Get Down Shep! and other catchphrases that will mean nothing to those in the U.S.

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"Get Down Shep"

"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa You're shit hah!"

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)

everything you people say to thread

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

'jim'll fix it' which is running as a tag line for some gym, and i just thought it was dumb, but apparently is something from an old tv show?

― colette (a2lette), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

and bob's yer uncle!

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"Good game, good game!"

"Give us a twirl, Anthea"

"ooh, shut that door"

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Shut That Door!
Brucie Bonus
Goo game goo game
Cripes! Yarooo! You rotter!

x-post

― pete s, Monday, 22 March 2004 14:44 (twenty-two years ago)

eeeh I could rip a tissue

― chris (chris), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

eeeh, I could crush a grape

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

What are the chances of that happening eh?

― pete s, Monday, 22 March 2004 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Oooooh, crumbs, DM!

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Many a mickle meks a muckle.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

"Crackerjack."

― robster (robster), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

"Don't tell him, Pike!"

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

A pint! That's very nearly an armful!

― pete s, Monday, 22 March 2004 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

"CRACKERJACK!!!!"

(xpost)

― audience of schoolchildren (robster), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

“Lovely jubbly!”

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

(conjures up a whole audience of children going "(xpost)"!

(xpost)

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

"I don't BELIEVE it!"

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

"I'm free!"

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

"You're NICKED!"

― robster (robster), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

"Evenin' all"

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

"Not now, Lewis"

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

You might think that, I couldn't possibly comment.
Double Whammy
I'm glad you thought so minister

― pete s, Monday, 22 March 2004 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

ooh Betty

― pete s, Monday, 22 March 2004 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

"Suit you sir"

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

"Scorchio!"

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

A qoute from CJ himself:

"I didn't get where I am today..."

― pete s, Monday, 22 March 2004 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"Great!"
"Super!"
"I didn't get where I am today..."

― robster (robster), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

and bob's yer uncle!

I saw that on Conversational Scottish With Angus Crock! Also taught the residents of Melonville 'Can I Owe it to you, all I got's a fiver' and 'Wee beasties' .

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't get where I am today... etc

― Rob M (Rob M), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Bugger, we all thought of it at the same time.

(xpost)

― Rob M (Rob M), Monday, 22 March 2004 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

It's an xpost mind-meld!

― robster (robster), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm free!
Ooh Matron
That's a lovely pear
Not on your nelly
Suits you, sir
Today, I am mostly eating {insert vegetable - fnar}
This is a local shop for local people
Nice to see you, nice!

x-post

― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

So it's goodnight from him ...

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

god this is a tiny bit sad
can our whole culture be boiled down to silly catchphrases?
(momus don't answer)
out of context most of these are a bit shit

― pete s, Monday, 22 March 2004 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

nice one cyril
aaaahhhhh bisto
tell sid

― chris (chris), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

"If it's up there, I'll give you the money myself"

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Watch out, there's a Humphrey about

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

"Chucking out time"

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Rodney, you plonker

― C J (C J), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

a lucky escape for our American friends on the evidence of this thread

"Ooooooh rock on Tommeh"

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

fizz it in the mixer

corridor of uncertainty

― chris (chris), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

ah well must press on

in the cup for tottingham
It's your letters, it's your letters
fancy a brew?
awwwwww yes

classic from stevem there

― pete s, Monday, 22 March 2004 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

HALLO CAMPAS

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Greetings...

― Joey Boswell (blueski), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

where's me whippet?
the (insert band name) storeeeee!

― pete s, Monday, 22 March 2004 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Juuune!

― Terry (robster), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

You'll like this, but not a lot

You were so much better than last week's

It's good but it's not right

Super smashing great let's have a look at what you woulda won

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Allo Ma!

― Nick Cotton (blueski), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Accrington Stanley?! Who are they?
Exactly.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Skipping 64 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

"it was a tap-in"
JIMMY HILL IS A CUNT

― pete s, Monday, 22 March 2004 23:56 (twenty-two years ago)

More Australianisms:

"Naw Skip not in there"
"Kylie You are....a delinquent!"
"Clean the shit off me shoes, will ya love?"
"Long Live The Queen *sniff sniff* "

― pete s, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

SUDDENLY YOU'RE SEEING ME, JUST THE WAY I AM!
SUDDENLY YOU'RE HEARING ME,
SO I'M TALKING JUST FAST AS I CAN, TO YOU!
SUDDENLY, EVERY PART OF ME,
NEEDS TO KNOW EVERY PART OF YOU!

― pete s, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"and she goes and she goes and she goes.... she just goes!"

"bewwwwdiful"

(PS I hate the Comedy Company with a passion)

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 00:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know how many other countries if any were subjected to the palmolive advertising campaign, but...

"you're soaking in it!"

― Menelaus Darcy (Menelaus Darcy), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 01:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Vorsprung Durch Technik

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 09:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, I say ! A marvellous craw-ss caw-tt beck-hend there.
Well, he got his foot to the pitch of the ball, and didn't try and hit it too hard.
Me granny could have caught that in her pinny.
(and for the Aussies)
Morninggggg everyone !

― darren (darren), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 11:24 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread is proper bo!

― Nik (Nik), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)

oggie oggie oggie!

― Nik (Nik), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Oi oi oi?

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 12:12 (twenty-two years ago)

back of the net!

i'll muck your lens you gay sod! / gay as a window

and cos no-one else mentioned them yet

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 12:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Calm down dears. This really is a very good thread!

― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't brick it up, they won't get out!

Have you tried...draining it?

If it's septicaemia you can have your wheelbarrow back!

Susannnn...can I have a chiiip?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I like Demis Roussos...... (I wish I could remember the rest of that scene, I used to know it off by heart)

I want to tell you a story

― chris (chris), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

itchy beard

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:10 (twenty-two years ago)

chinny reck-on, Jimmy hill

― chris (chris), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:13 (twenty-two years ago)

'And this is me'
'And why not?'
'Hold a chicken in the air
Stick a deckchair up your nose...'

― pete s, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Jimmy Hill is a poof

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Big centre forward, back stick. One nil.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Milk lemonade chocolate

xpost Big Ron.

He's given it a little eyebrows

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Do I not like that?

― pete s, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Do I not like orange!

― pete s, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)

WE WANNA BE TOGETHAAAAAA

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Arrgh. What was the ad stevem? Am also remembered that Bells one where the bloke stood on the table said 'amanda' at the end of it. Goodle is no help.

I wish I lived in Greeall Whitley Land.

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

'My name? Yes, it's JR Hartley...'

― pete s, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

It was a building society. Nationwide?

xpost

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

We don't wanna give you that!

Final answer?

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)

search Mark Williams and TV adverts and something might come up.

IT'S A PUPPPETTTTT (Brian Conley!)

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Harp stays sharp to the bottom of the glass.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

You can't beat Tetley bittermen

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

THE

BEAR

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Buzzzzzzzzz

"Hoyte-Smythe, Jesus College, Cambridge"

"Erm, X to the power of 9 minus 4X squared?"

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Wasn't the Mark Williams ad for Prudential?

"It's a funny old game Saint"

― Jonnie, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Can you guess what is, yet?

― Nik (Nik), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Plato Harris, there.

"Noted heterosexual Jason Donovan"

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

My dad's got a porsche!

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"Nicole?" "Papa?"

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

"You got an ology? Well if you've got an ology then you're a scientist!"

― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

who smelt it, dealt it.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

silent but violent

― omg, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Sophie, who d'you like more - Daddy or chips?

― C J (C J), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:37 (twenty-two years ago)

a fnger of fudge is just enough...

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

The one who did the rhyme did the crime.

Hope its chips its chips its chips, we hope its chips its chips

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Nick... I did give them the answer, but they distracted me first by claiming that Bob Monkhouse had a puppet with him in the seventies, and I was like "Really?". Then they said it went "Boom boom!" and I told them and there was a roar of "Oh God, YES!" as the caller told his room my answer and a grateful "Thanks mate, you're sound".

(Sorry for the delay in replying). And now, back to the testcard.

― Rob M (Rob M), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I was vedddy drunk

― Otto Didakt (Hereward), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

If only callers to 118 services could leave tips.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

"You can never put a better bit of butter on your knife"
"My arse"
"You're playing catch-up"/"You're through to the first round proper"

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Forties Cromarty Forth Tyne Dogger
North or Northwest 4 or 5, Occasionally 6. Showers. Good

― Joe Kay (feethurt), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

"I freely admit... I was very, very drunk!"

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

Raggett no came...

― Girolamo Savonarola, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 00:22 (twenty-one years ago)

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