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Raarve tiv it
 Post subject: White Sick Monkey
PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:35 am 

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If you looked a bit pale and sickly, my Grandma, from Burnley, used to say....."eeee Chuck, you look just like a white sick monkey!"
Has anyone else come across this quiant saying?
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 Post subject: Re: White Sick Monkey
PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:19 am 
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Never heard it before? :shock:

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 Post subject: Re: White Sick Monkey
PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:40 am 
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Never heard that one before.

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Burnleymasher
 Post subject: Re: White Sick Monkey
PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:16 pm 
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Me neither.


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 Post subject: Re: White Sick Monkey
PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:15 pm 
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Something close I remember would be "She looked like a right sick monkey"....with those long flat 'a' may have sounded like 'white'.
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Jack Sparrow
 Post subject: Re: White Sick Monkey
PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:50 pm 
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suzycue44 wrote:
Something close I remember would be "She looked like a right sick monkey"....with those long flat 'a' may have sounded like 'white'.

That's more like it LOL ! I was very confused before. :lol:

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