h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

my friend,,who came here from ireland over 50 year ago,makes me laugh with her sayings!!
she says someone is "so nosey they would hear the grass grow!!!"
and i used to be told...if you're lying your tongue will turn black.
""it's like looking for a needle in a haystack"..as if

Its true, there are a lot of old sayings and customs that have long gone now
For example, do you remember when the "happy couple" would throw money into the crowd at their wedding from the Church steps

Now-a-days, all the money throwing is done at the divorce, along with the insults
Smudger.

sheryl..


have you ever had the pleasure of talking online to heckinflips?

he is from the black country and types as he speaks, with a very broad accent.
im a brummie and struggle with understanding him and i should know what it means

i met him once and he used to work for the local rail station and had to do the announcements.
i heard him and i knew it was him, before we even got together

evening.i've never heard of that one smudger,,,i could have done with someone throwing it at us when we got married.We had £9 in the bank after we paid everything,and no wages for two weeks!!!!!!
the old traditions seem to have vanished as well..the chimney sweep that was supposed to be be lucky ,i think theyre a bit expensive now!!!
helen, i know heckinflip slightly...he did have a space in here when i first came on.

evening all.... well nearly midnight... lol...

when i married hubby no.3, 7 n half years ago we were prey to an old irish custom..... a fella in the bar came to congratulate us and handed us a fiver..... he explained that it was custom where he came from to give the happy couple money on the understanding that it would never be spent, but kept as a good luck charm.... this would promise that the couple would never go completely without.... we still have that fiver tucked away, and although we have had hard times we have never sunk completely under, always a meal to be served up before next pay day.....

many thanx to our irish stranger, i believe in his custom, it has worked for us so far..... hope it continues to do so for many years to come.....

sal.

flips doesnt come into h2 very often. he couldnt get on with it.
i still chat to him on the pc or in the new LD site.
he is just as mad


i went to a wedding once, many years ago, where they through old sixpences(shows how long ago it was)
the guests had never heard of that custom and didnt know what to do. we all thought that the bride and groom had gone mad.

i remember the old sixpences helen, but not the custom.....

i also remember tommy steele n his half o' sixpence...... then that reminds me of his little white bull..... if you'll pardon my phrase......pmpl...

Good ones so far

You see I told you there were amny funny rituals at weddings

I rememebr my first wedding night before the wedding my best man arrives to stay with us, but only has his uniform with him(he thought I was getting married in rig "uniform")

Well all H**l broke lose I had to contact my ship (Britannia) and get my rig sent up overnight express!!!

So my intention to get married in civies was shattered

On top of all that, we both got our caps nicked at the reception
probably just for the Hmy Britannia cap tallies
Smudger.

ooo'er.... so it turned out to be a topless wedding then....

couldn't resist that..... warped sense of humour me..... lol.....

Very good cheryl.....and you don't have a warped sense of humour love...

old sayings.....have you been in the knife drawer....watch you don't cut yourself!!!

hello, how are you sal? i dont come on very often good days bad days still x d

HI DORIS.... (shouting on purpose).it's lovely to see you.I hope you're okay ,and a lot better than last time i heard from you.I have missed seeing you around,let's hope you can manage to come on a little bit more.H ave a lovely easter.sal.xxx

hi. thanks hope you have a nice easter too x am getting there slowly but surely will have to get your email add again or msn one lost all my email on the cable box through fault x take care d

hi all..... just popped in to save the thread, it had disappeared, had to a wanderin'.... lol.....

hope you are all well......

oh by the way, i remember being sane.... lol... i think.....

hello all........aawww,thanks sheryl.I think were gonna have to let it sink into oblivion...is everyone feeling extra stressed for some reason,and not feeling much like posting doyou think???

Hi Folks, Its weird Sal, I reckon its the time zones
Somtimes when I came in the site is full of folk, then the next time its really quiet

There is a good topic on the front page called "what were the 60s like" Ive added a bit to it, about the old radio shows we used to get!

Remember, the Billy Cotton Band Show, Ken Dodd and the Diddy people (where me shirt) Navy Larks, and Two way Family Favourires and of course at 5pm, the Top Twenty!
Remember......................
Smudger.

hi smudger..i always say the sixties were the the best time ever,,,but it depends on what is best for you at a particular time i suppose.I had a lot of fun in the sixties,,going out dancing and having fun etc.....but i also got engaged,married and had my eldest dauGhter in the sixties,,,all very important,and all the best times of my life in different ways.In the seventies i had two more children,which were just as important.i shall have a look at the front page a little later on,got to see whats ben happening...but the bill is just starting for my other half!!!chat later on.xx

hi everyone.

im afraid that i was too young to appreciate the 60's

by the time that i was old enough, it had turned into the 70's

evening folks, good to see you're still out there.....

well sal, way back then there wasn't any bill, it was dixon of dockgreen and z cars of an evening.....

and smudger, the top 20, do you remember when the charts were called the hit parade.... lol..

i remeber dixon of dock green. i had to sit in silence when it was on. and if i had the creaky chair and creaked too much, i was in serious truoble

did you know that z cars was filmed live?? you dont get many live dramas these days.