What's the most British way of saying it's cold outside?

durhamjaide2001

rebel11 said:

I use to go to work wearing a short sleeved shirt in really low temperatures.

Can't do that these days, runny nose, tearful eyes etc.  

lol you were brave 

oldngrumpy

Bl**dy hell. It's freezing

Cher_Alumni

<Opens back door for cat>

Then says... even the cat won't go out 

Sparklebright63

I have 2 loverly cats they won't go out either I don't blame them this weather

emancherry33

chilly willyies

SueHeath

I can remember we went and stayed at York for a few days, in a February and saw a man riding a bike with just a T/shirt on, we were froze. since then when we talk about cold weather etc we always say "their dead hard up North" referring to they don't feel the cold as much as us.

durhamjaide2001

SueHeath said:

I can remember we went and stayed at York for a few days, in a February and saw a man riding a bike with just a T/shirt on, we were froze. since then when we talk about cold weather etc we always say "their dead hard up North" referring to they don't feel the cold as much as us.

Lol 

rebel11

durhamjaide2001 said:

rebel11 said:

I use to go to work wearing a short sleeved shirt in really low temperatures.

Can't do that these days, runny nose, tearful eyes etc.  

lol you were brave 

I literally had 'zero' fat on me, my co worker use to say, 'she's seen more fat on a chicken' lol. 

Steve_in_The_City

@SueHeath Your comment about Hard Northerners brought a long forgotten memory to mind, and a smile to my face. Although I was born in London, my parents came from Doncaster and Castleford, and I had family in Sheffield and Pontefract. They were mainly coal miners.  When I was about 9 my Gran took me "Up North" to meet the Northern family for the New Year, and of course they considered me to be a soft Southerner who had to be kept warm and well fed at all times. Nothing could have been further from the truth! The house we lived in in London had no hot water, no bathroom, an outside loo without a light, the top part of the house was still lit by gas, we didn't have a fridge and food was adequate but basic. The house was freezing because we couldn't afford coal, and a fire in the grate was a rarity. I had adequate bedclothes. So basically I was tough as leather and could stand the cold. When Gradma took me "Up North" I thought I was in the Land of Plenty! I don't know about hard Northerners and soft Southerners, it was the other way round for me. The houses were so hot, there was hot water in the taps, and my aunt put so many blankets on the bed I felt like I was under a ton of them. I threw them off during the night and she asked me the next day if I had been restless. I said no, I'm just too hot. But I really enjoyed the food. I was spoiled rotten.

My aunt made a trifle to go with Sunday lunch the next day. In the evening she and and my uncle went to their local working mens club leaving me and my cousin Alan to our own devices. Naturally we ate the trifle which didn't please my aunt at all. Then we played Scalextric and somehow blew all the fuses. There was a terrible smell of burning and lots of smoke and someone called the fire brigade (but there was no fire). Someone went and got my aunt & uncle. They weren't exactly happy bunnies but they got over it (except for the trifle).

So I am going to say for a polite expression to say it's cold outside "eat the trifle, blow the fuses, throw off the bedclothes and go outside and enjoy the cold." 

leeCal

It’s a bit parky out there today!

SueHeath

Ha ha great story/memories @Steve_in_The_City.
I can so remember the hard days, was born in the Back to Backs of Birmingham, I loved the back yard except for the toilet ha ha and still remember the frost on the inside of the windows and the old nets sticking to it. Good that we can remember. x

Binky1234

Elysium said:

Binky1234 said:

It's cold enough to:
Freeze the balls of a brass monkey.

Yes this one!!! 
what the heck is a brass monkey anyhoo?

https://www.itv.com/news/2016-03-18/origins-of-obscure-english-phrases-revealed

Steve_in_The_City

@SueHeath My gran was from Birmingham. She loved everyone and had a terrific sense of humour. She married a Yorkshireman who was a thief, gambler, alcoholic and a wife beater! She left him and came to London.

SueHeath

Steve_in_The_City said:

@SueHeath My gran was from Birmingham. She loved everyone and had a terrific sense of humour. She married a Yorkshireman who was a thief, gambler, alcoholic and a wife beater! She left him and came to London.

Sorry to hear that about your Gran, Steve - hope she found happyness.

I have a wicked sense of humour, x

rebel11

We might be up to 13c on Sunday. Close to finishing course of antibiotics, so still feel pretty rubbish, actually more rubbish then usual.

  

durhamjaide2001

Apparently in Windsor it's either-5 or -8 my PA was telling me this morning. 

Steve_in_The_City

@SueHeath Grandma found happiness the moment she walked out on her husband!!! I was taken to see him on that trip.  It was a very brief visit, no hospitality, and he was a right dirty old sod! He kooked like Old Man Steptoe.

SueHeath

Oh my goodness @Steve_in_The_City thats a scary thought, well out of it then, glad your Nan did have an Happy ever after - bless her x