tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post2322631424582265304..comments2024-03-29T13:47:52.160+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: UK Units of Measurement or Comparisons.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-72814315624370597402021-05-18T11:09:11.955+01:002021-05-18T11:09:11.955+01:00Well, as they lived in Staffordshire it was indeed...Well, as they lived in Staffordshire it was indeed a really long way round.CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042550309690689027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-15335253782178950142021-05-18T04:18:25.732+01:002021-05-18T04:18:25.732+01:00The French equivalent says 'There are a lot of...The French equivalent says 'There are a lot of people on the balcony'.... it doesn't sound quite right in English. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-58587954510485215282021-05-17T19:43:05.308+01:002021-05-17T19:43:05.308+01:00Long legs? That's one hell of a pace...in eith...Long legs? That's one hell of a pace...in either meaning!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-69914430728841396882021-05-17T18:54:43.790+01:002021-05-17T18:54:43.790+01:00"A face only a mother could love." was o..."A face only a mother could love." was one of my Dad's sayings, or, for a full-chested lady in a low cut top - "Her dumplings are boiling over." I still use them today. xxhappy hookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895402170116525521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-55068461950546911142021-05-17T17:36:39.172+01:002021-05-17T17:36:39.172+01:00I won't even mention my old friend Jock's ...I won't even mention my old friend Jock's Aussie expression "As dry as a Nun's n*sty".Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88646616744368725512021-05-17T17:08:01.253+01:002021-05-17T17:08:01.253+01:00Tighter than a duck's bum, and she's got a...Tighter than a duck's bum, and she's got a face like the north end of a camel going south!Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76121449396999211902021-05-17T14:49:07.510+01:002021-05-17T14:49:07.510+01:00I think VW's Lark ascending is still No 1 in t...I think VW's Lark ascending is still No 1 in the UK's classic popularity charts. Happy Indeed.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-75909817503887021472021-05-17T13:31:00.427+01:002021-05-17T13:31:00.427+01:00"What you haven't got in your head you ha..."What you haven't got in your head you have to have in your legs", as my mother used to say. Not that that has anything to do with measurements. Or maybe it does.<br /><br />Unfortunately, she was/is right. Which is why I am as fit as one of Weaver's fleas.<br /><br />Happy as a lark,<br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-84208826632997972382021-05-17T13:16:53.298+01:002021-05-17T13:16:53.298+01:00I wonder why folk thought of Fleas as 'fit'...I wonder why folk thought of Fleas as 'fit'?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43709882466205203692021-05-17T13:16:05.891+01:002021-05-17T13:16:05.891+01:00Girls no longer wear petticoats (I think), so Char...Girls no longer wear petticoats (I think), so Charlie is now in retirement. What a shame.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-51181673201632809262021-05-17T13:14:36.436+01:002021-05-17T13:14:36.436+01:00Unique to Shropshire?Unique to Shropshire?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-75426318800372382492021-05-17T13:12:59.179+01:002021-05-17T13:12:59.179+01:00Poor old Boris, born with an uncontrollable mop on...Poor old Boris, born with an uncontrollable mop on his head. At least you could pick him out in a crowd.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14985500767734580932021-05-17T13:12:07.691+01:002021-05-17T13:12:07.691+01:00That's mine and Lord Dennings.That's mine and Lord Dennings.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13938014107673433212021-05-17T12:22:07.388+01:002021-05-17T12:22:07.388+01:00Cro, "Sydney Harbour wouldn't work in Mor...Cro, "Sydney Harbour wouldn't work in Morocco."..... no, they haven't the water!!<br />Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-46805002185735434812021-05-17T12:04:42.679+01:002021-05-17T12:04:42.679+01:00happy as a lark and fit as a flea spring to mind.happy as a lark and fit as a flea spring to mind.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-30661965875854207052021-05-17T11:31:58.191+01:002021-05-17T11:31:58.191+01:00LOoks like she's been dragged through a hedge ...LOoks like she's been dragged through a hedge backwards.<br />Whose she, the cats mother ?<br />Charlies dead { when your petticoat was showing<br />You're a daft 'apeth.<br /><br />Too big for your boots.I <br />remember when we went on school trips to France we used to say ' Vouz avez un visage comme le derriere de l'autobus " , God knows why ..... I guess it <br />was us being silly school kids !!! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14094291663568151072021-05-17T11:09:55.726+01:002021-05-17T11:09:55.726+01:00Knee-high to a grasshopper.
And to my grandparent...Knee-high to a grasshopper.<br /><br />And to my grandparents, to go the long way round or to take a long time about something was to go "all the way round the Wrekin" - but that must be a rather local usage.CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042550309690689027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-19292173388650475692021-05-17T11:00:45.633+01:002021-05-17T11:00:45.633+01:00Measuring scruffiness. More or less scruffy than P...Measuring scruffiness. More or less scruffy than PM Johnson. Not many in the first category.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-38939162608186399102021-05-17T10:05:20.471+01:002021-05-17T10:05:20.471+01:00Blimey; not heard that one before. Knee high to a ...Blimey; not heard that one before. Knee high to a Gnat's whisker, was one I've often heard.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-79162777088493310512021-05-17T09:56:31.438+01:002021-05-17T09:56:31.438+01:00My Nan used to say a small child was 'no talle...My Nan used to say a small child was 'no taller than two penneth of ha'pennies'.Andi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36302895871016650442021-05-17T09:42:18.342+01:002021-05-17T09:42:18.342+01:00And I believe a Metre is the length of a Roman Sol...And I believe a Metre is the length of a Roman Soldier's marching pace.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35612045129091763592021-05-17T09:41:07.617+01:002021-05-17T09:41:07.617+01:00A Thumbnail sketch is certainly very well used.A Thumbnail sketch is certainly very well used.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86042292655398206762021-05-17T09:26:47.939+01:002021-05-17T09:26:47.939+01:00Interesting that inch,cubit, hand and foot ( liter...Interesting that inch,cubit, hand and foot ( literally for those) are based on the human bodygzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42265802236277030042021-05-17T09:16:30.298+01:002021-05-17T09:16:30.298+01:00The length of my little finger, or the size of a t...The length of my little finger, or the size of a thumbnail.the veg artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029588460808570133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90485397250309818852021-05-17T09:02:26.956+01:002021-05-17T09:02:26.956+01:00I presume that each country uses its own landmarks...I presume that each country uses its own landmarks as comparatives. Sydney Harbour wouldn't work in Morocco.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com