Originally posted by sonhouse"it's crackers " ..Meaning "stupid ,idiotic ,daft etc"
"It's crackers to slip the rozzer dropsey insnide"
"Rozzer"... A British term for a "cop,policeman "
"Dropsey"...To give a " backhander ,Bribe ...etc"
I would say its probably a "cockney " and i am going for ...."Lockstock and four smoking barrells "....?
Originally posted by phil3000snide is funny money
"it's crackers " ..Meaning "stupid ,idiotic ,daft etc"
"Rozzer"... A British term for a "cop,policeman "
"Dropsey"...To give a " backhander ,Bribe ...etc"
I would say its probably a "cockney " and i am going for ...."Lockstock and four smoking barrells "....?
dont think its Lockstock ... rozzer is very old-fashioned slang
Originally posted by sonhouseBut a little more research reveals that:
"It's crackers to slip the rozzer dropsey insnide"
Magersfontein Lugg is a fictional character in the Albert Campion novels, written by Margery Allingham (1904-1966). Lugg, in The Fashion in Shrouds (originally published in 1938), is the originator of the curious sentence, "It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide". Mad Magazine just hijacked it.
Originally posted by avalanchethecatWell said!
But a little more research reveals that:
Magersfontein Lugg is a fictional character in the Albert Campion novels, written by Margery Allingham (1904-1966). Lugg, in The Fashion in Shrouds (originally published in 1938), is the originator of the curious sentence, "It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide". Mad Magazine just hijacked it.
Here is another: Where did this come from?:
"There's an alligator on the zipper"
Originally posted by sonhousealligator=a piece of rubber from a tire you often see on roadways (often a piece of tread looking like an alligator's back)
Well said!
Here is another: Where did this come from?:
"There's an alligator on the zipper"
zipper=the white dashed line down the middle of some roads
CB slang
Originally posted by SuzianneVery good! I heard that one time actually on a CB, I had a kind of 500 mile commute a few years ago to Toledo, Ohio and that's where I came across that saying. It would be interesting to find out who invented it.
alligator=a piece of rubber from a tire you often see on roadways (often a piece of tread looking like an alligator's back)
zipper=the white dashed line down the middle of some roads
CB slang
There was actually a movie by the same name!
http://www.alligatoronthezipper.com/