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If you were to come to dine at our house and took a seat at the end of the table towards the centre of the room, you would be in Bob's seat. This is because you would be the one called upon to bob up and down to fetch, say, more bread or to refill the water jug. I suspect we may be the only family to designate a chair thus - unless, of course, you know different, as they used to say on
That's Life!.
We have other sayings, too, such as 'I'm saving that for Ron', meaning late(r on). And what do you call that timer thing on the cooker to tell you when your dinner's done? Are we the only people who call it a pinger? Surely not.
One thing we do say that I'm positive no one else will is 'Goldfish!' if someone drops something. Gold star to anyone who can work out why.
Enjoyed reading all your sayings, Julia - haven't heard any of them but they make sense! No idea about goldfish unless it's something to do with fish fingers/butter fingers (and that probably doesn't make sense). I can't think of any we use at the moment.
ReplyDeleteYou're close, Rosemary, but not quite there.
DeleteThis is hilarious! My guess about "goldfish" is that it's a version of "Go fish" like the card game but for dropped things. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteNot quite right, Lexa, but thanks for dropping by.
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