So, we reminisce.
Assuming we all grew up in and around Liverpool, what are some arl dead Scouse expressions that you refuse to let die?
Mine is "Act soft and I'll buy you a coalyard."
None of mine get it, but they know what I mean.
It is to larf.
Apologies about replying to such an old post, but I've been reading the thread from the start and it's taking quiet a long time!
This is one is from my auntie, OK she was from Kirkby:-
Anyway when I was a young kid and me or one of my sisters had been reduced to tears or crying for whatever random reason at the time she used to say "Don't cry - suck a lemon!!" whilst pissing her sides laughing at you. Now as a youngster and crying your eyes out and then not getting the sympathy you feel you deserved made you stop mid-blubber at what you were doing and half the time, you'd end up laughing along with her. She was funny though my auntie, still is with that ruthless lightning quick sense of humour, always makes me smile when I see her.
Whilst I don't think that "Don't cry - suck a lemon!!" is a common expression, in fact I don't think I've heard it since, but when I heard it said in a scouse accent, it could only really come from a scouser, its so ridiculous! It made me realise at such a young age that scousers don't give a shit, everything has comedy value so there's no point in feeling sorry for yourself.
A bit of background to this story, my dad used to work seven days a week at BICC on the Kirkby Industrial Estate (all the Hughes's did!) and us three kids used to spend most of the weekend with our "baby sitting" grandparents in Kirkby (big NaNa and Big GaGa). Anyway Big GaGa used to be a Black Cab driver in Kirkby and to be honest he was a bit of a bastard with us grand kids, on one occasion he physically picked up me and my little sister and lashed us out of the room because we'd been playing too loudly whilst he was trying to watch the racing (the GeeGee's) on World of Sport! He used to send me down to the local Newsagents for the Red Echo at the age of 7 or 8 and I'd have to dodge the local scallys guarding it, waiting for their next victim.
They'd probably call it child abuse nowadays but now when we get together as a family, we always laugh about it as we always knew he was a loon - the place was full of them! I wouldn't change anything, it was a great childhood.