In need of a Brit phrase (OT mostly)

[Dai Evans]

No: HPFGUIDX 8064

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
<pennylin at s...> wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> Carole & I are in need of a good turn of phrase to come out of a 
Brit's
> mouth & are at ...erm ... a loss for words.
> 
> "The Ministry would be on me faster than _______________" (says 
Sirius
> Black)
> 
> Can any of the Brits help us fill in this blank?
> 
> Thanks ever so --
> 
> Penny

A common term for speed is "Shit off a shovel" I dunno if it's 
appropriate for this situation though as I've only heard it used to 
describe speed of an object (like the rapidness of Pete 
Postlethwaites heartbeat in Brassed Off) rather than someones 
reactions. You could try one of Cassie's techniques of using lines 
from Red Dwarf, there's one where Kryten, as a sheriff in the old 
west is described as being "faster than a toilet stop in rattle snake 
country" on drawing his gun. Although that's not exactly stereo 
typically british.



Dai