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to say please stop saying this for the love of God

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vandrew4 · 19/02/2018 19:46

"not your circus, not your monkey" please please just stop

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MaidenMotherCrone · 19/02/2018 19:47

Nope Grin

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SpicedGirl · 19/02/2018 19:48

I use it a lot so I cannot promise to etop

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YoumeandlittleP · 19/02/2018 19:48

Agreed!

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PhelanThePain · 19/02/2018 19:48

What will we say instead? Could you post a list of approved phrases please?

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FlibbertyGiblets · 19/02/2018 19:48

Och don't be a grumpus. Learn to slide your eyes past phrases.

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SpicedGirl · 19/02/2018 19:48

Stop

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Idontbelieveinthemoon · 19/02/2018 19:48

Ooh a friend of mine says this often on Facebook and I'm not keen.

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ABypassRunsThroughIt · 19/02/2018 19:49

OP, may I ask why? What is wrong with it?

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vandrew4 · 19/02/2018 19:49

Phelan just not that. I'm sure it was all very witty the first 28,000 times but is now bugging the tits off me

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Rainboho · 19/02/2018 19:49

*monkeys

It would be a pretty shit circus with one little monkey arsing around.

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TheLovelyHorse · 19/02/2018 19:50

I only learned it last year. I want my monkey's worth.

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MrsKoala · 19/02/2018 19:50

I don't mind that one. Calling everyone a 'Cheekyfucker' or CF is currently my piss off du jour.

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TroubledTribble28 · 19/02/2018 19:50

Ooh I do wish people would stop saying 'for the love of God' ...

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FlibbertyGiblets · 19/02/2018 19:50

I like etop. Sounds frenchie, ooh la la etop mes amis, sil vous plait. Heehaw heehaw heehaw. Bof.

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Aprilshowerswontbelong · 19/02/2018 19:50

I feel your pain..
Is that any better??

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vandrew4 · 19/02/2018 19:51

Oh God, I've just thought; people may replace it with " mind your own beeswax" !

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PinkAvocado · 19/02/2018 19:51

I don’t use it but I can’t help but really like it Grin

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Sparklingbrook · 19/02/2018 19:52

It is a bit odd. It's like people saying it think they were the first people ever to use the expression.

'It has nothing whatsoever to do with you' is better. I have never been to a circus in my life. Do circuses even have monkeys?

There was someone moaning on here about putting your ducks in a row earlier.

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PhelanThePain · 19/02/2018 19:54

I love it. It always provokes images of littleness mischievous monkeys causing havoc in the big top Grin

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MorningsEleven · 19/02/2018 19:54

It would be a pretty shit circus with one little monkey arsing around

Like the zoo with only one dog 😉

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Floralnomad · 19/02/2018 19:55

In our house we use ‘ not my bull , not my bullshit’ instead .

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Sparklingbrook · 19/02/2018 19:55

It originated in Poland apparently. Maybe they have monkeys in their circus.

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PhelanThePain · 19/02/2018 19:55

Ducks And rows
Monkeys and circuses
Horses and bolts
Frogs and feathers
Llamas and dramas

What other animal based phrases can we think of to piss off the sour bakes of MN tonight? Grin

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GrumpyOldBagFace · 19/02/2018 19:56

We used to live near a zoo that did have one dog!

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LovingLola · 19/02/2018 19:58

Elephants and rooms.

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