Fullerene Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 I seldom get these things wrong all be it I don't know why. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Upmost 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkthebigclub Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 "without further adieu" Our gun laws are too strict. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 On 26/05/2023 at 23:57, Fullerene said: I seldom get these things wrong all be it I don't know why. Correct if a tad archaic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Until recently I thought the phrase was; Make ends meat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Gammon Bozo News muscling in on the action here: Speaking on GB News, Christopher Chope, MP for Christchurch and East Dorset said: "My principal concern is there's a move of foot within the WHO to transform it from being an advisory body... Blah blah blah affront to democracy sovereignty blah blah 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Some eejit on GMS this morning describing the DRS as putting the Grocery Federation in a very precurious position. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 On 26/05/2023 at 14:56, btb said: Sangwich Sangmeedge. A young colleague at the restaurant I worked at was breathlessly relaying the excitement from earlier in the shift, where a guest was so blootered that they ate a whole shrimp, including the tail and was choking on it. The manager on duty, she said, had to perform the highland remover. . 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 "I've had an idear" @Rugster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBhoy Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 When I was an apprentice one of the young boys I worked with thought you had ‘Peter bread’ along with your chilli . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 'Shoe-in' I also remember years ago when I was stuck on couch post back operation watching daytime telly and some skanky family were on Jeremy Kyle shouting at one another and one countered their argument by saying something was so painful they had to 'go to hospickle'. Was rolling about, howling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 (edited) On 24/05/2023 at 15:21, Shotgun said: Tow the line. One of those rare ones where both the correct and incorrect uses make sense. In fact you could argue that 'towing the line' makes more sense as a visual representation (that being pulling in the direction the party wants you to) than 'toe the line' which is derived from getting your foot right on the starting line of a race. Chopping/chalking off is another. Though in that one, the correct terminology of chalking makes more sense still. Edited May 30, 2023 by djchapsticks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 1 minute ago, djchapsticks said: One of those rare ones where both spellings make sense. In fact you could argue that 'towing the line' makes more sense as a visual representation (that being pulling in the direction the party wants you to) than 'toe the line' which is derived from getting your foot right on the starting line of a race. Chopping/chalking off is another. Though in that one, the correct terminology of chalking makes more sense still. Funnily enough, I thought your 'shoe in' example also made sense albeit it's wrong - the origin of jockeys deliberately slowing their horses down by digging in their feet to allow another to win matches 'shoe in' as well as 'shoo in'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, hk blues said: Funnily enough, I thought your 'shoe in' example also made sense albeit it's wrong - the origin of jockeys deliberately slowing their horses down by digging in their feet to allow another to win matches 'shoe in' as well as 'shoo in'. I always thought 'shoo in' stemmed from golf somehow. Making that 'shoo' motion to will in a wayward or short putt. Edited May 30, 2023 by djchapsticks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: I always thought 'shoo in' stemmed from golf somehow. Making that 'shoo' motion to will in a wayward or short putt. Apparently it comes from 1930s horse racing when race fixing was common. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 38 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: 'Shoe-in' What the correct version? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 1 hour ago, philpy said: "I've had an idear" @Rugster Jessicar Ennis Hill 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 4 hours ago, hk blues said: Apparently it comes from 1930s horse racing when race fixing was common. I'm glad that's stopped. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I'm glad that's stopped. Just seems like hesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Asking for a glass of "wowta". Stay thirsty, git. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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