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Thread #131842   Message #2983508
Posted By: GUEST,Bert
09-Sep-10 - 07:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: Phrases that don't travel
Subject: RE: BS: Phrases that don't travel
I'm too lazy to go back and find the original posts but here's some comments anyway.

"Me arse is making shirt buttons" refers to the style of fart that goes "Pip pip pip pip"

We call an ATM, Auntie Em.

Here the strip between the street and the sidewalk is known as the "Hell Strip" 'cos it is so difficult to maintain.

Fucking A is short for Fucking arseholes.

As for English REAL money...

She'll shag for a Tanner,
she'll shag for a Bob
it only depends on
the size of your knob.

Bob's your Uncle has often degenerated to Bob's your flippin'