Two monkeys and a pony

[zimzum42]

Can anyone give me a definitive list of the animal terms for amounts of money? You never know, I might have to do business with Sralan Sugar one day and don't want to sound silly....

 

[Arch]

An unwell cephalopod - six quid.

(Sorry, not definitive, think about a bit...)

 

[Sittingduck]

Dunno about a full list but since the title mentiones small apes and horses, I can tell you that a monkey is 500 quid and a pony is 25 quid. You probably already knew that though


SD

 

[rich p]

A fat Italian is a tenner

 

[Hilldodger]

A fat Italian is a tenner

I'd forgotten that one

 

[accountantpete]

I'm obsessed by threepennies.

 

[headhunter]

http://www.aldertons.com/money.htm

 

[alecstilleyedye]

An unwell cephalopod - six quid.

(Sorry, not definitive, think about a bit...)

Archer £2000 [Based on the (alleged) amount Lord Jeffery Archer handed a prostitute, can't remember why but there was (again, allegedly) something dodgy about it. Thanks to Alan S. Greer]

 

[yorkshiregoth]

£15 is a commodor

 

[Fnaar]

 

[dellzeqq]

my favourite is 'carpet' - still in use as a description of three years inside.

 

[peanut]

tanner-sixpence
nicker- 1 pound
Lady (godiva) - fiver
Big ben- ten pounds
Score- 20 pounds
pony-twenty five pounds
Ton- 100 pounds
Monkey -500 pounds
Grand - 1000 pounds
Archer (jeffrey) 2000 pounds

There were others but I can't remember them now.
Born in Bethnal green see . Still say pony (pony and trap) carp ! Dicky bird ,jam jar and a few others .

 

[ChrisKH]

You're as much likely to see these terms in the Traveller community as you are in the East End.

 

[Arch]

Spaniel -£45

Bull -£500

Pheasant -50p

Mute Swan -£3.50

Tiger snake -£28.75

Whale Shark -tuppence

Free-tailed bat -£9.56

Badger -£700

Brad Pitt -99p

donkey -14 euro

I think we all need to work really hard at getting these in regular use...

As in "Here, lend me a pheasant for a cuppa out of the machine..."

 

[alecstilleyedye]

I think we all need to work really hard at getting these in regular use...

As in "Here, lend me a pheasant for a cuppa out of the machine..."

i refuse to believe you drink machine tea arch…