New Posts For Thread: *Explanations for traditions/old sayings Thread*https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30279649/explanations-for-traditionsold-sayings-threadThe saying [u]Being P1ss Poor[/u]They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "P1ss Poor"Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.. However, since they were starting to smell . ...... . Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30279649/explanations-for-traditionsold-sayings-thread?post_id=539783615#539783615Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.. However, since they were starting to smell . ...... . Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custoFri, 06 Jun 2014 04:45:31 -0500Maybe they lost all their £££ in South Sea Bubble....cash poor but not lowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30279649/explanations-for-traditionsold-sayings-thread?post_id=539783599#539783599Maybe they lost all their £££ in South Sea Bubble....cash poor but not lowFri, 06 Jun 2014 04:43:18 -0500Didn`t have a pot to p1ss inThe really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to p1ss in" & were the lowest of the lowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30279649/explanations-for-traditionsold-sayings-thread?post_id=539783579#539783579Didn`t have a pot to p1ss inThe really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to p1ss in" & were the lowest of the lowFri, 06 Jun 2014 04:38:53 -0500The saying [u]Being P1ss Poor[/u]They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "P1ss Poor"https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30279649/explanations-for-traditionsold-sayings-thread?post_id=539783307#539783307The saying [u]Being P1ss Poor[/u]They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "P1ss Poor"Fri, 06 Jun 2014 03:54:31 -0500