Pinch punch, first of the month

GalwayGrrrrrl

I say this every month on the 1st and assumed everyone else had heard of it. I did it to a work mate today and she looked at me like I had gone crazy. It was pretty embarrassing lol. Has anyone else heard of this tradition/rhyme?

zuutroy

If you're still doing this kind of thing and you're of working age then there's a fairly good chance you are crazy.

Lucifer MorningStar

You trippin homie

One eyed Jack

xfactorfan23 wrote: »

I say this every month on the 1st and assumed everyone else had heard of it. I did it to a work mate today and she looked at me like I had gone crazy. It was pretty embarrassing lol. Has anyone else heard of this tradition/rhyme?

That actually is weird, never heard of it before, but the reply is good -

The victim can then say 'A flick and a kick for being so quick!' accompanied with said flick and kick.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinch_and_a_punch_for_the_first_of_the_month

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

New one on me.

kfallon

Well it seems you do learn something new every day!

Peregrine

I've never heard that before, no.

Birneybau

Grow up.

No take backs, na na nanana na.

Diamond Doll

Never heard of that one ...

theteal

Need to work on your creeping technique, OP

Yep yep. Memories.

Also "pinch a mini pinch a mini can't pinch back" when you saw a mini!

There was one for yellow reg as well but I forget it.

Summer wind

Never heard of that. One I have heard is "a pinch for you and a surprise for me" when you say the same thing as someone else at the same time.

brummytom

My mom's always said 'white rabbits' on the first day of the month, never heard it anywhere else.

NachoBusiness

Reminds me of when "mates" used to go to punch you and if you flinched you had to let them give you a dead leg with no retaliation.

Almost the same as it was in Stand by Me only Irish kids (well, Dublin ones anyway) tended to be more forceful and you'd be limping for a few hours at least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SozE07ceisk

PowerToWait

brummytom wrote: »

My mom's always said 'white rabbits' on the first day of the month, never heard it anywhere else.

A Somerset lass I knew says 'pinch, punch, first of the month something something rabbits.

I thought it was from over that way.

ETA: I see you're Brummy so it could be an English refrain.

Fox_In_Socks

By God yes we used to. And Father would give us half a crown each if we ran down to the river and dunked the village boys in it for his amusement.

How he laughed!

GalwayGrrrrrl

brummytom wrote:

My mom's always said 'white rabbits' on the first day of the month, never heard it anywhere else.

Yes, in our house if we say white rabbits it means you can't be "got" by the pinch punch thing.
Maybe I do need to be more professional in the workplace!

biko

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinch_and_a_punch_for_the_first_of_the_month

ah, beaten to it above

TheLastMohican

Heard it a few times in London in the early 80s

the groutch

zuutroy wrote: »

If you're still doing this kind of thing and you're of working age then there's a fairly good chance you are crazy.

not as crazy as her watching X Factor.

KERSPLAT!

Deleted User wrote: »

Yep yep. Memories.

Also "pinch a mini pinch a mini can't pinch back" when you saw a mini!

There was one for yellow reg as well but I forget it.

For us if you saw a yellow reg you got to punch the lad beside you, no rhyme needed!

I think a black reg was a kick

Rubberlegs

PowerToWait wrote: »

A Somerset lass I knew says 'pinch, punch, first of the month something something rabbits.

I thought it was from over that way.

ETA: I see you're Brummy so it could be an English refrain.

My mother is English and says "white rabbits" too. I always reply "many hoppy returns"

Rubberlegs

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yep yep. Memories.

Also "pinch a mini pinch a mini can't pinch back" when you saw a mini!

There was one for yellow reg as well but I forget it.

We said "yellow reg, no revenge" while punching each other

Tarzana2

Only heard for the first time three years ago at the age of 28. A housemate and her siblings used to do it to each other.