simmo wrote:And I can't believe that noone so far has proffered the magnificent:

Ecky Thump!

I understand from my part-Brummie dad that this is Black Pudding. Which is a damn fine dish.
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An erudite discussion on great Irish phrases by the country's finest minds.

is geebag irish or english?
such a vivid phrase

acklin wrote:Can someone explain what Duncan from the band "Snuff" meant, when he said the following on stage?

"There's a couple o' pig's ears down the ole' battlecruiser"
It just was totally out of any context.

Pigs Ears - beers
Battlecrusier - boozer (pub)

simmo wrote:All English exclamations where one more uncouth might otherwise use "Fuck!" or ungodly use "Jesus!" are amazing:

Cripes

Crikey etc.

By harry!

What the dickens....?

Quicker than you can say Jack Robinson!

You bleedin' cow's son!

Arse over tit.

Titwank.

tits up

For me, it's either "right then!" or the ending of sentences with "yeah?" or "isn't it?" / "aren't they?" / "wasn't he?" or any other way of taking a statement and making it into a question begging for affirmation.