Questions that need to be answered

[Mr Moofo]

In following up the 'Why Bristols?' I found 'Bristol-milk' but it's not to do with Bristols. It was sherry (17th century), I suppose 'cos a lot of it landed there.

'Bristol fashion' obvs just means 'in good order' and not frilly bras. Maybe they had time to furl all the sails neatly and do a bit of deck swabbin' etc in the long voyage in from the coast.

Bristol City - Titty

Yes....but the original question was why Bristol and not, say, Manchester, Swansea or Norwich etc? It could have been any city. I suppose a 'berk' type word could have been conjured up from any famous hunt too. I guess some thing are what they are because that's just what are.

The legendary Bristolian rhyming slang

[Count Steer]

Bristol City - Titty

Yes....but the original question was why Bristol and not, say, Manchester, Swansea or Norwich etc? It could have been any city. I suppose a 'berk' type word could have been conjured up from any famous hunt too. I guess some thing are what they are because that's just what are.

The legendary Bristolian rhyming slang

Then they'd be 'Brizzles'

[Saga Lout]

Guessing you all missed Sagas reference to other FCs that end in "city".

I also guess "Bristol Cities" rolls off the tongue easier.

A couple of people seem to have missed that. Poor obs?

[Treadeager]

What happened to the missing posts that answered SL's question about poor obs ?

[Gregor]

Why did Bristol get the honour of becoming rhyming slang for thruppenies? Why not Manchester or Leicester or Swansea or Cardiff or... (I've run out of City football teams )?

"Look at the magnificent Manchesters on that bird!"

Tis a good question. More amusing is kids and adults calling each other berks in the 70s, even on TV, when its actually rhyming slang for Berkshire Hunt = C**t!

[Felix]

Why do dogs anal glands stink so fucking bad. Is that meant to attract the opposite sex?

[Yambo]

Widdershins is anti-clockwise. I don't know if it predates clocks but it does have an old fashioned ring to it.

The opposite of widdershins is Sunwise based on the way the sun moves across the sky from east to west. If you or something else was moving widdershins it would be going in the opposite direction to the sun.

Garlic or Scottish word iirc.

[Horse]

Widdershins is anti-clockwise. I don't know if it predates clocks but it does have an old fashioned ring to it.

The opposite of widdershins is Sunwise based on the way the sun moves across the sky from east to west. If you or something else was moving widdershins it would be going in the opposite direction to the sun.

Garlic or Scottish word iirc.

I'd been in New Zealand for weeks before I realised that the Sun went E-N-W through the day It was one of those 'does not compute' moments

Annoyingly, the colleague who arrived to take over realised on the second handover day

[Yambo]

Widdershins is anti-clockwise. I don't know if it predates clocks but it does have an old fashioned ring to it.

The opposite of widdershins is Sunwise based on the way the sun moves across the sky from east to west. If you or something else was moving widdershins it would be going in the opposite direction to the sun.

Garlic or Scottish word iirc.

I'd been in New Zealand for weeks before I realised that the Sun went E-N-W through the day It was one of those 'does not compute' moments

Annoyingly, the colleague who arrived to take over realised on the second handover day

Yeah, sorry, I should have said "in the northern hemispere".

[Saga Lout]

Widdershins is anti-clockwise. I don't know if it predates clocks but it does have an old fashioned ring to it.

The opposite of widdershins is Sunwise based on the way the sun moves across the sky from east to west. If you or something else was moving widdershins it would be going in the opposite direction to the sun.

Garlic or Scottish word iirc.

Autocorrect or fat fingers?

[Wossname]

What exactly were me and Billy Joe McAllister throwing off the Talahachi bridge?

[Cousin Jack]

And to raise the cultural bar....

Who is Sylvia?

[Treadeager]

And to raise the cultural bar....

Who is Sylvia?

To raise it even higher...." What is she ? ".....

[Count Steer]

And to raise the cultural bar....

Who is Sylvia?

To raise it even higher...." What is she ? ".....

Oooh! Culture Vulture alert!

Meanwhile, how many beans make 5 and why isn't Sean Bean pronounced Seen Been or Shawn Bawn?

[Treadeager]

More like " old gits alert " !

[Mr Moofo]

What exactly were me and Billy Joe McAllister throwing off the Talahachi bridge?

Even the song writer doesn't know ...

[Mr Moofo]

And to raise the cultural bar....

Who is Sylvia?

To raise it even higher...." What is she ? ".....

Oooh! Culture Vulture alert!

Oooh look, the tweed jackets and leather elbow patches are back in town, eating their lad-de-dah seaweed and tofu frittata !

[Count Steer]

To raise it even higher...." What is she ? ".....

Oooh! Culture Vulture alert!

Oooh look, the tweed jackets and leather elbow patches are back in town, eating their lad-de-dah seaweed and tofu frittata !

I reckon you could do a pretty good matar paneer with tofu for the squeaky cheese in the cheesy peas.

[Cousin Jack]

Oooh! Culture Vulture alert!

Oooh look, the tweed jackets and leather elbow patches are back in town, eating their lad-de-dah seaweed and tofu frittata !

I reckon you could do a pretty good matar paneer with tofu for the squeaky cheese in the cheesy peas.

Tofu is never an acceptable alternative for cheese, nor meat for that matter.

[The Martian]

And to raise the cultural bar....

Who is Sylvia?

To raise it even higher...." What is she ? ".....

I'll raise you one better "why is Sylvia?"