Ronny Roundhead....

[VannaB]

I work with a girl from Stockport and she has usedthe following phrases that bewilder me as I have never heard of them. They are...
Ronny Roundhead
Percy Filth
Selfish Stanley

Does anyone know of any more genuine phrases like this I can surprise her with?

[Postdog]

Can't help you, but the only one I have ever heard was "Percy Filth", in the old sit-com "The lovers". I believe that was set in or around Manchester, so maybe it existed before that series.

[cruciverbals]

a Roundhead can mean someone who has been circumcised as opposed to cavalier who has not.

[spudqueen]

Hiya Postday - yes I remember Percy Filth from 'The Lovers'.

[JillP]

In what context does she use 'Ronny Roundhead'? I too remember the old T.V. series 'The Lovers'. I remember one time the guy in it getting all amorous and the girl saying, "I'm goin' t'ave an orange." Which the guy mimmicked to good effect.

[VannaB]

She says Ronnie Roundhead is someone with a big round fat face. Happily she doesn't use it when refering to me!

[gilipollas]

The only other names used as a phrase I can come up with are "Billy No-Mates" and "'(H)Arry Flatters" - the latter meaning out of money, broke - as in 'flat broke'.

[vegegirl]

We use Larry the Loner down here, but my friend in reading says that they say Larry Lightweight!
Usage: "Look at him sitting over there, like a total Larry."
Also: Norman No-mates =P