I snapped this in the village of Brading on the Isle of Wight. You have to look at the name of the cottage, lol. I couldn't believe my eyes!!!! This strange, backward village also inspired a song... more on that later. Now, is this deliberate or does the owner have absolutely no idea of the other meaning (it was near the church, after all)...
Ha ha ha!! :D
(had to google it to find the humor...)
We Americans are a bit, umm, more straightforward with our descriptive words for things such as that - and to keep this thread PG-13, I'll say no more. ;)
Was anybody peering out of the beef curtains when you took this?
Bell end is on Google, what is the world coming to? LOL!
Didn't know if this would translate Stateside! I guess not!
Ah, the magic of the intertubes... :D
andrewh i presume is from the uk, or are such curtains universal and i am being a fanny.
Quote from: Greeny on December 02, 2009, 11:59:47 AMDidn't know if this would translate Stateside! I guess not!
Yeah, I didnt get it either. Had to google it.
right, ok, i can see which way this is leading.... any yankees (other nationalities are welcome to join in) wanna hit us brits with phrases we're not gonna understand? I mean, do you get...'shag'.....'wanker'....'spunk-trumpet'? and so on....
c'mon, BR user's of the world unite and let's share our slang!
henwrench
LOL I didn't get it either. Must be an over the pond thing. LOL So I googled it also. Learn something new everyday. I will never think of a bell the same way again. ;D
Brings new meaning to ring your bells!! :D
'Kissing the cod'
the australian culture attache sir les patterson has some wonderful phrases.
such as: one who dances the chocolate cha cha for a harry (now we are into rhyming slang not even sure if a harry is cockney rhymin)
dom irrera seems to have all the bases covered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5L27xsOpeE
Quote from: Bluesberry on December 02, 2009, 01:36:01 PM'Kissing the cod'
ok, googled it and just found pictures of men kissing cod. so what i wanna know is... are they weird or am i for not gettin' this ......BB, over to you
Quote from: henwrench on December 02, 2009, 01:31:33 PMI mean, do you get...'shag'.....'wanker'....'spunk-trumpet'? and so on....
c'mon, BR user's of the world unite and let's share our slang!
Yup, as a fan of British TV & movies, I get the first two, can figure out the third. Our equivalents are nearly all too direct and not very funny.
Some funny ones on this side of the pond: tossed salad, tea-bagging, rusty trombone, Dirty Sanchez...
Cuthbert, you must be a Howard Stern fan 8)
ha ha ha... tea-bagging and dirty sanchez i get, but will trade you an explanation of 'spunk-trumpet' for 'tossed salad and 'rusty trombone'... ha ha ha, can't fuc*in' wait... so 'spunk-trumpet' is a VERY fit (sexy) young girl.... oh man i'm laughing so much...
henwrench (devil-boy)
DAMN..I'll let you explain tossing salad Cuthbert...It seems tougher to type the explaination out.
I think there is a Howard TV clip on youtube called Jailhouse Jargon that will expain everything. I'm going to try and find it now.
Afraid I'll have to rejoin this conversation later, guys...I'm still at work! :D
LOL, great picture. This will now become a mjaor tourist attraction. Glad our non-UK bretheren are being exposed to more of our "culture" as well!
Cheers,
Nigel
QuoteSome funny ones on this side of the pond: tossed salad, tea-bagging, rusty trombone, Dirty Sanchez...
I've just watched a rerun of Frasier this morning (I really ought to try harder to get a job) and the lyric on the end credit contains "tossed salad and scrambled eggs." Surely the good doctor wouldn't lower himself to crudities, would he?
Paul Chapman
QuoteSurely the good doctor wouldn't lower himself to crudities, would he?
Only if he was a psychiatrist IN JAIL :P
OK, I too cannot bring myself to actually type them...you'll have to rely on your good friend Google with my caveat that if you're squeamish, too young (you know who you are!!), or easily offended - don't do it! :D
It seems like most of our "funny" expressions tend to describe either fictional (gawd, I hope they are) or otherwise, er, messy acts. :o The more commonplace just don't often rate a laugh or a little whimsy over here - at least not in our slang.
That's kinda sad. :(
OK now, what's brown and sounds like a bell? ;)
I should have taken the advice....assuming wikipedia have'nt made it up..
This guy Dom Irrera is hilarious! I think he also played the limo driver in 'The Big Lebowski' - double credit! :)
Quote from: oldrottenhead on December 02, 2009, 01:46:29 PMdom irrera seems to have all the bases covered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5L27xsOpeE
And let's not forget the great George Carlin, RIP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Nrp7cj_tM
ROFLMAO I love the "farts are shits without the mess" ROFLMAO
RIFLMAO "The one cheek squeek" ROFLMAO "Pews" ROFLMAO