Dan Clarke

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Does anybody know the origins of saying, don't act the Dan Clarke? I've been saying this to me kids for years, and everybody where I grew up said it, but I've never actually thought, Who the F*ck is Dan Clarke? I always thought it was A Dublin thing

mikhail

Never heard it before. Could be a rhyming slang for "act the lark", maybe?

pjdarcy

Been living in Dublin since '89 and I've never heard anyone use that line. Maybe it's cockney rhyming slang for something?

SEPT 23 1989

Never heard of that

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

That's a new one on me. Maybe you just made it up. What does it even mean?

EmmetSpiceland

We had a kid in our “area” who made stuff up all the time. Really crazy, far fetched, stuff.

Whenever some was suspected of lying or making something up they’d be told that was <insert the kid’s name> and to shut up.

“Waffle” and “bollocks” eventually took over but it’s still used by friends of mine and, even, their little brothers. I’m fairly confident the little brothers don’t know where it came from.

Quantum Erasure

Dan Clarke, ha ha ha

I see sheep

The Darren Clarke?

wexandproud

There is a Danny Clarke . He was a champion track cyclist . Do Your kids be tearing around on bikes by any chance