'It's like taking coal to Newcastle.'

Newcastle is a city in the North East of England where a lot of coal used to be produced.
The phrase to take coals to Newcastle means to take something unnecessary to a place where there is already a lot of this. If I took a bag of sand into the desert, or if I took some ice to the North Pole, it would be like taking coals to Newcastle.

Do you see now? Hmmm?

Cole.

Posted By: jafski on May 11th 2010 at 13:07:57

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Duke of York (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 11, 12:54:44
- Today is my gay icon day (General Chat) - jamesward, May 11, 12:57:23
  - That explains it. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 11, 12:59:04
    - He's Swedish you know (General Chat) - jamesward, May 11, 13:01:58
      - I knew he was a scando - I didn't know he was in Generation Kill. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 11, 13:03:59
        
        He was the main soldier man with a conscience (General Chat) - jamesward, May 11, 13:05:40
        
        Brad? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 11, 13:06:51
        
        Yep (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 11, 13:10:33
        
        wouldn't have known he was the same person from your profile pic (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 11, 13:14:23
        
        No, it took me until the second series of (General Chat) - jamesward, May 11, 13:18:44
  - I saw that. Bird is the word, I proper lolled at that. (General Chat) - jafski, May 11, 12:58:55
    - Indeed, I enjoyed that too. (General Chat) - BSG Canary, May 11, 13:06:45
      - haha (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, May 11, 13:07:40
    - My kids love Family Guy (General Chat) - jamesward, May 11, 13:01:05
      - Have you ever taken him to Newcastle? (General Chat) - jafski, May 11, 13:02:17
        
        I don't get it (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 11, 13:04:49
        
        'It's like taking coal to Newcastle.' (General Chat) - jafski, May 11, 13:07:57
        
        More "dug up" than "produced" really. They didn't *make* the coal. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 11, 13:13:18
        
        You say that but over millions of years the weight of what was to become Newcastle and the (General Chat) - jafski, May 11, 13:16:37
        
        Do you know, I have never heard that expression (General Chat) - jamesward, May 11, 13:11:36
        
        No it doesn't. (General Chat) - jafski, May 11, 13:13:34
        
        None of the above (General Chat) - jamesward, May 11, 13:29:40
        
        I can see deaf people. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, May 11, 13:33:04
        
        I hear blind people. (General Chat) - jafski, May 11, 13:36:16
        
        Do you taste smelly people? (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, May 11, 14:17:35
        
        sometimes, if he get's lucky in the toilets at the Roti (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, May 11, 14:29:00
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, May 11, 13:02:38
      - Haha (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 11, 13:01:38

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