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Topic: Another local expression - do you have a variant? (Read 6853 times)
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IgorStrav
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Arthur Pay 1915-2002 "handsome bu**er"
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Following up the thread about twang toed, I was reminded of an expression my mother (a native Londoner) used when something happened which was rather good.... she would say
"Well, that's better than a poke in the eye with a dirty stick!"
I have used this most of my life - I think it's quite expressive  - but a lot of people find it very odd.
However, I once met someone from Hull, and he said in his part of the world the expression was
"Better than a slap in the belly with a wet fish!"
which seems very appropriate for Hull.
Any other variants? Does anyone else recognise this one?
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Pay, Kent. Barham, Kent. Cork(e), Kent. Cooley, Kent. Barwell, Rutland/Northants/Greenwich. Cotterill, Derbys. Van Steenhoven, Belgium/East London. Burton, East London. Wade, Greenwich/Brightlingsea, Essex.
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hepburn
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We must be a bit crude where I come from.......It's better than a kick up the a***...... 
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derbyshire,vallands,turton,howe.
new zealand,turton
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Has anyone seen Henry Atcherson Carson,born Canada 1844?
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IgorStrav
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Arthur Pay 1915-2002 "handsome bu**er"
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Well, of course there is always that one........ 
My mother was too refined for that one, although she was prone to say when she was very lively that she felt "Like 10 men, one after another!"
I still remember how shocked I was when I realised the implications...... 
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Pay, Kent. Barham, Kent. Cork(e), Kent. Cooley, Kent. Barwell, Rutland/Northants/Greenwich. Cotterill, Derbys. Van Steenhoven, Belgium/East London. Burton, East London. Wade, Greenwich/Brightlingsea, Essex.
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Paul Caswell
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I remember:
Better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick.
Better than a slap in the face with a wet fish.
Sorry, I have no idea why I remember them, or from where or when.
Paul
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Caswell - Durham(Jarrow), Northumberland(Berwick), Dorset(Netherbury) Drury - Middlesex(Kensington), Shropshire(Selattyn) Turner - Dorset(Parkstone) Speight - Essex(Braintree), Kent(Gravesend), Westmorland(Kendal) Stockley - Dorset(Corfe Castle) Amey - Suffolk(Haverill) Cousins - Norfolk(Ketteringham) Sears - Bedfordshire(Potton), Cambridgeshire(Gamlingay) Census information is Crown Copyright
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NadT
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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very similar to Pauls' - It used to be 'better then a poke in the eye with a sharp stick'. I'm from Wales and my hubby from Shropshire - we both use the same saying!
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Durham/Newcastle: Richardson, Glendenning/Glendinning, Postle, Carr, Tatters
Norfolk/Suffolk: Love, Sharman
Somerset/Glamorgan, Wales: Brooks, Elliott, Smith
Cumberland; Richardson, Gribbin, Butler, Tatters
Shropshire/Welshpool: Thomas, Bradshaw, Summers, Weatherby, Phillips
Scotland: Baxter, Service, McMaster
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Gensleuth
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Where are they?
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Better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick was one that I heard and used in Manchester
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purlin
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better than charity and that's chilly, better than my poor willy! and he's been dead a fortnight, poor ba * *d!!
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