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What odd sayings or phrases do you remember from childhood?

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Velvasilk · 25/08/2026 21:10

What's the silliest saying or phrase you remember from being younger?

Milk 'em Malcolm, tinky tinky talcum.

To this day I don't know what it even means.

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ShetlandishMum · 26/08/2026 01:14

"I believe in miracles,
Where you from? You sexy thing!"

Because of the singer's distinct delivery and accent, generations of listeners have misheard "I believe in miracles" as "Milk 'em Malcolm, tinky tinky talcum" .

//1975 hit song "You Sexy Thing" by the British soul band Hot Chocolate.

MrsPhilippaPippaVoss · 26/08/2026 01:20

your not the boss of me,

from Malcom in the middle

likeitshard · 26/08/2026 01:21

Jesus wept
ummm Betty
slaphead

MrsPhilippaPippaVoss · 26/08/2026 01:28

the earth is doomed, - giles

Natsku · 26/08/2026 05:59

One my mum would say sometimes, translated from Finnish "remember, bone isn't meat and sheep's heads aren't sausages"

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