Sausages

[Bobinwales]

I learned last night that Diz Disley has died. I can’t say that Diz was a friend, but I certainly knew him and admired him greatly. If I tell you that Stéphane Grappelli played with him rather than the other way around you will realise what a brilliant guitarist he was.

One of the things that Diz used to say was “Sausage me a gregory”.

Would you like to have a try at translating that? Answer on Monday if no-one gets it.

[Phil White]

What did Ivan Lendl say when he first arrived in the US?

[PhilHunt]

Don't mean to be rude, but it sounds like something Sofia Loren may have said to Gregory Peck. ;)

[Wizard of Oz]

.. Bob I am willing to bet it is rhyming slang but I couldn't get the gist at my first reading .. sausage meant nothing but is probably half of a double word and I guessed that Gregory was short for probably Gregory Peck which means neck where I come from .. but a trip to my rhyming slang dictionary brought me closer to what I needed to know .. there I found sausage a goose's which gave me the round about way for arriving at what Diz was saying ..

.. I'll PM you as I don't want to spoil it for others who may be looking ..

WoZ havin a butchers at the ivory pearls

[PhilHunt]

:) Got it!

[zmjezhd]

The second half of the doublet for sausage is and mash.

[Wizard of Oz]

.. don't forget to PM Bob if you think you have it BEFORE he posts the answer .. and explain how you arrived at the answer ..

WoZ rhymin

[Edwin F Ashworth]

I'm struggling with Smoke me a kipper - I'll be back for breakfast.

[Bobinwales]

A couple of people sent me a PM with the answer, WoZ was first, closely followed by Phil, and James was on the right track:

It is rhyming slang of course,

Sausage and mash - cash
Gregory Peck - cheque

Diz was asking us to cash him a cheque.

This was in total contrast to an Irish musician who was touring at the same time, who always asked to get paid by cheque, "You can't spend a cheque!" he used to mutter, it would seem that all too often his fees had disappeared by the time he got back to Cork, so having a cheque was a lot safer.

[Edwin F Ashworth]

"Somebody's liquidized my current account!" disagreed Mr Fields.

[Shelley]

I'm struggling with Smoke me a kipper - I'll be back for breakfast.

Thanks to you, Edwin, I've had the Red Dwarf theme song in my head for days . . . "Fresh mango juice . . . Goldfishes nibbling at my toes . . . Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun . . .!"

[Wizard of Oz]

.. thanks Shelley .. I thought I knew that reference but couldn't remember where from .. it was Rimmer's alterego wasn't it ??

WoZ going for a vindaloo and a lager

[Bobinwales]

Yes indeed, thank you Shelley! ......Not only did you start me off with, "It's cold outside. There's no kind of atmosphere..." running through my head all day, but when I settled down with a cup of coffee to watch the box for an hour last night, what did I get? A re-run of Red Dwarf Series Two! You are ganging up on me. It's a conspiracy.

[Shelley]

Total conspiracy, Bobinwales!
Yes, Rimmer's alter-ego, but I can't remember his name -- Ace something? I'll look it up . . .

[Bobinwales]

Umm...

I think you will find it's Ace Rimmer Shelley!