To be still grinning at such silliness?

[BoobleMcB]

So I was casually minding my own business, plodding along when I heard a fella on the phone state that:

Well it was clearly Thursday that broke the camel's straw...

I just about rounded the corner chuckling to myself hoping he didn't notice 😂

What other common sayings have heard people say wrong?

Hahahaha OP! My ex's mum was having a right go at us one night for coming in late when we were staying at her house and she shouted "THIS is the FINAL nail in the camel's back!" We both burst out laughing and saying "poor camel" to each other. Hilarious.

My uncle when he was a boy announced that the boy in his class had gone home as he had diarrhoea in both ears.

You lot are exactly what I needed tonight. Thank you 😊💐

Not quite the same but my kind and caring mother in law believed lol to mean lots of love and put it at the end of a message of condolence.she didn't realise the correct meaning until it came up in conversation later

When you were but a twinkle in your Daddy’s eye, that’s exactly what it meant. 😁

Did you get much sleep last night?
Your eyes are like pistols in the snow! My Xsisil.
Another was when I was overdue. She said to my brother
"Ere. Your sister is gonna have to get reduced"
Half price pregnant ladies for sale

Bless her she really was stupid.

Oh and my DH says 'mummy cuddled' instead of mollycoddled

A friend of mine used to say -

'Cor, she's really walking on thin water there.....'

And -

'He must be really anally retarded'

I spent my childhood singing "O come Ollie Faple, joyful and triumphant"

No idea who this Ollie Faple was or why he was so bloody happy all the time! !

It may not be correct to the txtspk generation Sunnyside but it only changed meaning relatively recently. after being hijacked by millennials
The upshot is that we've lost a really handy way of signing off emails, notes and texts etc in favour of silly shorthand for something that no-one ever actually does and means nothing more than 'slightly funny'.
Rant over.

Me, as a child for years sang the hymn ‘I am the lord of the dance settee’ (said he) Also I once announced to the family waiting for DM downstairs, ‘mummy is shaving her armpats’

My dad always bought my mother a Poncy Etta at Christmas. Such nice cheery plants.

With my two little DS in a dusty room
I sneeze, DS1 says “bless you”
DS1 then sneezes, he says “bless you, me”
DS2 then sneezes, DS1 says “bless you, me, DS2 name”

fromtheshires - I believe that's an ironic expression, not incorrect as such.

To quote Father Ted: "You'd better count your sour grapes before they hatch" hahaha I laughed for days

Kate Bush - Every old sock meets an old shoe. I assess families in my work and I really want to use this in some reports I write. Just a perfect summary.

ex colleague said 'going off on a tandem'

@FizzyGreenWater it's where the odd socks go too!

Trickle treating

“It’s time to roll out the drums..”said by old school friend announcing someone’s birthday. I haven’t got the heart to tell her.

"Too many cocks in the cockpit", said DP, whose third language is English. I reluctantly told him he had better say "too many cooks spoil the broth" or "too many chiefs and not enough Indians", but his version is much better. I didn't know at the time that "cockpit" does mean a pit with cockerels in it, so it makes perfect sense, but with the other meanings of "cock" and "cockpit" in your head it's a lot funnier.

Ex colleague of mine was Dutch and told a story where he ended up with “butter on his hat”. Literal translation of our “egg on his face”.

Around this time of year I can always rely on at least one of my family to remind me of my faux pas when being a narrator (aged 6/7) at my school nativity play
“They brought gifts of gold, Frankenstein and myrrh”

Just reminded me of another one from a fella I used to work with,
“There’s more than one way to peel a cat”!
Poor moggy!

I have a colleague who says 'for all intensive purposes'. Never had the heart to correct him!

Patience is a Gertrude.

My colleague described something as a 'catch 24'.