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I'm like the rest. I have never heard of it before either.
posted by
Annicita
on December 20, 2018 at 8:42 PM
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No I had never heard of it Kabu, most of the old sayings made some kind of sense.'Like cold enough for a walking stick.' 'Or are you wearing that hat or waliking beside it.' I would think he heard someone say it and thought it sounded rather a smart answer. I hope he was not the one who offered to take you to Heaven on the back of his motor- cycle.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 20, 2018 at 12:17 PM
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Another culture. I like better the Santas of America when they stood on street corners in cities. People would past and drop coins in their cardboard chimneys. However, intersting to read of other experiences in other countries.
posted by
BC-A
on December 20, 2018 at 10:08 AM
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Back again, after looking it up on Wikipedia...
FUNNY! Thanks, Kabu!
posted by
Pat_B
on December 20, 2018 at 6:17 AM
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That's a neat little expression. Pretty funny.
We've had a few Barry's at the car washes but nothing to where someone got oneself into the hospital.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on December 20, 2018 at 5:55 AM
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A wigwam for a goose's bridle is a phrase, meaning something absurd or a nonsense object, or latterly "none of your business". It is an old English phrase from the United Kingdom which later found particular favour in Australia, where its first recorded use is in 1917, and also in New Zealand.
posted by
Shams-i-Heartsong
on December 20, 2018 at 4:56 AM
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A wigwam for a goose's bridle is a phrase, meaning something absurd or a nonsense object, or latterly "none of your business". It is an old English phrase from the United Kingdom which later found particular favour in Australia, where its first recorded use is in 1917, and also in New Zealand.
The original form, it is now clear, was whim-wham for a goose’s bridle, a version that is still remembered by some older people in Britain. It turns out to be a well-known Australian expression (though not used as much as it once was), a traditional way of deflecting a question from an inquisitive child. “What are you doing, daddy?” “I’m making a whim-wham for a goose’s bridle.” In other words, “go away”, “stop bothering me”.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on December 20, 2018 at 4:13 AM
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Sounds like the guy was ahead of his time for those
movies they make under the title "Dumb & Dumber." A goose's bridle sounds like something I might have seen in a children's book illustration, but a wigwam? That being a kind of pyramid-shaped tent made of hides to be used as shelter for nomadic Native Americans - seemed to have zero connection to a bridle. It's fun to have something new to think about, especially when it's something old.
posted by
Pat_B
on December 20, 2018 at 3:15 AM
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Kabu - I've never heard that expression before.
And what an interesting story to go with it. Your stories of your trips and Australia and Wiley and your whole family in general are such fun to read. Thank you.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on December 19, 2018 at 7:30 PM
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I had to look it up of course. I'd never heard that saying. Nice little story to go along with it.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 19, 2018 at 4:27 PM
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