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Mine is : " There is no such thing as bad weather , only inappropriate clothing "

Hoping someone can help me here and that I haven't imagined this. There's a saying about someone being stingy or uncaring that goes something like "wouldn't [__] [__] for their grandmother". Does anyone know what I'm talking about and can help me fill in the blanks?

There's the one about selling your own grandmother.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 10:22 pm There's the one about selling your own grandmother.

Thanks Gevin, that might be the one I'm thinking of actually, although it doesn't encapsulate the stingy / uncaring attributes that I was thinking of.

Think there's also one where if somebody might ask a favour of somebody you could say 'they wouldn't even do that for their own grandmother'. Implying there are stingy/uncaring/lazy/selfish.

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:57 am Think there's also one where if somebody might ask a favour of somebody you could say 'they wouldn't even do that for their own grandmother'. Implying there are stingy/uncaring/lazy/selfish.

Nice one, I think that's it!

Wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire?

Paul Anderson wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 9:32 am Wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire?

That's a terrible saying, as I am not sure which option is worse.

Two I like are " yes Mrs Lincoln, but apart from that did you enjoy the play?" and "about as much use as a snooze button on a smoke alarm".

Ha, at least it's catchy, unlike your Mrs Lincoln one, whatever that means...sounds awfully parochial

One saying that's becoming more commonplace is 'waiting for the other shoe to drop'

Paul Anderson wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 12:53 pm Ha, at least it's catchy, unlike your Mrs Lincoln one, whatever that means...sounds awfully parochial

The reference is to Abraham Lincoln's assassination in a theatre, so you can probably deduce when to use it from that.

Ah get ya now

My favourite saying is 'Hi Christy, I'd like to invite you for a phone audition for Countdown'- that was really fun to hear

EDIT- My new favourite saying is 'you have passed your audition'!