Mad as a hatter.

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  1. Gue

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  2. Gue

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    Bald as a coot.
     
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  3. Jay

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    Ooooh, I know where that phrase comes from. And, erm, deaf as a post.
     
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    Do you Jay, sounds interesting, please share.
     
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    No, you can go ballacks.
     
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  6. Gue

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    Really! Go on then, enlighten us!

    I'm absolutely BURSTING to know!:eek:
     
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    RE: No, you can go ballacks.

    Ooooh, Jay please tell us that story about Stockport hat makers and their use of mercury nitrate, pleeeeeaaaaaase.
     
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  8. Gue

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    Yes, please do. I'm on tenterhooks.
     
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  9. Jay

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    you've spoilt it now yer basturt

    got monk on
     
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    RE: you've spoilt it now yer basturt

    It wor ony a guess.

    Tell us abart deaf as a post then.
     
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    dunt know about deaf as a post

    Just put that in to keep with the whole similes theme.
     
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  12. Gue

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    Well tell us about one you do know then,
     
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  13. Gue

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    Somert to do with mercury poisoning

    I believe.
     
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    Mad as a hatter, like Rosco said

    derives from the fact that hat makers used mercury to give the Top Hats they produced that silvery sheen. Prolonged exposure to mercury sends your brain daft. Hence, mad as a hatter.

    Hurrah, you got it out of me in the end!
     
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    Your thread your rules I guess.

    Can we make them up? I'd like to start with

    'about as useful an 8 digit calculator is for calculating stuff with 9 numbers"

    What do reckon? I'll edit it if it's in breach of the rules.
     
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  16. Gue

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    Excellent.

    Horny as a viking hatshop.
     
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    As short as a Hartog
     
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    This thread is the dog's ********

    Or is it the bee's knees

    or the dog's knees?
     
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  19. Gue

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    Dull as ditchwater
     
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