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I've blown store bought hen eggs-- I used to start every year at the beginning of lent, and by eastertide, we had 2 or 3 dozen eggs to decorate, and hide (and it didn't matter much if you missed one, since they were just hollow shells.. so you could devise, and we did good hiding places. It didn't matter if you missed one, they were not going to rot or smell bad.
raw eggs and marrow, were considered old age food -- i guess because they are fat and nutrient rich. as for why you would suck eggs, If you are going to eat them raw, it does make sense to suck them from the egg shell, rather than break the shell..
i suppose, as well, if granny was sick in bed, and couldn't sit up, you could pierce the egg, make a small (drinking straw size) hole and an old person could just suck it out.
I think sucking eggs is like sylabubs.. (a drink made of milk, curdled with a sour juice (lemon), wine, and raw eggs.. Sounds horrid doesn't it? but everyone used to love them!) times change!
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If I think about it really hard in the head 'til it hurts then i find phrases come out fast as shit off a shovel. One or two really are too cool for school but some are quite nasty pasties. If you are offended, don't blame me, I was dead at the time, I was on the moon.
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"May as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb"
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Along similar lines, if someone (particularly female) is wearing clothes that are far too young for them, then they are said to look like
'mutton dressed as lamb'
which I've always rather liked. The thought of doing that was something that always terrified my grandmother!
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huh? [blank look-e] Hi dodyskin, and WELCOME aBoard -- thanks for sharing.  er, I think... Why is "shit off a shovel" fast? Is it because it's something you wanna get rid of quickly?
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 So, Hev, I guess that tells us that we shouldn't teach the "oldies" of the board to go suck eggs!
Since we're talking favourite phrases, this reminds me of one of mine:
"Who's this 'we' white (wo)man, got a frog in your pocket?"
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I've always assumed this saying (don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs) came from a time when dental care was less prevalent than now, and sucking eggs was perhaps the only way granny could eat them, and so she was an expert by necessity.
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Apologies, I meant to type 'like shit off a sweaty shovel'. Another pet hobby of mine is collecting euphemisms for rainy weather. Here are a few of my favourites: it's a sad day in heaven, it's raining cats and dogs, it's persisting it down, like the liquid sunshine, lovely weather for ducks, it's chucking buckets and, of course, it's pissing it down. Can anyone think of some more for my collection?
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"doilies" ... I guess the 'dust' is just for alliteration.
wwh, have you ever experienced getting dust off doilies? Now imagine doing it before the days of synthetic thread and washing machines. I can quite see how dusting doilies would be a cause for gnashing of teeth!
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