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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Re: As happy as... #72445 06/14/02 08:11 PM 06/14/02 08:11 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk D dodyskin addict dodyskin   addict D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk the shambles reference was confusing as in manchester the shambles has always meant the fish market (where fish-wives scream their opinions). since the bomb the shambles ( est around 1580) was relocated but still boasts an oyster pub. i thought the shambles was exclusively a term for fish market, or dodgy dealing place for hawkers of questionable repute Re: As...as #72446 06/14/02 09:27 PM 06/14/02 09:27 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike   veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England "as mad as cheese" and "as mad as eggs" Brilliant! Robert, in case you didn't know yet, perhaps we need to explain that a "Mancunian" is someone from Manchester, England. Mancunians have a culture all of their own, as witness the phrases above Actually Manchester is probably renowned worldwide for its football (erm, soccer) and should be for some of its music. Which doesn't detract from the fact that most Mancunians are mad as toast. Fisk Shambles. #72447 06/14/02 09:49 PM 06/14/02 09:49 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike   veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England in manchester the shambles has always meant the fish market Nice meeting you dody - another fellow Brit, and yet another set of pronunciations for the Board! Yeah, that reference on shambles (confused onlookers please see my previous post for happy as a sandboy link) talks about the wooden bench upon which butchers used to display, and maybe carve up, their wares. Maybe fishmongers used something similar? As for "dodgy dealings", you still get those at markets, eh? Fisk Re: Shambles. #72448 06/14/02 11:59 PM 06/14/02 11:59 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus A alexis OP member alexis   OP member A Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus Hmm, a thread that I started, and now I'm dancing a merry tangent... a shambles, to me, is a mess, a cock-up, close to a disaster sometimes. I knew the other meanings (particularly its geog origin) but that's the most common here in Aus. Re: As...as #72449 06/15/02 12:06 AM 06/15/02 12:06 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva   Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Well, MG and WC, I assumed Igneous to be the most hot-headed, sedementary the laziest, metamorphic the most amenable to change. Wasn't there a thread quite some time ago where each of noted the rock which best exemplifies him or her? I think I was some sedimentary rock or other. As smart as Einstein #72450 06/15/02 12:10 AM 06/15/02 12:10 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva   Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 As dumb as a box of rocks. An odd fleeting thought is that Albert Einstein's surname means a stone. Somehow, though, I don't think that "as smart as a stone" will ever come to mean "as smart as Einstein". Re: As ... as #72451 06/15/02 12:13 AM 06/15/02 12:13 AM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 A Angel addict Angel   addict A Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockers! Re: As smart as Einstein #72452 06/15/02 02:13 AM 06/15/02 02:13 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA G Geoff old hand Geoff   old hand G Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Albert Einstein's surname means a stone. Yeah, well, it does give a new twist to somebody claiming to be "stoned." how we roared! #72453 06/15/02 02:40 AM 06/15/02 02:40 AM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada M modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess   old hand M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada as cunning as a very cunning fox that has just become professor of cunning at cunning university (off 'Blackadder' the telly programme) and as camp as a row of tents made me laugh out loud! This is a great thread - I'm enjoying it so much! From Tennessee Williams - and not as funny as the above: as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof (or was it "as restless as"? - that somehow makes more sense) Re: how we roared! #72454 06/15/02 03:43 AM 06/15/02 03:43 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA G Geoff old hand Geoff   old hand G Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof I once heard somebody Spoonerize this as "...a tit on a hot can roof." OUCH! 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