Daft apath and other sayings

[WhoNeedsaManOfTheWorld]

This was used when I was a child as a fond insult I guess
Along with don't stand around like cheese at 4 pence
Unless my spelling is wrong apath doesn't fit does it?

Is it apeth? Always assumed it was something to do with a species of monkey? I don't use it nowadays as would be scared of potentially offending someone!

It's ha’porth - short for half penny worth. As in “he doesn't have a half penny worth of sense”

It’s Apeth. Half pence, so not worth much.

Daft h’apeth
Contracted form of half penny worth

I thought it was a shortened form of a halfpenny's worth?
Though I've no idea how you'd spell that!

I like 'what's that got to do with the price of eggs?'

Unless my spelling is wrong apath doesn't fit does it?

Doesn’t fit what?

My granny used to say ‘ye daft ha’porth’ to me. It’s a friendly sort of thing to say, unlikely to cause any offence.

The half penny makes sense
I hope it isn't offensive, I use it all the time

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apath

Doesn't fit the saying with the definition I found
H'apath as in half penny makes sense

Daft h’apeth needs a revival! I also like wazzock

It made more sense back when they had ha'pennies! And perhaps more obvious in some accents than others.
I'd not heard the cheese one before.

Oh I love the cheese one and often use it with my dc
Both work with a Yorkshire accent

@WhoNeedsaManOfTheWorld

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apath

Doesn't fit the saying with the definition I found
H'apath as in half penny makes sense

😂😂😂

Here we go

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ha%27porth

What's that got to do with the price of tea in China?

Tuppence short of a pound.

This is so weird. On Downton Abbey Mrs Patmore says it to her niece and as I was watching it for the millionth time yesterday I looked it up.

I feel like I conjured up this thread!

It said it was a daft fool and was a Northern expression. DA was in the 1920's so could be an older use.

picklemewalnuts
Thank you

my nana called people who she considered 'odd' an 'ha-porth of dates', looking back it seems she knew a lot of 'odd' people

she also described anyone who was ill as being 'queer', as in, 'oh, Mrs Smith at number 9 has been in bed all week poor thing, she is very queer'

Tit in a trance is one of my family faves.

I watched an episode of Poirot the other day - one of the characters told her step daughter to stop standing around like a cough drop which I’ve adopted

Hanging around like a fart in a phone box.

Hanging around like a fart in a phone box.

Is numpty still ok?
And Wally?
Doughnut?

We used to say a dithering person was like a fart in a colander

Daft as a brush
Duckie (endearing)

Can't rub two half pennies together meaning their skint

A Scottish relative used to say
"He doesnae zip all the way up the back"