Sayings that have become out of date

[stargazer]

Hi all

This may get the brain box working i did not find this easy but one did come to mind.

Old saying use to be: No one leaves this earth alive.

Of course we go into space etc so someone does leave the earth alive.

Cheers
SG

 

[2020hindsight]

lol good one stargazer
maybe ... (?) :-
The bishop gave the heretic a disarming smile ? :samurai:

 

[sam76]

Anything with the word "gay" in it...

 

[gfresh]

Lets party like it's 1999

 

[2020hindsight]

Anything with the word "gay" in it...

Like Adam Spencer the other day talking about names ....

"Lady has sent in this text message ...
"What chance does the name "Gaye" have of surviving the next generation!? - Buckley's that's what !" , signed Gaye Buckley"

PS maybe "watch the pennies and the pounds look after themselves". ?
Maybe that referred to those machines that you checked your weight with a penny ?

 

[Adam A]

Real estate allways goes up!

Cant go wrong with the banks!

 

[Ashsaege]

'is the pope catholic?'

Borats 'that's nice'

 

[nioka]

'is the pope catholic?'

That one is not out of date. I regularly hear it quoted.

 

[johenmo]

"not worth a tinker's dam(n)" - apprently relates to the tinker and using a small dam in the dirt to hold water to cook items after workig on pots, metal etc.

So I was told.

 

[Timmy]

Australian Democrats

 

[Greg71]

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

Online trading such as the US market (which means staying up late) and forex means that one can become wealthy by staying up late.

 

[2020hindsight]

"mad as a hatter"
arguably originated with a nervous disorder / shaking disability shown by milliners - similar to Parkinson's disease - due to the mercury they used in the making of hats ....

Mind you, these days we get our share of mercury from the (old and) new "efficient" fluorescent lights instead - dumped without restriction despite the warnings of scientists

http://everloveme.com/www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/wastetypes/universal/lamps/index.htm

 

[stargazer]

He can leave his slippers under my bed anytime..lol
Reckon you can all work this out..

 

[2020hindsight]

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

early to rise and early to bed , makes a man healthy wealthy and dead

 

[Timmy]

Reds under the bed

 

[robert toms]

I'm as dry as a lime burner's boot.

 

[nunthewiser]

cant say ive heard " GO FMG " in a while

 

[noirua]

Some sayings are so out of date now, and not allowed anymore, they can't be said.
I suppose a lot has to do with who is living in a country. A sign that says, "No Martians allowed in Melbourne" is perfectly acceptable.

 

[nunthewiser]

Some sayings are so out of date now, and not allowed anymore, they can't be said.
I suppose a lot has to do with who is living in a country. A sign that says, "No Martians allowed in Melbourne" is perfectly acceptable.

yes , once upon a time the saying "call a spade a spade "was perfectly acceptable as a general quote for being straightforward. These days it seems to have a more dire meaning , shame that , but hey its progress isnt it ?

 

[nioka]

Bert Newton once got into trouble saying to Cassius Clay "I love the boy". Not the thing to say to a black american world champion boxer.