Sayings And Their Origins

[Rock Hard Casey]

In footy terms why do they say 'he set his stall out'? Years ago you set your stall out to sell socks and undies in Paddy's Market but in footy terms? ?

 

[Rock Hard Casey]

'Bicycle kick' in footy too. It never ever looks like it's someone on a bike wellying the ball. ? Overhead kick yes.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

How much the pair....anyone?

 

[Nymzee]

Great thread.

 

[dublinbluenose]

"Its was Chelsea"

Has its origins in the mid 80's but has been heard in the 2000's also.

 

[magicjuan]

"I was asleep in my hotel room at the time" ?

Hugely influential in commentary terms

 

[Rock Hard Casey]

'Cor, I don't half fancy a bit of how' s your father'. One of my granddad's old sayings. Usually while scratching his plums.

 

[Rock Hard Casey]

'Cack handed' is from when in the days of Henry the Eighth and similar lads, you wiped your arse with one hand and used the other for everyday things like eating your hotdog or playing with one of your wife's jubblies. May I add that toilet paper wasn't invented. In football parlance it can relate to having no cup to squeeze your turd in so you use a bare hand to lash it in the Anny Road.

 

[Kurt.]

“Teeeerrrrrrrrrnnnnnn”

 

[wba83]

Iwobi you useless T@@t first heard on Merseyside about 18 months ago

 

[ste d' indica]

Kopites are gobshites. I think its cos they stand on 'der kop', and they're mouthy bellends.

 

[Rock Hard Casey]

'A flash in the pan'. I got told that this was a when Michaelangelo was painting the ceiling of that church. One day on his tea break he flicked his ciggy into the bog but he had earlier poured paint stripper down there. The resultant explosion caused the bog to fly onto the altar. The place was then named The Cistern Chapel. Was duff info though as it's to do with a flintlock backfiring.

 

[Rock Hard Casey]

! 'A watched kettle never boils'. Rubbish this one as I've just been staring at my kettle boiling for my cup of Ovaltoine and it boiled in only 10 minutes
Though I did blink twice
?

 

[summerisle]

I wonder who first said : 'Can he do it on a rainy night in Stoke ?'

 

[Ivo]

He's got a fresh pair of legs up his sleave