FabSwingers.com forum: Who is Larry?

By *utterfly64 OP Woman
over a year ago

Raynes Park

“As happy as Larry”. is a saying I’ve heard frequently.

But who is he?

Is he a pig? As in ‘happy as a pig in sh*t’?

Answers on a postcard please. Failing that here will do

Happy Friday

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By *ehindHerEyesCouple
over a year ago

SomewhereOnlyWeKnow

Larry Foley I believe. An Australian boxer who never lost a fight and was paid huge amounts of money in the 1800’s

Marc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sir Laurence de Montford Montagu was a 19th century aristocrat and one of the "idle rich".

An amiable chap, he was a man about London town and was a regular at establishments such as Boodles and Drone's.

He was known for his permanent smile and chipper manner, but historians think that his cheerful disposition was due to a head injury in earlier life which left him unable to be unhappy or angry.

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By *utterfly64 OP Woman
over a year ago

Raynes Park

Wow!

Thank you for the insight. I guess I could have googled but where is the fun in that!

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By *ooking4othersMan
over a year ago

Here ...

Leisure Suit Larry was a happy chappy

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By *omtom7Man
over a year ago

Tralee

Well he did live in the land of the lounge lizards

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By *acktopervMan
over a year ago

Stourport-On-Severn

Who is Larry?

As far as i recall he was a fat bloke that wrote and sung "Zoom"

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By *affeine DuskMan
over a year ago

Caerphilly

Postcard sent.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Happy as Larry.

Larry isn't a person it's a person type ...

Larrikin is an old Cornish word for hooligan or rough type that was always larrikin around ....

So to be as happy as larry was to be carefree and not worried about your behaviour ....... it travelled to Australia and New Zealand and sometimes is quoted as being from there but it's CORNISH

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

or the Midlands..... apparently

The word larrikin was a dialect term meaning "mischievous or frolicsome youth" originating from the West Midlands region of England (particularly the counties of Worcestershire and Warwickshire). It was also related to the verb to larrack in the Yorkshire dialect, meaning 'to lark about'.

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay

I remember lawn chair Larry, don't think things ended very happy for him

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