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Life of Reilly/Riley

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Katek Fri 23-Jul-21 13:37:54

Who was he? One of those phrases we use but don’t know where it came from.

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Chewbacca Sat 24-Jul-21 10:42:34

No idea what Sylvia is but I do know a Lazy Susan.

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FarNorth Sat 24-Jul-21 10:11:39

Thank you absent.

I must get off now and borrow from Peter to pay Paul.

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Squiffy Sat 24-Jul-21 09:59:35

… but who is Sylvia, what is she?

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Aveline Sat 24-Jul-21 09:36:33

Simon says that's fine

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seacliff Sat 24-Jul-21 09:26:40

I'm a bit of a Johnny Come Lately to this conversation, very novel and amusing, not Pathetic at all. .

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Squiffy Sat 24-Jul-21 09:18:43

Ah, so Riley must have been related to Dolly Daydream?

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absent Sat 24-Jul-21 00:21:16

Just for the record, Reilly or Riley (it appears in both forms) was a character in a comic song in the 1800s who listed all the things he would have and do when he "struck it rich".

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mokryna Fri 23-Jul-21 23:36:09

The show must go on. Play it again Sam.

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FarNorth Fri 23-Jul-21 23:17:12

It goes to show, you can choose your friends but not your relatives.

Isn't Widow Twankey great friends with Old Mother Reilly, btw?

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May7 Fri 23-Jul-21 22:47:56

Well his brother is Flash Harry you know the one hes married to Whining Winnie

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mokryna Fri 23-Jul-21 22:38:31

Well, she’s the real McCoy.

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Callistemon Fri 23-Jul-21 22:19:28

Not on your Nellie!

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Aveline Fri 23-Jul-21 22:07:53

Well it's all my eye and Betty Martin

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jeanio Fri 23-Jul-21 21:56:00

She's all fur coat and no knickers

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Calendargirl Fri 23-Jul-21 21:50:47

Peeping Tom was caught looking in Pandora’s box!

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Aveline Fri 23-Jul-21 21:49:45

Or Willie Eckerslike

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Aveline Fri 23-Jul-21 21:48:42

Or let Flaming Norah out

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Callistemon Fri 23-Jul-21 21:30:45

Yes, I didn't want to open Pandora's box.

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BlueBelle Fri 23-Jul-21 21:29:27

That’s because you brought that second cousin Slippery Sam along you know he’s trouble

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Callistemon Fri 23-Jul-21 21:29:12

We agreed it was Even Stevens in the end.

I said " For Pete's sake, just go"
And before I could say Jack Robinson he'd disappeared.

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Aveline Fri 23-Jul-21 21:25:18

No. The cat's mother

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Chewbacca Fri 23-Jul-21 21:22:12

Are any of them related to Second Hand Rose? Or is she Lily the Pink's sister?

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Callistemon Fri 23-Jul-21 21:14:39

He said I was a Moaning Minnie, Aveline

I said "You'll get Sweet Fanny Adams from me".

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Aveline Fri 23-Jul-21 21:06:49

Well it was Hobson's choice after all

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Callistemon Fri 23-Jul-21 21:02:06

I've been robbing Peter to pay Paul.

That's because I employed a Jack of all trades
He was useless because he said all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and left without finishing the job.

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