A series of great
Quips, Quotes & Anecdotes
collected from everyday people

Quips

Almost Cockney

"You wouldn't Adam and believe it would ya".
Helen Drever

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"Never jog your granny while she's shaving".
(Best advice I ever got)
​Steve Elliott 71, Glasgow

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Almost Cockney

"Up the Apples and stairs".
Helen Drever

Almost Cockney

"I'd be on it like a car on a bonnet".
Helen Drever

Almost Cockney

"Alright me old Cocker Spaniel".
Helen Drever

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"So, how do gooduns fart!".
Tom Heron

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"Let's go make dough".
Tom Heron

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"How happy is a Pig in shit!".
Tom Heron

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"The longest sentence in any language is 'I do'".
Tom Heron

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"Apparently my friends have been trying to tell me I'm too loquacious but they couldn't get a word in!".
Tom Heron

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"My partners favourite word is Hippomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
Frightens the life out of me".
Tom Heron

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"When the weather's good and you're feeling great,
don't forget to Re Hi Dr8".
Tom Heron

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Q. "Does DNA stand for the National Association of Dyslexia?".
Tom Heron

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"Sex is great when you Re Hi Dr8.
More Prosecco dear?"
Tom Heron

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"I don't think a coy carp pond in your garden is a good idea Mr. Heron".
Tom Heron

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"Calling your son Kaja could make life very difficult for him Mr. Googoo".
Tom Heron

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"Congratulations, you are now a fully qualified dentist. You may want to consider practicing under your maiden name Mrs. Hacker".

Tom Heron

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"It's not for me, I'm just a kid".
Tom Heron

"Have you tided up your room?", "Hollow, why would I, I'm just a kid.
Tom Heron

"Don't ask me, I'm just a kid".
Tom Heron

"How would I know, I'm just a kid".
Tom Heron

"It's because I'm just a kid Isn't it".
Tom Heron

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"You may want to reconsider calling your daughter Sheila Mrs. Blige".
Mike Newman

Fictional book title:
Rusty bed springs by I. P. Knightly
Mike Newman

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"Twisting my words will only spell sword".
Mike Newman

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"If you bite off more than you can chew
you're just a greedy bugger".
Mike Newman

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"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Who the hell scornes anymore?".
Mike Newman

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"Being a good watchmaker is all about timing!".
Mike Newman

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"Walking on eggshells is a cracking idea".
Mike Newman

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"A glass ceiling can be a real pane.".
Mike Newman

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"Just because you are an insomniac doesn't mean you should lose sleep over it".

Mike Newman

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"Do sniffer dogs smell more than other dogs?".
Mike Newman

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"Horse trials never find them guilty".
Mike Newman

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"Kangaroo courts make me hopping mad, and the kids are all called Joey".
Mike Newman

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"Obesity, fat chance".
Mike Newman

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β€œHumour can be a funny thing”.
Mike Newman

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"If were not supposed to eat animals, why are they all made out of meat" ?

Terry, Swindon

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"I know the Scots love the New Year but what's with the Mahogany?".
Terry, Swindon

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"I'm an agnostic insomniac who suffers from dyslexia.
I lie awake every night wondering if there really is a dog!".
Father Michael, Swindon

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Doctor to patient:
"I'm so sorry, I can't save the arm....
But I can definitely save the watch".
Steve Derby

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Driving instructor:
"Why are there rumble strips in the road?".
Pupil:
"So that blind people know that there's a roundabout".
Jerry Somerset

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Driving Instructor:
"If you are exiting the roundabout before twelve o'clock you indicate left,
if you are exiting after twelve o'clock you indicate right".
Pupil:
"Why, do they shut that road in the afternoon?".
Jerry Somerset

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