26-01-2016 01:03 PM - edited 26-01-2016 01:06 PM
on 01-02-2016 02:56 PM
Bored kid to mother at the sewing machine:
"Mu-u-m, what are you making?"
"A whim-wham for a goose's bridle"
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Bored kid to father as he's hammering/nailing....
"Da-ad,, what are you making?"
"A whim-wham to wind up the sun in the morning."
DEB
on 01-02-2016 03:02 PM
In my house, it was 'A wigwam for a goose's bridle'
But your two are listed here as well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_wigwam_for_a_goose%27s_bridle
on 01-02-2016 03:09 PM
"A whim-wham for a goose's bridle"
Oh, my goodness! that brings back memories - another one of MILs sayings. She also used to describe anything messy as looking like a packapoo ticket. Being a Pom I'd never come across that expression and it was years before I discovered what a packapoo ticket actually was.
on 01-02-2016 03:13 PM
The messy teenager's room was often referred:
This place looks like Cyclone Tracy struck here too"
DEB
on 01-02-2016 04:28 PM
on 01-02-2016 04:28 PM
on 01-02-2016 04:29 PM
on 01-02-2016 04:29 PM
Who rattled your chain.
on 01-02-2016 04:30 PM
on 01-02-2016 04:31 PM