If I had a Monkey in my pocket, lost a Pony on a nag,found a commodore in the street, spent a bullseye on the new away strip (OI HENRY!!), bet a nifty and got back a bag of sand in winnings .
A nifty = £50. A bag of sand = a grand. Pony = £25 Commodore = £15 Monkey = £500. Bullseye = £50.
So you should have £1490 in your pocket (not taking tax into account), based on you starting with £500, you then lost £25 on a punt (taking your total down to £475), but you then found £15 making your sub total £490, you bet £50 on a horse, won £1000, with the stake money back you should end up with £1490.
As an aside £500 is known as a monkey because troops who came back from India used a 500 rupee note which had a picture of a monkey on it. In India they referred to a 500 rupee note as a 'monkey' and the expression returned with them to Britain. Supposedly the expression pony for £25 has the same origin, the 25 rupee note had a horse or pony on it.
certainly somehere between a Rio and an Archer, I make it the number of minutes in a day (1440) assuming you get your nifty back on top of the bucket of sand
Once upon a time, when Charlton Athletic were descending from nationwide fame into a moribund basket case, and the sun was setting on Great Britain and the ragged remains of it's Empire, such essentials as entry to The Valley, The Beano and 'Sky Ray' ice lollies were purchased with 'real' money.
Half a dollar: 2/6d -Two shillings & sixpence (12 and a half p)
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So all the others are cockney words for various amounts of money?
I will go back to cuckoo land .....
A bag of sand = a grand.
Pony = £25
Commodore = £15
Monkey = £500.
Bullseye = £50.
So you should have £1490 in your pocket (not taking tax into account), based on you starting with £500, you then lost £25 on a punt (taking your total down to £475), but you then found £15 making your sub total £490, you bet £50 on a horse, won £1000, with the stake money back you should end up with £1490.
As an aside £500 is known as a monkey because troops who came back from India used a 500 rupee note which had a picture of a monkey on it. In India they referred to a 500 rupee note as a 'monkey' and the expression returned with them to Britain. Supposedly the expression pony for £25 has the same origin, the 25 rupee note had a horse or pony on it.
assuming you get your nifty back on top of the bucket of sand
i'm going to say £1440 in his pocket as he would have got his £50 stake back in addition to his winnings. i'm probably wrong mind you!
Just googled it!
Just beat me to it Shag
Edit - Last again........
Half a doller
two and a kick
a Doller
A tanner
A bob
A joey
A nicker
Go on, have a guess.
Can I have a go, Henry?
Or am I disqualified because I was there? ;-)
BDL would get 15% staff discount.
Once upon a time, when Charlton Athletic were descending from nationwide fame into a moribund basket case, and the sun was setting on Great Britain and the ragged remains of it's Empire, such essentials as entry to The Valley, The Beano and 'Sky Ray' ice lollies were purchased with 'real' money.
Half a dollar: 2/6d -Two shillings & sixpence (12 and a half p)
two and a kick: ditto
a Dollar: 5/- Five shillings - 5 bob (25p)
A tanner: Sixpence 6d (2 and a half p)
A bob: One shilling 1/-
A joey: Threepence - froopney bit (3d)
A nicker: Quid
Do I get a prize, Henry?
You forgot the '2 bob bit' - or what my nan called a 'florin'.
And the 'ape-ney' - a halfpenny.
And the brown 'ten bob note' - 10 shillings paper money ( 50p)
If something didn't seem quite right, we used to say it seemed "as bent as a 9 bob note"
My dad always said "Bent as a nine bob note" about both things a but dodgy and "irons" as he called them in those less than PC days.