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Location: Birmingham UK
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07-02-2009, 03:55 PM
Originally Posted by Stormey 
The term "hangers-on" is ment to have come from people(normally friends/family) hangin on to the condemeds legs to hasten their death. Thats when hanging choked the condemend rarther than the more modern neck break
OK who is ''Joe Bloggs''or ''Joe Brown'' as my parents and relatives used that when referring to not wanting every one knowing your business.
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Location: West of Scotland
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07-02-2009, 04:09 PM
Well, my gran and granpa called me Fanny, still do.....'Here's Fanny coming!', they say to the dogs when I'm coming home from work. Cheek of them.
And the dogs even know what that means now.
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Location: Essex, UK
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07-02-2009, 04:25 PM
Right...who knows why whistling in the Theatre is bad luck? (since someone mentioned rope)
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