At one point yesterday I commented that something was "...too b***dy heavy to work" and my swearing was rebuked by a colleague as "An honest mutton needs no sauce". Fair enough, but that saying is new to me. A northern thing?
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29th Nov 2019 8:55 am
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Was he sheepish about using that phrase?
Never heard it before.
29th Nov 2019 9:16 am
RAW1
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Ewe would say that, trying to ram the point home
I'll get my fleece
29th Nov 2019 9:37 am
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I had to think wether to post it.
...................... (^pun!)
I have given a lot of thought to whether any of this wordplay made me laugh. No pun in ten did.
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29th Nov 2019 9:43 am
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More than likely he was just spinning a yarn.2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
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29th Nov 2019 9:47 am
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You can't 'tup' that
29th Nov 2019 9:53 am
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There is a variation of an old saying among chefs that 'a good piece of meat needs no sauce'.21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
29th Nov 2019 9:58 am
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I’ve never herd it before?
29th Nov 2019 10:03 am
RAW1
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Another other old saying,
Let's make like a shepherd and get the flock out'a here
Flock will believe anything!A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
29th Nov 2019 10:13 am
Pelyma
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Re: Honest mutton
HWN wrote:
At one point yesterday I commented that something was "...too b***dy heavy to work" and my swearing was rebuked by a colleague as "An honest mutton needs no sauce". Fair enough, but that saying is new to me. A northern thing?
I’ll ask my MIL when I see her.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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I do hope you are not implying that she is mutton . . . . ?A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
29th Nov 2019 10:21 am
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Might have to shout a little.
29th Nov 2019 10:24 am
Charliecloud
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RAW1 wrote:
Another other old saying,
Let's make like a shepherd and get the flock out'a here
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