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Sack the juggler

A phrase commonly said in pubs in England when a customer or the person behind the bar drops a glass or a bottle, usually preceeded by a cheer by all who are in the pub
Come on, it's pretty obvious how you use it.
It literally says it above.

Sack the juggler
by Proper Sheffield lad April 25, 2022
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Blue alert

One of the Funniest scenes in television, this originates from the BBC Sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf the episode is S6E2 titled Legion and it goes like this;
Rimmer: Go to Blue Alert.
Lister: What for? There's no one to alert, we're all here.
Rimmer: I'd just feel more comfortable if we were all on our toes because everyone's aware it's a Blue Alert situation.
Lister: We all are on our toes!
Rimmer: May I remind you all of Space Corps Directive 34124?
Kryten: 34124. "No officer with false teeth should attempt oral sex in zero gravity".
Rimmer: Damn you both, all the way to Hades! I want to go to Blue Alert!
Lister: Okay, okay.
He presses a button; a sign reading 'Alert' in blue lighting begins flashing pathetically in the corner of the cabin
Rimmer: Thank you. A bit of professionalism.
...
Rimmer: Step up to Red Alert!
Kryten: Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb.
by Proper Sheffield lad April 29, 2022
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Gobby

Someone who is obnoxiously loud
by Proper Sheffield lad January 11, 2022
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Gebs

A common word in Yorkshire for glasses
"Gigs" is also commonly used in areas such as Sheffield and Barnsley
Jim: "I can't see the bleedin' thing"
Bob: "Put thy gebs on then. Tha knows thar as blind as a bat wi aart em"
by Proper Sheffield lad January 11, 2022
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Couldn't manage a piss up in a brewery

When someone is so incompetent that they quite literally couldn't manage a piss up in a brewery
Person 1: "Ere, look at 'im ovver yonder"
Person 2: "does tha mean malc?"
Person 1: "Ay, that's 'im"
Person 2 "Ay, dunt trust 'im, 'e couldn't manage a piss up in a brewery"
Person 1: "Ta, fer that advice"
by Proper Sheffield lad March 14, 2022
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It'll be Reyt

When things seem like they're going up the swanny just remember this phrase and 99% of the time, it does sod all.
Person 1: "Oh god why can't I do this?!"
Person 2: "Ah come on mate, it'll be reyt

*Reyt can be stylised as Reet
by Proper Sheffield lad February 11, 2022
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Yorkshireman's motto

The Yorkshireman's motto is an important motto and sums up what us Yorkshire folk think of the rest of Britain
it goes as follows;

You can see all
'ear all
say nowt

You can eat all
sup all

and pay nowt

An' if tha ivver does owt fer nowt
allus does it fer thissen
and to cap it all

If it's not from Yorkshire,
It's shite
The Yorkshireman's motto can be used only by folk who were born an' bred in Yorkshire
by Proper Sheffield lad February 13, 2022
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