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Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	PollyinBrum	Report	30 Aug 2014 10:13
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	On another thread BillinOz said "Stone the Crows" this got me wondering how/where these sayings originated. Any examples?
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	30 Aug 2014 10:25
	Having a pedantic day today. It is unlikely that you would be able to stone crows because rook on it's own is a crow and a crow in a crowd is a rook. Stone the rooks would be more correct. My grandfather started work on the farm at seven so he probably did his bit of bird scaring.
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	PollyinBrum	Report	30 Aug 2014 10:27
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	THank you Sharron I love having a pedantic day :-D :-D
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	BillinOz	Report	30 Aug 2014 10:39
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	Hi Polly looking it up.First slang dictionary didnt have it. http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html But looking at many others. back shortly
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	30 Aug 2014 10:41
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	It is Aussie, but it should be "stone the bl**dy crows" :-D
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	BillinOz	Report	30 Aug 2014 10:51
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	Yes thats good Scozz, But stone the crows – exclamation of astonishment is the best I can find
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	BillinOz	Report	30 Aug 2014 10:53
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	Crows are a real problem they attack young lambs and peck their eyes out. There are more Bloody Crows than you can 'Poke a Stick' at Mate.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	BillinOz	Report	30 Aug 2014 11:06
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	Stone the crows"he said faintly , Its Sad to see your face so orful cut about'. From Dennis rose of Spadgers 1924. C J Dennis Rose of Spadgers 1st Edition Sydney 1924 Old Book - First Edition - good condition From E Bay around $5 or 3 Pounds Yep its also a modern Band.
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 15,991 Send Message	Island	Report	30 Aug 2014 11:09
	Stone The Crows! Maggie Bell lead singer. Great band :-D
	Researching: I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	PollyinBrum	Report	30 Aug 2014 11:37
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	http://youtu.be/kTUIhKQAUZU
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 15,991 Send Message	Island	Report	30 Aug 2014 11:42
	Modern Bill? :-S Have they been usurped by pretenders? :-0
	Researching: I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	30 Aug 2014 11:57
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	don't forget all the crows at Wagga Wagga :-D From Wikipedia ~ The Aboriginal inhabitants of the Wagga Wagga region were the Wiradjuri people and the term "Wagga" and derivatives of that word in the Wiradjuri aboriginal language is thought to mean crow. To create the plural, the Wiradjuri repeat a word, thus 'Wagga Wagga' translates to 'the place of many crows'. :-) Many years ago, DH & I went to an "Australian" restaurant in Hong Kong, named "The Stoned Crow".
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	30 Aug 2014 12:35
	it was often the case that rolling stones were stoned!
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	BillinOz	Report	30 Aug 2014 12:44
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	Scozz , My Favorite Restuarant in Hong Kone was the "Waltzing Matilda"
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	BillinOz	Report	30 Aug 2014 12:49
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	Polly, Heres a Video you may like. http://www.bobinoz.com/blog/5749/time-for-our-fourth-annual-pest-control-treatment/. .
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	30 Aug 2014 13:44
	'Stone the Crows' was a blues-rock band formed in Glasgow in late 1969. Not much help - is it?
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	30 Aug 2014 13:46
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	I think I saw them........ they were singing "I'm a half-stoned cowboy" :-D
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	BillinOz	Report	30 Aug 2014 13:59
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 406 Send Message	Your a Treasure SCOZZ. Yes I'm still around
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	PollyinBrum	Report	30 Aug 2014 14:29
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	Dermot I worked with a man around about that time, he said he played in their band I had never heard of them. I looked on I tube this morning and found the band, didn't recognise my ex colleague though, but it has been a long time, he probably wouldn't recognise me either. ;-)
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	PollyinBrum	Report	30 Aug 2014 14:30
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	BillinOz. Thanks for the link, I'm a okay with spiders, not too happy with the crows.

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