The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #62965   Message #2884661
Posted By: Mo the caller
12-Apr-10 - 04:31 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Old sayings from childhood
Subject: RE: Folklore: Old sayings from childhood
My mother (born 1920 in London) used to say a slight variation on that potato rhymn.

Go and take a long walk off a short pier.

A short lived insult (just while the advert was current) - "you're Harpic" (Harpic gets clean round the bend). Does that need explaining for those from another continent or century?