Back to bromide, I remember this phrase being used when I was a kid in the 1970s. I couldn't understand why it would stop men being randy, unless it was staining their teeth brown so no women fancied them!
I always thought of it as the awkward shaped cupboard under the stairs where the junk that was too good to be thrown out was put. Also the winter boots. We haven't got stairs in this house, so I suppose that's why I haven't used it for a while.
Isn't that where Harry Potter lived when he was with the Dursleys?
Yes, at least early on in the first book. They moved him to Dudley’s extra room after a Hogwarts letter came addressed to Harry at “The Cupboard Under the Stairs.”
Fun Harry Potter fact - the new TV series intends to build (is building?) a mockup of a mock-tudor street to house the Dursleys, based on houses over the road from my Dad's place in the town in which I grew up. They were looking for middle-class prejudice, mediocrity and neighbour-envy...and they chose Essex. Imagine
Fun Harry Potter fact - the new TV series intends to build (is building?) a mockup of a mock-tudor street to house the Dursleys, based on houses over the road from my Dad's place in the town in which I grew up. They were looking for middle-class prejudice, mediocrity and neighbour-envy...and they chose Essex. Imagine
Fun Harry Potter fact - the new TV series intends to build (is building?) a mockup of a mock-tudor street to house the Dursleys, based on houses over the road from my Dad's place in the town in which I grew up. They were looking for middle-class prejudice, mediocrity and neighbour-envy...and they chose Essex. Imagine
I was on the phone with a legal assistant and told her, "Well, that's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick." She was laughing so hard it was difficult to understand her! She had never heard that expression before. My guess is that she's in her late twenties.
Just come across this thread (not much on the Ship these days). The saying here is a "poke in the eye with a blunt stick.
Where as I would use 'Better than a slap in the face with a wet fish!'
Not even sure where I got that from!
The Fish Slapping Dance?
There's a Dickens novel where someone gets slapped round the chops with a sole of some kind (Dover sole?) as well.
What wonderful fish are soles!
What wonderful fish are soles!
Are soles!
Are soles!
You have to sing it our loud.
Quite unrelated, of course, to the comment occasionally heard in the USA that the leader of the Republican party, i.e. its soul, is abbreviated to its R-soul.
I used to go to a pub session in the East End where the 'Soles' song brought the house down every time - wonderful memories. Thanks for bringing it to mind.
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Just come across this thread (not much on the Ship these days). The saying here is a "poke in the eye with a blunt stick.
Not even sure where I got that from!
The Fish Slapping Dance?
There's a Dickens novel where someone gets slapped round the chops with a sole of some kind (Dover sole?) as well.
What wonderful fish are soles!
What wonderful fish are soles!
Are soles!
Are soles!
You have to sing it our loud.
Ah, I wasn't aware of that! That might be the origin, or maybe the sketch is based on something older!
*sniggers vigorously*
Quite unrelated, of course, to the comment occasionally heard in the USA that the leader of the Republican party, i.e. its soul, is abbreviated to its R-soul.
Sorry... Where were we?