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Anyone know this one?

My mum used to call the children in the family "Mickey Drippin" - where does that come from I wonder.  Is it all about wet nappies I wonder??? I wouldn't advise looking it up on the net - I just did and got some very nasty answers :(
 
hi kate

i,ve heard that expression, and what it means ,
really your on the thick side not very clever and slow
comes from the other expression ., wet behind the ears .
has we are made up of watercontent . there,s no brains in your head
 
Astonian, I bet you have heard of ..."What do you think this is....The Dewdrop Inn"
Well their was a Dewdrop Store which was owned by Ansells Brewery and when I think where I put it I will post a pic
 
Hi Crom;;
             You have got my brain into gear now .and I shall not sleep until I come up with the answer,  I do know that there was - or still is a Dewdrop Inn, somewhere, knowing you you'll beat me to it , i just know it , I can just visualise the name now
 
O.C. said:
Astonian, I bet you have heard of ..."What do you think this is....The Dewdrop Inn"
Well their was a Dewdrop Store which was owned by Ansells Brewery and when I think where I put it I will post a pic
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Just a play on words surely...Dewdrop Inn - Do drop in ?

A dewdrop was a snotty nose when I was a kid.
 
I don,t know if this was made up when i was a kid or not... Gob a rock face ... Or if you weren,t bothered ..i couldn,t care a kippers dick. My mom used to say the both.
 
postie said:
If my Mom was talking about one of the women in our street and didn't want me to know who it was, she would refer to her as Fanny Flanackerpan.
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Fred Fanackerpan was the subject of a song by the late Gracie Fields, which tells of her Beau meeting the family for tea: [FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]"There were aunties and uncles and loads of strawberry jam, All waiting to welcome Fred Fanackerpan." The song ends ... "And that was the last we saw of Fred Fanackerpan".

Incidentally, 'Our Gracie' was born Grace Stansfield over her grandmother's fish & chip shop in Molesworth Street, Rochdale.
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Jean - it's basically the same as ''the whole nine-yards'' ......... 'dressed to the nines' originally meant a full suit of clothes; which took approx' nine yards of material. A sign of affluence etc.
 
A couple I can throw in: "the back of beyond" and "face like fourpence" !!! Don't know where these came from but my mum used them a lot. Viv.
 
I can remember my mom saying of someone, If his brains were made of dynamite, he wouldnt have enough to blow his cap off.
 
For some reason I remember "Pig in a Poke" but have no idea what it means and when it was used. A wild guess is maybe it's someting to do with a small place ? Viv.
 
A poke is a sack or bag. Used in the context'do not buy a pig in a poke',It means don't buy anything without seeing it first.
 
TOPSYTURVEY said:
I don,t know if this was made up when i was a kid or not... Gob a rock face ... Or if you weren,t bothered ..i couldn,t care a kippers dick. My mom used to say the both.
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another one i use is i couldnt give a monkeys uncle as well as your saying there i couldnt care a kippers dick showing not to be bothered god only knows where these strange sayings originate from
 
Lloyd I often wondered if Gracie was related to Lisa Stansfield as she too had a great voice and was born in Rochdale. I remember it as fanny Fanackerpan if you were all 'dolled up'.
 
Carolynn said:
Lloyd I often wondered if Gracie was related to Lisa Stansfield as she too had a great voice and was born in Rochdale. I remember it as fanny Fanackerpan if you were all 'dolled up'.
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According to the "Rockin Rochdale" website (!)
"Lisa Stansfield - True of False? Lisa is related to Gracie Fields whose real name was Grace Stansfield. False. Lisa and Gracie are not related, but Lisa does own a studio called "Gracielands".
 
hi guys
when i was a little whipper snapper growing up and when i used to asked my mother
where is dad ; her replie was gone to meet fanny by gas light; and then she used to say in the next breath
down the pub ; with is fluesies [ the golden cross ] they are right old brarmers ;
and then its her down the out door on rocky lane ;
have a nice day every body best wishes astonion ;;
 
G G Jean said:
Any obnoxious person my dad would call a varmant or varment. Can anyone spell it correctly please. Jean.
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There you are Jean


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varment - any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyotevarmint
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
 
Jean i don,t remember varment but varlet is an old english word meaning knave. Dek Just seen Alfs post thanks Alf
 
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