March 15, 200421 yr CTW Members apparently this is where........... The modern sick as a parrot recorded from the 1970s—at one time much overused by British sportsmen as the opposite of over the moon—refers to a state of deep mental depression rather than physical illness; this perhaps comes from instances of parrots contracting psittacosis and passing it to their human owners. jesus i am now looking up phrases....anything to stop me from doin some work!! I do what I want
March 15, 200421 yr Me & Bungle spent hours thinking of pointless phrases yesterday: as gay as the day is long (!) a square meal seen one, seen them all happy as a sandboy What do they all mean? And what the hell is a sandboy?
March 15, 200421 yr CTW Members i thought it came from when budgerie gars were taken down mine pits to smell for gas?
March 15, 200421 yr CTW Members can't be. have you ever heard "sick as a canarie"? don't be silly Edited March 15, 200421 yr by Phil rr
March 15, 200421 yr CTW DJs QUOTE (ninja @ Mar 15 2004, 10:10) apparently this is where........... The modern sick as a parrot recorded from the 1970s—at one time much overused by British sportsmen as the opposite of over the moon—refers to a state of deep mental depression rather than physical illness; this perhaps comes from instances of parrots contracting psittacosis and passing it to their human owners. jesus i am now looking up phrases....anything to stop me from doin some work!! the sportsman bit was close bascially from what i've heard, the phrase came about because when english football teams 1st started importing players, some of them could barely speek the language. well, this one guy, after just getting into england, he was mobbed by press asking him about the transfer etc. one repoter asked him how he felt and in his pigion english he said "i am sick as parret" and its stuck ever since Mr Happy's fishy fish MangaFish munch munchMSN & e-mail - mangafish@mangafish.netAOL - MangaMorganOnline mixes - http://www.mangafish.net/mixes/
March 15, 200421 yr QUOTE (Phil rr @ Mar 15 2004, 18:09) can't be. have you ever heard "sick as a canarie"? don't be silly since when have you heard the phrase "as sick as a budgierigar" it was canaries which they took down mines.
March 15, 200421 yr CTW Members QUOTE (saffysue @ Mar 15 2004, 10:50) a square meal QUOTE Your dinner plate was a square piece of wood with a "bowl" carved out to hold your serving of the perpetual stew that was always cooking over the fire. The kettle was never actually emptied and cleaned out. New ingredients were simply added to the muck. You always took your "square" with you when you went traveling.
March 15, 200421 yr CTW Members QUOTE (Mr_Happy @ Mar 15 2004, 19:43) QUOTE (ninja @ Mar 15 2004, 10:10) apparently this is where........... The modern sick as a parrot recorded from the 1970s—at one time much overused by British sportsmen as the opposite of over the moon—refers to a state of deep mental depression rather than physical illness; this perhaps comes from instances of parrots contracting psittacosis and passing it to their human owners. jesus i am now looking up phrases....anything to stop me from doin some work!! the sportsman bit was close bascially from what i've heard, the phrase came about because when english football teams 1st started importing players, some of them could barely speek the language. well, this one guy, after just getting into england, he was mobbed by press asking him about the transfer etc. one repoter asked him how he felt and in his pigion english he said "i am sick as parret" and its stuck ever since I'm afraid that Ninja is right. Found this throgh random browsing. Tha bit "sick as a parrot" is at the bottom.
March 15, 200421 yr CTW Members QUOTE (Shenlong @ Mar 15 2004, 20:05) QUOTE (Phil rr @ Mar 15 2004, 18:09) can't be. have you ever heard "sick as a canarie"? don't be silly since when have you heard the phrase "as sick as a budgierigar" it was canaries which they took down mines. only when they couldn't find any parrots
March 15, 200421 yr CTW Members Ok where does the saying: SON OF A GUN come from? I know this i wanna see who knows! lol CTW Sexiest Male MemberLIVING THE DREAM!!!!!!
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