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Glad we got that cleared up. I've still no idea what your own about.
The cobblers son would definitely have shoes because his dad would just go around picking up people's old tatty ones and he would fix them up.
In fact people would probably go to him and be like 'mate I've got these old Doc Martins with a hole in them, can you fix them up?'
He'd tell them 'they are beyond repair but give them to me and I'll get rid' before pinching them for the loon.
I think it's referencing one cobbler's son in particular.
Where the laddie is like "faither, can I get a pair of Adidas Torsion from the mid 90s" and the faither replies "**** off, we don't have money for shoes as no-one uses a cobbler anymore".
Then they all go live rough with the candlestick maker.
Right I think we're getting somewhere now.
Basically your wife is the cobbler and you are the cobblers son. Seeing as your missus is a doctor the 'shoes' in this case is actually her putting her finger/fingers up your bum which unfortunately never happens in real life hence the significance of said expression.
So where does the candlestick maker come in to it? Do I really want to know?