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BDL
BDL Posts: 5,999
edited June 2007 in Fun, Jokes & Captions
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 .

How much do I have?
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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,820
    not sure, but the first round is on you down the rub a dub
  • tommo
    tommo Posts: 1,045
    £1395?
  • PeakieRocket
    PeakieRocket Posts: 2,418
    edited June 2007
    does the bag of sand you got back include the nifty stake as well?
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954
    A pony is 25 quid, right?

    So all the others are cockney words for various amounts of money?
  • 1905
    1905 Posts: 2,751
    £1645?
  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    i think tommo is right.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    a Lady Godiva?
  • StanmoreAddick
    StanmoreAddick Posts: 4,150
    You going to put us out of our misery BDL?
  • 1905
    1905 Posts: 2,751
    I am half asleep - I just added them all up and most probably got that wrong.

    I will go back to cuckoo land .....
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    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.
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  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    edited June 2007
    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
  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    he had £500, lost £25, found £15, spent £50, bet £50, won £1000.

    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!
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,820
    then what about the commodore, because when i read that i naturally presumed it was £64 !!
  • Shag
    Shag Posts: 4,554
    Commodore = 3 x a lady ( fiver )
  • StanmoreAddick
    StanmoreAddick Posts: 4,150
    edited June 2007
    Three times a lady (godiva) lol.

    Just googled it!

    Just beat me to it Shag
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Yep is £1440, I forgot to take into account the money spent on the new strip.
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,620
    edited June 2007
    but he got back a bag,rather than £1050
  • 1905
    1905 Posts: 2,751
    edited June 2007
    Commodore is £15. Something to do with the song 3 times a lady.

    Edit - Last again........
  • Shag
    Shag Posts: 4,554
    Image:Commodore64.jpg
  • BDL
    BDL Posts: 5,999
    Buggered if I know the answer!
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  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    can we start a 'let's kill BDL thread' ; 0 )
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    Isn't a Gorilla £750 (a monkey and a half)?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,204
    And for our older readers some pre-decimal slang words that I can remember (I was only 8!)


    Half a doller

    two and a kick

    a Doller

    A tanner

    A bob

    A joey

    A nicker

    Go on, have a guess.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,588
    if you brought the new shirt with VG you would get 10% off :)
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]And for our older readers some pre-decimal slang words that I can remember (I was only 8!)


    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? ;-)
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,204
    [cite]Posted By: guinnessaddick[/cite]if you brought the new shirt with VG you would get 10% off :)

    BDL would get 15% staff discount.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,204
    please do Oggy. These kids won't know ; - 0
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954
    edited June 2007
    Okay, Henry........here goes:

    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?
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954
    Oi Henry, where's my prize? ;-)

    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"
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,204
    You win a prize but I'm not sure what it is yet.

    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.

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