Friday, September 16, 2005

Teach Ya Grandma To Suck Eggs

This week I used the phrase 'like teaching your grandmother to suck eggs', and none of my students had ever heard of it (but they did find it raucously amusing tho)

Is it just an English expression? Or are the kids these days using diffferent jargon, fo shizzle.....

4 Comments:

At 11:38 pm, September 16, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh no,anyone could teach these youngins to suck eggs....as they have NFI what we mean when we comment about "common decency/manners"

 
At 7:53 pm, September 17, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

lmfao haven't heard that expression for a long while.

 
At 8:12 pm, September 17, 2005, Blogger craggles said...

Hi D&J..another NTRMc Free Sat PM ..:(

Well at least we can sorta keep a fantasy presence with the blog

Hope Dallas and Kill Bill and Frame are all under control
I have had Avian Flu..still coughing after 7 days...how do I know its AF..not sure maybe the egg I laid resolved it for me

As for Grandmother egg suckers..I'll watch out for them in Supermkt...sneaky old buggers..thats how all those eggs get cracked I guess

Enjoy Boys
Craggles

 
At 8:25 pm, September 18, 2005, Blogger Dino & Joe said...

sorry to hear bout the flu, hope yr back on your perch and feeling more chirpy now

 

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