Origin of phrases or sayings

[SMorientes]

When you go into a restaurant you tend to leave a tip. The word tip originated from Edwardian coffee houses that had a box on the table with the acronym T.I.P.S. and once the customer put a coin into the box the waiter would come to your table and serve you. The acronym stood for To Insure Prompt Service.

If true this is probably my favourite so far, but wouldn't it be 'To Ensure Prompt Service', therefore acronymically teps?

[NottinghamWhite]

Reminds me of when I was a waiter and my mate hit upon the idea of having a tip box at the exit to the dining room. Box found and my friend wrote on it tifs box and as I passed I pointed out to him that there was no f in tips and he replied there wasn't last year either

[SMorientes]

very good

[Davycc]

Anyone know the prigin of "can't see green cheese"?

[Deleted User 728]

Anyone know the prigin of "can't see green cheese"?

Anyone know the origin of the phrase "know the prigin" ?

[kk white]

Anyone know the origin of this thread? Before today, last reply was 2013

[Davycc]

Anyone know the origin of this thread? Before today, last reply was 2013

OK so we have two smarty pants

1. I was using the old English spelling prigin... it's well known.

2. I was going to start a new thread then remembered this one.....


AND I really shouldn't be wasting time posting such things ATM lol

[kk white]

Anyone know the origin of this thread? Before today, last reply was 2013

OK so we have two smarty pants

1. I was using the old English spelling prigin... it's well known.

2. I was going to start a new thread then remembered this one.....


AND I really shouldn't be wasting time posting such things ATM lol

Get the party started Davy

[psquithy]

Do any of you know what a "coddy" is?

I do and my family do but I don't know anyone else who does and t'internet does not seem to either.

Maybe it is just a family thing - from West Yorkshire though.

[johnh]

'Don't have a pot to piss in'. Many years ago, (even before we were last in the Premiership) people used to collect urine to sell to the cloth dyeing industry. To do this, people had to collect the urine in pots. Poor people did not possess pots, hence the term indicates that someone is very poor.