Telling the forum scamps they needed their heads banging together on the other thread got me thinking about Nan-speak. The phrases your Nan used to come out with, which were then adopted by your Mum, until the day you never thought you'd see finally arrives and you start telling your own kids "You don't know you're born", or "Look at the state if you, you look like you've been dressed by the parish". If kids are fighting they "need their heads banging together". If kids are play fighting "It'll end in tears".
I miss my Nan and her crazy ramblings. I remember my cousin having a bath when she had the decorators in, and my Nan almost breaking the bathroom door down screaming "Get out of there you silly girl!! YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!!!!" because in their day they truly believed that a menstruating female would actually die if she came into contact with water.
Nans are the greatest.