my secondary school art teacher, Miss McNamara, frequently exiled me to the library for ‘not making an effort.’
What a bitch!
A 'fuck off gate' - I love that. No excusing the Irish, we'd say the same in Australia.
The other day a mate goes 'don't worry, we'll shit it in' when we were facing a big muddy hill and worrid about going up it. I did a happy dance. When I used that Aussie expression my English husband did not believe it was a thing. But it absolutely is!
Irish and Australians. United in expletives.
And absolutely. Appliance ALWAYS go all at once. Last time, we had this credit scheme for the store we bought the washing machine and fridge from, and I hadn't really checked that I had paid it off years before, and $50 kept coming out of my account every week (this is when we both had two wages, so we weren't pinching pennies). When our appliances went, I checked the credit and had almost all the money saved up to buy new ones. What a bonus. I keep meaning to put money like that away for emergencies but I can't afford it!
I had an Aussie business partner for 10 years and he was the only person I ever met whose language was worse than mine, though 'We'll shit it in' is a new one on me!
I suppose the upside is I now have almost all new appliances though I'm looking at the fridge with increasing suspicion now as it's the only one left that came with the house.