well, if you have photographic evidence then I obviously do spanner my cock. I must have just forgotten. Apologies.
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No probs. It was in that torrent of self-abuse you sent me.
A mate of mine, a practising Christian, once rolled into Revolution positing the question “where’s the fucking flange, boys?”
Flange.
He has given up most of the Christian stuff.
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Somewhen
Yeah that popped up on my Twitter feed as well
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Can’t be arsed to go back and check to see if “Gordon Bennett” as an exclaimation has been mentioned.
I think the last time I heard it was on a Only Fools and Horses Re run.
Fuck-a-duck, I haven’t heard that in a while.
@fowllyd will be along in a mo’ to tell us the origin of both phrases.
I knew there was a thread this could go in. Just took a while to find it.
There are 3 phrases on this list I’ve never heard of. Any guesses? Any that you’ve not heard?
88-british-phrases-that-confuse-anybody-who-didnt-grow-up-in-the-uk-a3686021.html
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haha, is this where @pap got his nickname? 
"Poppycock"
Something that is nonsense, rubbish, or simply untrue might be described as “poppycock.”
This quintessentially British idiom derives from the Dutch ‘’ pap’’ and “kak,” which translate as “soft” and “dung.”
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“An Entertaining win for Southampton”
Haven’t heard that one for ages
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OK that worked.
Next,
“Can’t see Saints getting anything away to a strong City side.”
You will be using words you haven’t used since 17th April 2004.
Think I mentioned this before in another thread but the football phrase…“He rode that tackle well”
Very hard to do nowadays, when they are already starting their dive before the tackle comes in. Does anyone even try to ride a tackle now?
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Exactly.
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That one crossed my mind while watching American Gods the other day.
Followed by “they showed that HERE???”
Wasn’t it used in October 2016?
Yes, that’s true.
I was being greedy wanting it all, plus it would be something special to inflict their first defeat of the season at their own ground. Imagine the words we could use then