Thread:5sides/@comment-30549602-20170301044804/@comment-30549602-20170302011604

I wonder if you found it already? A Cup of Tea, a Bex and a Good Lie Down was the name of a comedy review that had a very long run in Sydney in the 1960s. The phrase passed into the vernacular here, used if someone gets over-excited, perhaps. Bex was a brand of analgesic, quite addictive, aka "mother's little helper". Banned, eventually. Turned out it caused kidney damage. I doubt few Gen Xers or younger here would even be aware of such colourful lingo these days. More likely to be heard spouting phrases from some gangsta rap. Pity. I'm quite fond of our linguistic eccentricities. Where are you based, 5s? You don't seem to keep same hours as other players here.