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Old 09-11-2008, 06:50 AM   #286
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'Like one o'clock half struck'

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Old 09-11-2008, 01:41 PM   #287
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"Now we're cooking!"

or the even older
"Now we're cookin' with gas!"

Meaning now we've got everything in order so that things are going well and progress is being made.
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Old 09-11-2008, 01:52 PM   #288
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'Like one o'clock half struck'

'You great big galah!'
Curious. I've never heard of either of those and have no idea what they mean. Could you please explain them?
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Old 09-11-2008, 02:03 PM   #289
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Curious. I've never heard of either of those and have no idea what they mean. Could you please explain them?
might i venture to guess that cookie monster is australian ? i think i've heard of "great galah" before i have no idea what it means either. explanation please ?
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Old 09-11-2008, 06:02 PM   #290
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might i venture to guess that cookie monster is australian ? i think i've heard of "great galah" before i have no idea what it means either. explanation please ?
The cookie monster is from Sesame Street and is a muppet character.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_Monster

My daughter loved this programme as a child and I had to sit through it.
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Old 09-11-2008, 06:27 PM   #291
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"Now we're cooking!"

or the even older
"Now we're cookin' with gas!"

Meaning now we've got everything in order so that things are going well and progress is being made.
Or the even older version, "Now we're cooking with coal oil." As opposed to a wood stove.
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Old 09-11-2008, 07:15 PM   #292
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I've not noticed any 'A useful as...' colloquialisms yet.
"... teats on a rain barrel," is way up near the beginning somewhere, but I think that's the only one 'till your two.

I think I could find a use for a chocolate teapot, but it would be a short usage, and wouldn't involve tea.
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Old 09-11-2008, 07:30 PM   #293
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'Like one o'clock half struck'

'You great big galah!'
'Like one o'clock half struck' - someone who is basically gormless or not doing anything as the clock strikes once at one and half of one strike is no strikes.

'You great big galah!' - You complete idiot! A galah is an Australian bird that loves to eat newly planted crops and is a big pest to farmers.
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Old 09-11-2008, 07:32 PM   #294
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might i venture to guess that cookie monster is australian ? i think i've heard of "great galah" before i have no idea what it means either. explanation please ?
Alf Stewart is where i got the galah comment from. He's a character in an Australian soap called Home and Away that's also popular in the UK
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Old 09-11-2008, 07:44 PM   #295
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'Like one o'clock half struck' - someone who is basically gormless or not doing anything as the clock strikes once at one and half of one strike is no strikes.

'You great big galah!' - You complete idiot! A galah is an Australian bird that loves to eat newly planted crops and is a big pest to farmers.
Thanks, I'm almost with you - but gormless??
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Old 09-11-2008, 07:49 PM   #296
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gormless - slow, idiotic, someone with low IQ
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Old 09-11-2008, 07:55 PM   #297
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Alf Stewart is where i got the galah comment from.
A very broadly-drawn 'strayan, eh.

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He's a character in an Australian soap called Home and Away that's also popular in the UK
...and let's never speak of it again.

(Incidentally, about your avatar and pseudonym - Cookie Monster. Best...Muppet...ever!)

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Old 09-15-2008, 01:28 PM   #299
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