Well, I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle.

[Tilly2]

Where does that daft saying come from?

and................'Cheap at half the price'? That's even dafter.

[tonyav]

Well, I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle.

Cheeta's uncle Bo Bo was the first to use this expression I believe ;-)

[Stephen_G]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey's_uncle

[jno]

really cheap at twice the price, the other was coined by non-mathematicians.

Monkey's uncle dates from the Scopes trial.

[emmie]

give you the reason

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial

[cupid04]

Tarzan, lol!

[Tilly2]

Thank you all. I really didn't know the monkey's uncle thing.
The cheap at half the price still eludes me.

[anneasquith]

tarzan................in a dress ?

[tonyav]

He could have been Jane as well !.

[FredPuli43]

"Cheap at half the price" is just a joking play on "It would be cheap at twice the price" a piece of market stallholders' spiel to attract customers.(Other gems of spiel are "Come closer, people. I'm not shouting for anybody" (invariably shouted) and "Ladies and gentlemen, I am not 'Here today and gone tomorrow'. Oh no, I am here today and gone this afternoon !")

[Baldric]

Googling

"cheap at half the price origin"

gives a lot of options

[boxtops]

Only as a TA-rzan, tony


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