Whilst on the subject of towels I read you can now buy Tetra soap which is supposedly non droppable (but will no doubt take all the fun out of showering)
Because the shape is based on the Tetrapod slabs that stops waves from eroding beaches the inventor thought " what a good idea and at £16.00 a time everybody will want to buy this", little knowing us canny washers all know that a soap on a rope is also non droppable and a lot cheaper.
I suppose the brick shaped bar that has been going for over 5000 years has to be a challenge for some brains but the saying “if it aint broke don’t try to fix it” comes to mind
now now RJ stop being a coward get back in the ring of pedanticism and start throwing out ya right punches at all and sundry!! we can handle them can’t we lads??
The Charge of the Right Brigade
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
‘Forward the Right Brigade!
Charge for the guns!’ he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
‘Forward, the Right Brigade!’
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though RJ knew
Some one had blundered:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of HIM
Cannon to left of HIM
Cannon in front of HIM
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with those
who cannot spell
Boldly RJ rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
Quote Gumbud
“RJ - did you realize we are now; today; this very instance misusing English words constantly - take my choice of the word " sheer” I was challenged to use “shere” but knowing you where lurking around every corner did a spell check - to my amazement I found a Shere village in Surrey and then any number of webpages; businesses all using the monogram " a shere delight" for selling all assortment of goods including chocolate assortments!"
I believe they do a lot of shearing in Australia, a fella once told me that he was passing a sheep farm there and this chap was sitting on a three legged with a sheep on his lap, the Irish fella stopped and said to him “Be God man that’s a fine sheep you got there, are you shearing it?” to which came the reply “No, I’m keeping it for myself”
Amazing how the words in the English language get messed about as it travels across the globe ain’t it.
The last couple of pages and the content thereof,are,to my [tiny,before you beat me to it,gummy] mind,merely proof that times and the fashionable or once-considered irreplaceable items of those particular eras are becoming somewhat Shakespearian in both their prose,meanings and uses.
I am a great fan of trivia, the more useless the betterer. I like to know how words and expressions came about.
Tickled pink, I know knot from whence it came, but it doesn’t seem as descriptive as tickled incontinent.
Red sky at night, shepherds’ delight.
Red sky in the morning, the barn’s on fire …
and all that.
Hundreds of years ago, churches had earth floors, and no organ, they not having been invented, or being too expensive and complicated at the time therof to be installed and played.
Instead there was a small musicians gallery built into the back of the church. When it was time to sing, the congregation would be asked to “turn and face the music.”
I’ve had Man Flu. for a couple days, it has interrupted my routine, also. I tripped up last Tuesday, and scraged my knee, it is still emitting puss, none of the physical manifestations of these events matter, but, they have had a psychological effect, which means my posts may not be, easily understood, I hope you understand.
Yes that makes a lot of sense Fruity, let’s face the music and dance.
Pop goes the Weasel, very few people knew what that meant, including meself, until Anthony Newley brought out the song in 1961. He pauses from singing in the middle of the song and explains.
“You know, pop goes the weasel
For years, I’ve wondered
What that meant
And nobody seemed to know
So, I looked it up
And the official explanation
Goes something like this
Pop goes the weasel refers to
The habit of London hatters long ago
Popping or pawning their weasels
Or accessories on Saturday night
To buy liquor, isn’t that interesting”
