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Old Adages: Money style!

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  • Queenie
    Queenie Posts: 8,793 Forumite
    Sarahsaver wrote:
    piddles make puddles
    every little helps - to which my dad added 'said the old lady as she peed in the sea'
    :rotfl: I've never heard that one ... I'll remember it now though :D
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  • Lucie_2
    Lucie_2 Posts: 1,482 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Queenie wrote:
    Oooh, you were *rich* - most of my childhood anyone asking what's for dinner got the standard reply: Bread & Pullit!!! I was sick and tired of Bread & Pullit by the age of 8yo! ;)

    standard answer to that question in our house was sh*t with sugar on!


    Another favourite saying - all fur coat & no knickers.
  • maryb
    maryb Posts: 4,787 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    My mum had been through the war and she was always reciting:
    use it up,wear it out
    make it do or do without

    (and now I find myself saying it - do we always turn into our mothers?!!)
    It doesn't matter if you are a glass half full or half empty sort of person. Keep it topped up! Cheers!
  • Queenie
    Queenie Posts: 8,793 Forumite
    maryb wrote:
    My mum had been through the war and she was always reciting:
    use it up,wear it out
    make it do or do without

    (and now I find myself saying it - do we always turn into our mothers?!!)

    :D

    "Mirror, mirror, on the wall
    I've turned into my mother, afterall" ;)
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  • foreverskint
    foreverskint Posts: 1,009 Forumite
    500 Posts
    in reply to "whats for dinner tonight mum"it's either

    Ham shells & egg rinds
    or iffit pudding

    Oh and by the way can anyone tell me why our christmas turkey is always affectionately nicknamed "cuthbert"
  • filigree_2
    filigree_2 Posts: 1,025 Forumite
    "Buy cheap, pay twice"

    I take this to mean don't buy shoddy rubbish because it will break down. I'm sure car boot bargains are allowed ;)
  • Curry_Queen
    Curry_Queen Posts: 5,589 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    A few I remember are ....

    • Bring home the bacon and chew the fat
    • Money for old rope
    • Don't count your chickens afore they hatch
    • Don't throw baby out with bath water
    • Night night, sleep tight, mind the bed bugs don't bite
    • Eat humble pie
    • Mind your P's & Q's
    "An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
    ~
    It is that what you do, good or bad,
    will come back to you three times as strong!
  • Pooky
    Pooky Posts: 7,023 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    foreverskint wrote:
    in reply to "whats for dinner tonight mum"it's either

    Ham shells & egg rinds
    or iffit pudding

    Oh and by the way can anyone tell me why our christmas turkey is always affectionately nicknamed "cuthbert"


    We always had the reply of "cow cake and custard"....I've said it to my kids a few times now and they look at me as if i've gone mad!
    "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with" - W. C. Field.
  • omega_2
    omega_2 Posts: 251 Forumite
    Champagne tastes, beer money - (applies to my OH!!!!)

    Cut your coat according to the cloth.
  • moggins
    moggins Posts: 5,190 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    One I love and had to Google to make sure it was right :)

    You should cut your coat according to your cloth :)
    Organised people are just too lazy to look for things

    F U Fund currently at £250
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