Originally Posted by Lacelady
Apples and Pears = Stairs. My dad always sent me to bed by telling me to get up the Apples and Pears.
Whistle and Flute = Suit.
Dog and Bone = Phone
Just a few off the top of my head, I'll think about some more. Often, they were shortened, so you wore a Flute which was a Suit, and you got on the Bone to speak to someone.
I think I have a little book of them somewhere, I'll have to look for it.
oh my goodness...they are um, just so strange, lol!
"The bone is ringing!"
"Will somebody please answer the Bone?"
"I tried to get you on the Bone, but you must have been trying on your new Flute.
I was running up and down the apples and pears to reach you, but nooo...you couldn't come to the Bone!" :shock:
:lol: :lol: :lol: