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I know it as the first part of a much longer salutation, but I'm not sure I can type it up here :frown2:
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Does Anybody Know? ...the origin of the phrase "Cheers me dears"?
My girlfriend said it the other day, and I've noticed a couple of the women in the office saying too - but nobody knows where it comes from. Any ideas folks?
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. ~ Douglas Adams
Living Legend
I know it as the first part of a much longer salutation, but I'm not sure I can type it up here :frown2:
This will go on, though dynasties pass.....
......but we will walk this world with music.
Chris Wood.
Folk Maestro
OOOOHHHH, Good one Jan.round here I hear "Cheers Me Duck" a lot as well as "me dears".
The difference between genuis and stupidity is that genius has its limits.....Albert Einstein
Folk Maestro
Ooh, that is interesting - 'Me duck' being a greeting common in Lincolnshire where Auntie Jools family comes from, also current in Leicestershire, I think. And imported into Warwickshire with the older relatives, finding Lincoln not enough to contain them....
'Music with the bark still on it!' Tom Paxton about Woody Guthrie.
Living Legend
Mostly what you hear around here is, 'Cheers, y'all.' :)
John Renfro Davis
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Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.' - Bob Dylan
Folk Maestro
Im not sure where it comes from but I do say it a alot so maybe I should devote some time to wondering over it lol. I always assumed it was becuase it rhymed
Listener at the bar
I think it has as much to do with rhymes as anything else.
Here in Toytown we say 'Cheers, Big Ears'.
Listener at the bar
waiting.....
anybody out there know why we're here (apart from waiting for gillian welch to tour with lucky dave rawlings, obviously)
Folk Maestro
I can say with great conviction, that I have absolutely No Idea
It could be to serve as a warning to other worlds, it could be that we are part of some massive intergallactic experiment, it could just be a terrible accident.
But whatever the reason I do believe that whilst we're here we should be enjoying it, living to our full potential and experiencing as much new stuff as we can.
Don't get me wrong. I don't want to bungie jump. I have no desire to freefall and I certainly don't envy people who climb everest " just because it's there". I just want to experience the things in life that appeal to me.
Life is like a grabbing machine at the funfair. you go for what you want, it might slip away but you can always put another pound in and try again. Some people strike lucky first time, others spend a fortune trying to get what they want and some never win. but it's fun trying. (and someone always profits.)
If you mean, why are we on this forum? Thats easy! It's full of great music and great people.
right my glass is empty.......
The difference between genuis and stupidity is that genius has its limits.....Albert Einstein
Folk Maestro
Wow you are so amazingly philosophical when you are drunk! I think that is an excellent trait in a person and therefore insist you drink more often. I have many questions that need answering oh great yoda of the JD!
xxxx
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