NO IT ISN'T, KIRSTY!

All my life I've said, 'See a pin and pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck' as taught to me by my grandmother. This idiom is first recorded by Samuel Pepys in 1667 as 'an old proverb' -- and the number of people who say, 'See a PENNY...' is phenominal. It irritates me every time I hear it.

Glad you found the time to join us and post Tadleyjan - welcome

Yeah, great isn't it!!

A break after a busy morning.

Is this all you have to witter on about?

knspol
Oh, and apparently there's one in the Archers

Allsopp
Thanks Charleygirl5
I assumed that in the end but it could have been Kirsty Wark, Kirsty Young, Kirsty Alley, Kirsty Gallacher …..

What a lot of Kirsties!

Does anyone else think that the couple in the programme would have done better to invest their money in a decent waterproof shed, some storage boxes, and a course with professional declutters?

Lost count of the number of times I hear 'off his /her own back' it's BAT for goodness sake not back.

Many people use that phrase and it really annoys me.

Allsopp

Kirstie/Kirsty who?

Awesome - did she say it two time as she was arriving at a train station to get a coffee before alighting to her train seat

All Kirstie/Kirsty's are annoying especially the one in The Archers!

Wendiwoo. Give me Nigella any day.

Kirstie/Kirsty drives me nuts!!!

Keep a stiff upper lip and on your toes, with your nose to the grindstone, your back to the wall, your ear to the ground, shouldering the burden, and putting a brave face on it.

My favourite (not) is 'spitting feathers' for being angry. No it means thirsty. Spitting fire or something similar is angry.

Who is this offending Kirsty/ie ? What is this programme?
Is it woman's hour? I'd better switch the radio on - t'would help.
The proof of the programme is in the listening.

Didn’t think anybody used those old fashioned sentences now. Always made me laugh what’s the one about the horse?
Shut the stable door after the horse has bolted?
Early bird catches the worms.
Strange.

I think we all know what she meant, who amongst us hasn't said the wrong thing and then regretted it immediately, especially in public.
Didn't someone on GN post about exactly that recently?

She says a lot of wise things too.

I like Kirsty!

The word 'prove' is an old-fashioned way of saying 'test'

IE 'The test of the pudding is in the eating'
and 'the exception tests the rule'

Makes perfect sense if you know that.

See – the exception proves the rule! And I've heard that misunderstood lots of times too.

The proof is in the pudding – in the form of a damn great ruby – in one of Agatha Christie's short stories, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding. Otherwise, no!