What is hacking you off today?

[Mad Cyril]

Lewis Carroll was also dodgy when it came to young girls.

The bloke from the Professionals? I don't believe it.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

!.Naps can asnwer that for you if he wants.It was his post from yesterday that I was referring to ,not yours.

Fair enough. I knew you wasn't referring to mine. I just didn't see Naps.

 

[Kat_r]

It's far simpler than that, it's just the family composition that research shows tends to lead to the best brand performance in adverts. That's why it's usually the same type of mixed family in every advert instead of something like a Sikh dad and Japanese wife, it's less about promoting diversity and more about maximising the advertising campaign's performance.

Agreed. Same sadly with regional accents. Some sell things. Some dont.

 

[RobM]

It's a tad crepuscular out.

 

[Supershrimper]

See post #9,944 of the what is making you happy today thread

Got downstairs only to find not enough pasta for me

 

[The Big Dady]

Southgate!

 

[Ricey]

Work appear to have either turned off the heating or have switched the air con back on. I'm freezing. Another 6 hours of this. Might have to decamp to my car and work in their with the heating on using my laptop.

Ours has bust at work, I’ve just had to sign off on £6k to fix the compressor and get the whole system regassed!

And it won’t be sorted until next week.

 

[Kat_r]

Power cut

 

[ESG]

FIFA and the offside rule where the lino can't flag untill 10 minutes later. Actually FIFA generally and all their nasty threats to teams

 

[GBJ]

It's certianly not on Babbel's list of nine words that we can all agree are ugly https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/ugly-words-in-english

but I'd imagine we could agree that what it stands for is certainly ugly ,however you choose to define it.

Without getting too semantic I'm sure you'll remember this;- “When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." Alice in Wonderland.

The word nonce is an abbreviation.

It stands for Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise.

Hope this helps x

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

The word nonce is an abbreviation.

It stands for Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise.

Hope this helps x

I very much doubt that it will but I’m grateful for the lesson .

 

[Benfleet A1]

Had a spectacular first steer blow out today. End result is a new step, new wheel arch trim, new cab guard, new mud guard for the truck and new underpants for me.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

The word nonce is an abbreviation.

It stands for Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise.

Hope this helps x

That's interesting.Hadn't heard that onebefore.

 

[Napster]

That's interesting.Hadn't heard that onebefore.

That’s because it’s a backronym. Etymology is unknown

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

That’s because it’s a backronym. Etymology is unknown

Almost certaintly prison slang I'd've thought.But nevertheless interesting.

 

[Rob Noxious]

Almost certaintly prison slang I'd've thought.But nevertheless interesting.

Bit more on its background here: -

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tv/word-nonce-comes-origins-hmp-23527206

 

[ESG]

Got at parking ticket for parking in The Spa car park for just 25 minutes whilst paying respects to Les Baker on his final journey past his second home. Didn't even know they had cameras.

 

[southendkid]

FIFA and the offside rule where the lino can't flag untill 10 minutes later.

The Cameroon game showed why they do that, their second goal looked miles offside in real time (even the goalscorer thought it would be disallowed and went for a ridiculous chip that he probably wouldn't have tried if he knew he was on), but VAR showed he was actually onside.

 

[OldBlueLady]

 

[RHB]

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Shirts like that should be ceremonially burned and the wearer banned from ever watching football ever again. The sort of thing an American watching soccer would come up with! Pah.