Sixpence two-bob, sixpence two-bob

[Dayvo]

I had one of those moments today!

Cycling into work this morning at 6:00 through the forest, I was going too fast (42 kmh) down a long steep hill; I was reluctant to break too much cos of the icy and gravelly track. Trying to ease round a gentle turn, the front wheel slid too far for comfort for what must have been 10 seconds, and I thought I was going to be deposited over a drop into a small river running parallel to the path.

Fortunately I held on: talk about brown trousers er, a white knuckle moment!

 

[Maz]

Take it easy Dayvo!
I don't understand the thread title though.

 

[byegad]

I know it as threepenny bit, Half Crown!

 

[abchandler]

oOoO.

Does that help? The brown trouser reference kinda fits

 

[gbb]

Sixpence twobob....wassat mean then Never heard that one.

My moment was yesterday....squirted round a corner on a cyclepath to get back on the road...out of the seat....as i careered round, loose fine gravel all over the path in front of me...

Bike upright pronto, hold tight....no, i made it.

 

[Desert Orchid]

you're riding along happy and it's the size of a sixpence,
then the fear factor hits and it's the size of a half crown

 

[Rab]

also known as fifty pence twenty pence moment

I was born after decimalisation

 

[Kirstie]

oOoO.

Does that help?

Something to do with Jimmy Saville? No...?

 

[Dayvo]

Something to do with Jimmy Saville? No...?

You mean 'clunk click every trip' or something like that!
Wasn't that his campaign that showed how dangerous it was walking down the street eating a peach? A bloody great hammer came out of the heavens and smashed you over the head!

Maz! There are a few good answers to your question in some of the posts! Otherwise it's something to do with the varying sizes of your sphincter in a given situation!

 

[abchandler]

Otherwise it's something to do with the varying sizes of your sphincter in a given situation!

I guess 24 hours of being subtle is more than enough