Snowy From The Trams?

[DroopStDanny]

Anybody familiar with the expression 'Go ask Snowy from the trams'? I heard it some years ago from an older workmate and have always wondered who Snowy was. It's definitely a Melbourne expression and possibly originated in the northern suburbs. Mate grew up in Northcote post WW2. Can anybody enlighten me with any info? Cheers.

 

[worbod]

Sorry I do not know anything about Snowy from the trams, but I also have a saying which baffles me. When I was having a taxi ride about 30 years ago, the driver heard a message come through his radio system between two other workers from the taxi depot. The driver thought they were both talking dribble, and expressed his dislike by saying "Stick a match on it Johnny, stick a match on it." I still have no idea where the match was supposed to have been stuck, and is the match meant to have been lit?
Has anybody else heard of this saying?

 

[FredLeDeux]

Anybody familiar with the expression 'Go ask Snowy from the trams'? I heard it some years ago from an older workmate and have always wondered who Snowy was. It's definitely a Melbourne expression and possibly originated in the northern suburbs. Mate grew up in Northcote post WW2. Can anybody enlighten me with any info? Cheers.

"Snowy on the trams" was the traditional answer given down the pub when anyone asked the organiser "Who won last week's raffle?".
He was generally regarded as being mythical.