". Every time I hear the word "nuts" or even see a squirrel I think of her.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-38034689489638783212010-09-19T03:44:15.923+01:002010-09-19T03:44:15.923+01:00All said and done kids always know what is going ...All said and done kids always know what is going to come next ....'Ok Mum, I know what you're going to say'Haddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573906991666088642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-12323053717465527722010-09-18T17:13:44.757+01:002010-09-18T17:13:44.757+01:00I suspect that my entire conversation with the wor...I suspect that my entire conversation with the world comprises phrases sewn together to make sentences. I'd cringe if I saw it in print.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-75017092495155418132010-09-17T23:16:02.350+01:002010-09-17T23:16:02.350+01:00whoops - should have read she was more crude. Mea ...whoops - should have read she was more crude. Mea culpa.....<br />You are both less crude and more eloquent, better, cleverer, and very much more beautiful.Philip Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164671362164285231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-2001906154492536042010-09-17T22:43:25.382+01:002010-09-17T22:43:25.382+01:00Me nana used to say "shite and fall back in i...Me nana used to say "shite and fall back in it" when frustrated. God, she had a way with words. As do you. But a lot less crude and a lot more eloquent.Philip Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164671362164285231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-41974571664589425822010-09-17T10:04:46.810+01:002010-09-17T10:04:46.810+01:00We used to have a dear lady who 'did'.
Her...We used to have a dear lady who 'did'.<br />Her stock phrase - come what- was:<br />'Ne'er mind! Can't be 'elped! Be a'right!'<br /> A most useful phrase which we have adopted.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-20802425922737853862010-09-16T22:42:57.479+01:002010-09-16T22:42:57.479+01:00We have phrases in our family that now get an endi...We have phrases in our family that now get an ending "as my mum's old dad used to say". As in "this won't buy the baby a new bonnet or sell his old one. As my mum's old dad used to say". As I get older I treasure these. Even though I never knew my mum's old dad.<br /><br />I love the image of you with your nan. Lovely.Bagladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997388396773480963noreply@blogger.com