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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Treaden the bords #109054 07/31/03 09:57 PM Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 279 Ireland GallantTed OP enthusiast OP GallantTed enthusiast Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 279 Ireland Howye fokes How is things with ye all? After a bit of a abscess, I'm back treaden the bords again. Does that qualify as a informative announcmint? Well, it does now. Be seein ya GallantTed Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Treaden the bords #109055 08/01/03 12:05 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont welcome back, Bear. hope your dental problems are better. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Treaden the bords #109056 08/01/03 11:33 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Welcome back Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Treaden the bords #109057 08/02/03 03:50 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Welcome forth, Gallant *one. I have to say to ye... I feel as if I've been g-ted. I had me best reconnaisance team over yonder in the rollin green 'ills of Gallaway, and all'n I got back was rumors 'n such of yer exsistence. It's like goin to yer favrit school marm's room on 'show and tell' day and finding a substitute teecher who "don't believe in that hogwarsh". I mean, not even a hint of cimilairity (from what I could tell)... not that there's anything wrong w/that, but. OK, she was a big fan of teddy bears, but ya could've (at least) sent a blonde. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Treaden the bords #109058 08/02/03 04:25 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Welcome fifth, me belle fast Bear. > sent a blonde oneronaother, what's the difference win they've both got a GreaT sends a homer? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Treaden the bords #109059 08/02/03 04:39 PM Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 279 Ireland GallantTed OP enthusiast OP GallantTed enthusiast Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 279 Ireland Howye fokes Send a blonde, ya say - ya means Loxy? What sorta con artiste does ya relly think I am? A big huge case of nuts ta yerself sir. As fer me dentil problems, I said in me "abscess", not me "abyss" - I taught this was supposed ta be a wordy sight. The tone is been lowered every day if ya asks me. Still, what does ya expects from a bunch what goes ta the Galways fer a bita culture. Be seein ya GallantTed Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Treaden the bords #109060 08/02/03 05:18 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago I just tought ya might send Loxy off chasin gooses... give yerself a chance to talk to Richard Burton, or maybe whisper a few nothings into a pig's ear. Hey, thanks for the nuts! Yet I always got the impression you were pro artiste, meself... but I've been known to be often wrong Soong. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hey! #109061 08/02/03 05:33 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York How 'bout a translator for us Irish-dialect deprived?! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hey! #109062 08/02/03 05:52 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago I'll leave that "pig's ear" crack up to you... however... just this once... James asks if anyone knows the origin of the expression "Gone for a burton", meaning not working or no longer with us. John wrote that he heard the following on the radio: When a corpse was laid out for burial it was normal practice to dress the body in their best clothes. Typically it was their suit from Montague Burtons. Hence anyone who had died was described as having gone for a Burton. Lee comments: The phrase "Gone for a Burton" derives from a pre-war advertising poster campaign for beer - Burton's best bitter - which showed a crowded workplace with someone obviously missing. The strapline was: "He's gone for a Burton", implying the person had skipped off down the pub for a quick pint. In World War Two, during the Battle of Britain, the phrase was revived by RAF officers as a piece of black humour. Noticing blank spaces at their mess tables in the evening the RAF types would joke of their lost comrades: "He's gone for a Burton". It later came to be applied to any situation where something was either missing or broken or busted. emphasis mine http://www.aldertons.com/question.htm I'm not gonna make things THAT *difficult... "out of context" on the other hand... The second line'll have to fend for itself! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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