Seems like it's origin's obscure but it's not just scottish. A badly made box in welding looks like a pig's ear. 'Pig's ear' is cockney rhyming slang for beer (not a subject you know much about though Jack ) and maybe the mess made by a drunk is where the phrase comes from. Most likely though is from the mis-quote about making silk purses out of them and not doing it properly. This is apparently a mistranslation of "can't make a silk purse from sousier". Sousier (from the 16th century French coin the Sou) is a rough, French purse peasants used to keep their coins in; the phrase says you cannot make something quality from something rough and cheap.
Ironically a 'pig's ear' can also mean a good tidy job in sailing where certain types of sails when furled properly look like the shape of a pig's ear ! Always got to be difficult those sailors, girls - never marry one!
You even get educated on this forum. What a great place to be

Blimey - you are beginning to sound like our lovable wee Christeeeeeeeen innit bruv

Hey R!

Hope you copied and pasted that post , otherwise think you're suffering from 'Jackitis' (see Oxford Dictionary definition below )


And ta for the info, as I thought it was just one of my 'imagined' words / sayings'


Jack



OXFORD DICTIONARY DEFINITION

Main Entry: 1 Jackitis
Function: noun
Pronunciation: Jack ass
Etymology: From Romanian times when the subject was considered to be suffering from a medical condition which caused them to type inanely long rambling passages, which induced commas in anyone unlucky enough to read said passages.

intransitive senses
1 a : to talk/type aimlessly with no regard for the recipient.
1 b : to type idly

2 : to talk or write in a desultory or long-winded wandering fashion when exposed to Halloweenjack84 over long periods.

3 : to type or extend one sentence irregularly

transitive senses : to gibber like a madman.

Ohh no ! Help me. I've got Jackitis

Hey R!!

Don't worry 'bout it !!

You can get cream from 'The Chemists' which cures it !!


Jack

Hey Hussettes!

'Roller Disco' lyrics added to the lyrics thread.

Jack

Hey Hussettes !

Lyrics post updated courtesy of 'Super Pro'.

Have fun finding all the spelling mistakes.

Jack

Hey Hussettes!

Whilst on my 3 a.m. scavenge through The Hussy's trash cans, came across a little scribbled on piece of paper with the embryonic lyrics for 'The Greatest Living Actor '

Also found a carelessly discarded half empty container of PVC glue, and found that after inhaling *said contents* of this container ( to confirm that it was PVC glue. ) I could actually hear the little embryonic version of this song ..

If the song is half as good as I *imagined* , then all Hussettes are in for a classic !!!!!!!!!
( *PVC glue induced lyrics* have been typed out and the song lyrics post updated ! )

Jack

HJ, thanks for the lyrics to JG. I've found no errors yet...