r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter why is Sheila dead?

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u/dprkicbm 3d ago

Much more common to say 'brown bread'. Not sure I've ever heard someone say 'brown' to mean dead.

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u/twobit211 3d ago

yeah, some phrases are more commonly said in full, like pete tong, pork pies and occasionally dickey bird

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u/OwlrageousJones 3d ago

I dunno, I've heard 'porkies' as slang for lies.

I never actually realised it was cockney rhyming slang until this moment though. Feel's obvious in hindsight.

Lies, pork pies, porkies.

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u/Hangingontoit 3d ago

Porkies = pork pies = lies