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charlene · 05-22-2010, 04:01 PM

I'd only ever heard 'that takes the biscuit'... lots of great old sayings I've passed on too.
My 'heavy' grandmother used to say of her jiggly parts: 'must be jelly cuz jam don't shake like that'..
and 'stop crying or i'll give you something to cry about'...and my fave: 'what goes around, comes around'...
I have my own - "people are strange', which can vary to: 'people are weird' and 'people are nuts.'
Pretty much covers it all.
oh yeah - don't forget "Bob's your uncle" which seems to fall along the same line as your example of using Biscuit City.
"if we get this section to hold then Bob's your uncle!"

05-22-2010, 04:01 PM	#11
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,001	Re: Gotta know....... I'd only ever heard 'that takes the biscuit'... lots of great old sayings I've passed on too. My 'heavy' grandmother used to say of her jiggly parts: 'must be jelly cuz jam don't shake like that'.. and 'stop crying or i'll give you something to cry about'...and my fave: 'what goes around, comes around'... I have my own - "people are strange', which can vary to: 'people are weird' and 'people are nuts.' Pretty much covers it all. oh yeah - don't forget "Bob's your uncle" which seems to fall along the same line as your example of using Biscuit City. "if we get this section to hold then Bob's your uncle!"