Cor blimey! "EastEnders" star said he'd be brown bread but for the Thais

[chickenslegs]

27 minutes ago, theoldgit said:

Paul Nicholls isn't a Cockney, he's from Bolton

Well he's reet chuffed to be alive and sorry to have bin a daft 'apeth.

[darren84310]

I hope he picked up some acting tips from the Thai police.

[GroveHillWanderer]

1 hour ago, shaurene said:

COR BLIMY (BLOODY HELL) WOULD HAVE BEEN BROWN BREAD. (I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD.

Just slang sayings.Like up the stick. (SHE IS HAVING A BABY)

Actually it's not just a slang saying like "up the stick."  It's Cockney rhyming slang, whice requires the last word of the slang phrase to rhyme with the word it represents.  The equivalent saying (albeit a relatively recent coining) is "Keith Cheggers" (rhymes with "preggers") meaning pregnant.

 

Other examples would be:

 

"Apples and pears" - stairs

"Flowery dell" - cell

[Millcx]

6 hours ago, Thechook said:

Maybe our British members on here can translate, as an Aussie and member of the British Commonwealth I'm not sure what the headline means.  

 

Brown Bread is generally considered better and healthier for you so is he complaining about thais?  Then I look at the photo and interpret something to the contrary.  What on earth does the headline actually mean?

It means that if the Thais had not found him he would be (Brown Bread = "Dead") .. its Cockney rhyming slang from London son ... 25 years man an boy I have understood it son  ";0)

[maxcorrigan]

1 hour ago, pattayadon said:

And I thought he was,   .....  "done"!

Cream Crackered means knackered ie worn out, taken from when a horse got too old for work it was taken to the knackers yard and put down!

[malibukid]

there is a great early film "None But The Lonely Heart" 1944 with a  young Cary Grant who plays a miscreant  cockney in East London.  Grants character explains how the sentences are constructed to his love interest in the film. 

Edited July 26, 2017 by malibukid

[KKr]

If he would have had trouble on the bone he would have been found earlier, or maybe not at all, depends

[moe666]

2 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

"I would have been dead if it weren't for the people in the place I was in."

 

Not to downplay the involvement of the rescuers, but I don't think the fact that they were Thai really had anything to do with it.

 have to ask why not, there didn't seem to be a bunch of russians roaming around ready to save him.

[mikosan]

Here you go 'chinas' the ultimate guide to cockney rhyming slang as provided by a quality left wing UK broadsheet, so it must be accurate!!

 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/09/guide-to-cockney-rhyming-slang

[gummy]

Guess when you are an actor then any publicity is good publicity

[neeray]

8 hours ago, Thechook said:

Maybe our British members on here can translate, as an Aussie and member of the British Commonwealth I'm not sure what the headline means.  

 

Brown Bread is generally considered better and healthier for you so is he complaining about thais?  Then I look at the photo and interpret something to the contrary.  What on earth does the headline actually mean?

Did you read the story, not just the headline? The article explains in the last sentence that brown bread is slang for dead. 

[lvr181]

20 minutes ago, gummy said:

Guess when you are an actor then any publicity is good publicity

Same same for all media tarts I think. 

[hotchilli]

Yesterday the head of the local spa association Sitphasu Thongsuk was the latest high profile visitor giving Paul the opportunity to tell Daily News how much he loved the Thais.

 

And a cheap advertisement for the spa of course... why on earth would they otherwise be interested in a "burnt-out, broke"

ex wannabie?

[Bullie]

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Blimey, my niece was friends with this guy many years ago!

Blimey, I have a niece too!

[Bullie]

1 hour ago, neeray said:

Did you read the story, not just the headline? The article explains in the last sentence that brown bread is slang for dead. 

Did you read the replies, not just the comment? The answer to this question was given twice, already.

[Essaybloke]

10 hours ago, Thechook said:

Maybe our British members on here can translate, as an Aussie and member of the British Commonwealth I'm not sure what the headline means.  

 

Brown Bread is generally considered better and healthier for you so is he complaining about thais?  Then I look at the photo and interpret something to the contrary.  What on earth does the headline actually mean?

'Brown bread' me old China plate, is rhyming slang for 'Ethel and Fred', 'Father Ted' or 'Right said Fred', which is to say deceased.

[bangrak]

6 hours ago, Toshiba66 said:

I wouldn't mind if the Nurse in the white shirt took care of me next time I fall down a waterfall. Or even not fall down one.

She is not a nurse.

[Jaggg88]

6 hours ago, NextStationBangkok said:

Hospitals don't smile for a reason. That too coming out with a gift pack is even suspicious.

Yes its funny how these Thai institutions change their tune when there's some media publicity. 5555555 giving him a gift pack now they know he's a minor celeb.

[sambum]

6 hours ago, Techno Viking said:

I thought it was cream crackered ?

Cream crackered = knackered = very tired = fdeleted!

[oldgent]

why was he on his own roaming about ? Iv,e never been on my own in Thailand

when visiting such places.

[Blackheart1916]

12 hours ago, Thechook said:

Maybe our British members on here can translate, as an Aussie and member of the British Commonwealth I'm not sure what the headline means.  

 

Brown Bread is generally considered better and healthier for you so is he complaining about thais?  Then I look at the photo and interpret something to the contrary.  What on earth does the headline actually mean?

Brown bread equals dead mate.

[Blackheart1916]

3 hours ago, mikosan said:

Here you go 'chinas' the ultimate guide to cockney rhyming slang as provided by a quality left wing UK broadsheet, so it must be accurate!!

 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/09/guide-to-cockney-rhyming-slang

I much prefer Roger's Profanisauras.

[FitnessHealthTravel]

The whole story is a joke. The guy is an idiot doing what he did and if it was anyone else he'd have to get some sort of 'Fund Me' campaign going. We have a 'has been' here in Thailand.

[dogpatch55]

8 hours ago, colinneil said:

Dont read the Sun, well that is something i have never done.

Sun readers are the people missing their brains.

Gutter press that is the Sun.

Sun readers don't buy it to read, they just want to look at the photos!

[mindfulness]

13 hours ago, Thechook said:

Maybe our British members on here can translate, as an Aussie and member of the British Commonwealth I'm not sure what the headline means.  

 

Brown Bread is generally considered better and healthier for you so is he complaining about thais?  Then I look at the photo and interpret something to the contrary.  What on earth does the headline actually mean?

... 'Brown Bread' Eastend of London Cockney Rhyme, 'Dead'. 

[gk10002000]

ah, so brown bread is kind of like "we're in Barney", i.e. reference to Barney Rubble, which rhymes with trouble.  The lines were in the Oceans 11 modern remake of the classic film.  Those clever English

[TheLobster]

Cockney rhyming slang is Brown Bread, about 50% of people living in London aren't even English let alone a cockney.

[Khon Kaen Dave]

18 hours ago, Techno Viking said:

I thought it was cream crackered ?

That means 'Knackered'

[Khon Kaen Dave]

Loads of 'em

 Rhythm and blues... shoes.

China plate.......mate.

Rubbadub....pub

Whistleand flute...suite

Frog and toad ........

 Aristotle...arse ( it works like this.. Aristotle= bottle. Bottle and glass= arse)

norf and souf.  mouth

Loaf of bread...head

Apples and pears...stairs

 There's loads. i hope that satisfy's our Ozzie cousins. For further examples, i am available for weddings, christenings and barmitzvahs.

 

[piersbeckett]

22 hours ago, shaurene said:

COR BLIMY (BLOODY HELL) WOULD HAVE BEEN BROWN BREAD. (I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD.

Just slang sayings.Like up the stick. (SHE IS HAVING A BABY)

Cor blimey is derived from 'God blind me'.

Edited July 27, 2017 by piersbeckett
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