Old Sayings No Longer Relevant, But Persistent.

Canary42 | 22:27 Wed 08th May 2013 | ChatterBank

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Many people of my generation (born 1940s) still refer to post-toilet activity as "pulling the chain" although these days it never involves such an action.

E.g. Have you pulled the chain ?

What other similar examples covering the last 80 years or so can you think of ?

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We still refer to people being "in the limelight" when in fact the limes were replaced by their electric equivalent many years ago.

06:30 Thu 09th May 2013

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My father used to call me chico Lady, a term of endearment.

You need to put your three ha'pence in.

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We live in this time warp Canary, my BH never uses any other term for flushing the lav. She also refers to central Heating as "The Pipes".

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