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[Eednud 13,629]

48 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said:

  13 hours ago, MixuFixit said:

Hunners of earwigs in the garden this year for some reason.

 

48 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said:

Mods please......they’re called clipshears......

More like forkie tailie or maybe even horny goloch.

[Melanius Mullarkey 21,745]

Clipshears FFS?

 

[MixuFruit 10,764]

Where in this cursed lands do people call them anything other than earwigs

[Mr. Alli 8,366]

Forkie taileys in Dundee tbf. 

[Sergeant Wilson 20,404]

Tweezy spideys in Airdrie.

[Melanius Mullarkey 21,745]

1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

Tweezy spideys in Airdrie.

 

Enough of that

[die hard doonhamer 1,663]

PTTGOYN: Back at work today after a week off work.

RTBC: only 9 working weeks or so left them I'm off on paternity leave for 6 months.

[Melanius Mullarkey 21,745]

Lock up your chihuahuas.

Maybe it’s just a great big euph.

[Florentine_Pogen 3,033]

Clipshears FFS?

 

Always took you for an ignorant twat, MM......

https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/clipshear

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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CLIPSHEAR, CLIPSHEER, n. An earwig (Fif.10, Lnl.1, Lnk.3 1937).

[′klɪpʃir]

Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin xxx .:

“Ou, it's maybe no a flech ava,” quoth I, turnin' roond to compose mysel' to sleep again, “it's maybe a clipsheer.”

Edb. 1928 A. D. Mackie Poems in Two Tongues 27:

And for a' the worms and the clipshears raikin' aboot They've peace o' their banes.

 

[so called from the appearance of its forceps-like appendages.]

[Melanius Mullarkey 21,745]

5 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said:

Always took you for an ignorant twat, MM......

https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/clipshear

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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CLIPSHEAR, CLIPSHEER, n. An earwig (Fif.10, Lnl.1, Lnk.3 1937).

[′klɪpʃir]

Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin xxx .:

“Ou, it's maybe no a flech ava,” quoth I, turnin' roond to compose mysel' to sleep again, “it's maybe a clipsheer.”

Edb. 1928 A. D. Mackie Poems in Two Tongues 27:

And for a' the worms and the clipshears raikin' aboot They've peace o' their banes.

 

[so called from the appearance of its forceps-like appendages.]

Thats Fife!

[NJ2 4,415]

I like how it describes the clipshear as an earwig, it’s proper, and only, name.

[Melanius Mullarkey 21,745]

12 minutes ago, NJ2 said:

I like how it describes the clipshear as an earwig, it’s proper, and only, name.

These dictionaries always revert to the language of the oppressors tbf.

[GordonD 5,905]

14 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

I have seen the Lion King.

 

13 hours ago, NJ2 said:

As have I. Went to the pictures as a child when it was released, cried a lot when that evil b*****d killed the wee mans father.

That was Batman.

[Shandön Par 18,181]

Was out running yesterday and blistered a very sensitive area. Went to shop and decided antiseptic Savlon was the way to go. Applied liberally then had a lie down. Woke up in agony half an hour later. Felt like I’d been shot between my balls and my arse. Turned out antiseptic wasn’t a good plan. Was in tears with pain and missus just laughed at me. 

[Stellaboz 5,598]

How did you blister there?

[Dee Man 19,232]

1 minute ago, Shandon Par said:

Was out running yesterday and blistered a very sensitive area. Went to shop and decided antiseptic Savlon was the way to go. Applied liberally then had a lie down. Woke up in agony half an hour later. Felt like I’d been shot between my balls and my arse. Turned out antiseptic wasn’t a good plan. Was in tears with pain and missus just laughed at me. 

Prevention is better than cure - I apply Vaseline to said areas and the nips to avoid chafing. I've learnt my lesson. 

[Hedgecutter 7,476]

3 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

Thats Fife!

My other half from Moray calls earwigs forkytails.

I'm presuming that this is another Mental Morayism?

[Melanius Mullarkey 21,745]

Just now, Hedgecutter said:

My other half from Moray calls earwigs forkytails.

I'm presuming that this is another Mental Morayism?

Aye. Forkytails or Forky Gollachs.

Seems to be a Dundee thing as well. 

 

 

[Melanius Mullarkey 21,745]

56 minutes ago, Shandon Par said:

Was out running yesterday and blistered a very sensitive area. Went to shop and decided antiseptic Savlon was the way to go. Applied liberally then had a lie down. Woke up in agony half an hour later. Felt like I’d been shot between my balls and my arse. Turned out antiseptic wasn’t a good plan. Was in tears with pain and missus just laughed at me. 

Barse?

[Sergeant Wilson 20,404]

57 minutes ago, Stellaboz said:

How did you blister there?

He runs like Forest Gump.