From my mates grandad on starting work at barrow colliery in late 70’s. “Look after thi pony and it’ll look after thee”
From my dear old mam when I was a kid and asked do ghosts exist? ‘ It’s not the dead Thas to be freetened of they’ll not hurt thee’
Although we don’t realise it, in reality virtually nothing in life actually matters that much. **** it, bi reight! From my dad (a joiner) ‘measure twice, cut once.’ From my nan ‘look after them that look after thee and bugger rest’
There's a right way and a wrong way to do everything, and the wrong way is to keep trying to make everybody else do it the right way. From M*A*S*H
Dad trying to explain our transfer experience over the years..."we cant afford him....its like me giing thi 10 pard sending thi t shop and expecting thi to come back wi 20 pards worth o snap!"
Old family motto; ‘when you are given a shadow ban from an online football forum, it means they like you and you should continue posting’. Stuck with me that one
Nivver cast a clart till Mays art Many’s the time I’ve not followed that rule . Going to Oakwell on a sunny Easter weekend in the red hot sunshine in shirt sleeves only to be in shade in Ponte and be absolutely frozen all match .
One bit of advice my grand father gave me in my teens when going out...which made me laugh...was....never look at the mantle piece when you get the chance to poke a fire....but remember to check your ash bucket once you've raked it.... adding the last thing you want is a your poker smoulding for days...lol
Always treat other people like you would be treated yourself. And, no one is better than you AND you are no better than anyone else. And finally, never piss against the wind or you will get your own back!
From my aunty. Never put any women on a pedestal. Because while she’s on the pedestal she’s at just the right height to kick you in the teeth.
My grandads phrase was (altered for any none barnsley readers)... You can't educate pork. Its only recently where the phrase revealed its true meaning.