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This made me chuckle. As if they think we would be happy with double what we paid. Hes probably triple...**** it...quadruple that amount now. Despite our high regard of Jimmy I don't think many teams would pay £24m for him; maybe only manciteh if their manager at the time takes a real 'fancy' to him. I therefore hope we value Milner at £25m+, unless manciteh come knocking when it should be £30m+.

Can we post the above quote under every thread started which states one of our players is going to move this summer. It's the only way to think and will save pages of speculation over someting that may or may not even happen!

As Cameron is the one in the 'driving seat' (ahead in the polls against a long-term goverment some people are just bored with let alone we're in a recession), I was looking for him to impress me. Cameron failed. 3 out of 10. I thought Clegg and Brown did fairly well. Both 7 out of 10.

General, I too am slightly disappointed with this news; my son was very keen and I'd agreed to take him to see the lads lift their league title with a win. I'm guessing this is being done to protect the pitch before the Everton game 48 hours later? EDIT: the official site has cleared this up.

Great news, General! You must be relieved to be off the leash again! Look forward to seeing you around the Upper Holte on Wednesday.

Once again we are grateful of your information. Thanks BOF. What are the goal differences of the red teams above? Close enough for pool to overtake manu with a win?

They lost? They lost?!!! But Radio WM were telling me this afternoon how strong the blose team was for this match, including Mr. 'think of a number' million dollar signing Choo-choo.

:bonk: These statements are strange! I thought counting chickens was supposed to be a positive trait! Is the glass always half empty?

Will be very angry and bad PR if we get Thomas Cook on the jersey. Rather go sponsorless Why?

Fixed. :winkold:

Believe it or not, I have heard it mentioned by a work colleague. :shock:

I don't know how this is decided but it makes sense that we have the West side again. Relative to Wembley, Villa will be arriving from the North West, Chel$ki from the South East.

I hate stupid posts like this. Me too! :x Why is everything a conspiracy? If the media get what they want, how do you explain the Cardiff vs Portsmouth final in 2008 and why aren't manu and arse in every final?

You gave 'them' your number? :shock:

...will easily accommodate 5 or more fingers (foam hand or see photo near top of page). Edit before anyone else claims it.

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Why is it wearing a Bristol City velour track top?

I agree with bickster and Chambers dictionary. An amount of stuff which will fill a typical garden shed is easier to visualise than an amount that has fell off a lorry! I mean why does the load need to have fallen off the lorry to use it as a description for an amount? Why not just say 'a lorry load'? In fact, isn't 'a lorry load' used as another description anyway? Maybe that's why people are confusing 'a shed load', when talking about an amount of stuff, with lorries! :winkold: 'A shed load' from a lorry has nothing to do with an amount of stuff. The important bit is the fact that the load has been shed (fell off), not what amount has fallen off. As the question was about using 'a shed load' to describe an amount or volume of stuff, it is clearly the volume of a typical garden shed, NOT an amount that may have fell off a lorry!

Shitload is the impolite version of a shed load. Is the correct answer. The origin is pretty obvious to me "wow, that's a shed load of biscuits" would be the comment as you drove past it, hence "a shed load" would then be adopted to mean a lot. No chance, a shed load of biscuits would be sold as seconds A shed load isn't quantifiably large or small so in the "shed load of beer" context it can't possibly come from the lorry derivation, it comes from the garden shed derivation And how bigs a garden shed? About as big as this piece of string? Neither a shed load from a lorry, or a garden shed, has any specific sizing, so that argument doesn't really hold water. I think the load lost from a lorry can vary in volume (a few bricks to a dozen pallets), a lot more than a garden shed (6' x 4' to 12' x 12'?)

The question is whether you think a shed load relates to the amount lost by a lorry or the amount you can fit in a shed. The literal meaning of a shed load is a given. If a traffic report annouces a 'shed load' I think it relates to a load that has fell off the lorry (large or small - it's holding up traffic). If someone refers to a shed load of something (biscuits, crack(!), whatever), I think it relates to the amount (an exageration of volume - enough to fill a shed). Am I still missing the point? :? A little. You're vote for an amount that might fit in a shed is so strong you're not seeing the other side of the fence. I believe that when a traffic report annouces a 'shed load' I think it relates to a load that has fell off the lorry (large or small - it's holding up traffic). I also believe that when someone refers to a shed load of something (biscuits, crack(!), whatever), I think it relates to the amount (an exageration of volume - like the amount that might fall off a lorry that's shed it's load. I've re-re-re-read the poll and I think I finally understand it! :oops: When someone refers to a large amount of stuff as a 'shed load', I think of enough stuff to fill a garden shed. I don't think of a lorry load at all because the 'shed load' in the lorry context refers to the lost load and not the size of it. After all the lorry's shed load could be quite small! It's easier for me to visualise a garden shed in volume than something small, medium or massive that has fell off a lorry!

The question is whether you think a shed load relates to the amount lost by a lorry or the amount you can fit in a shed. The literal meaning of a shed load is a given. If a traffic report annouces a 'shed load' I think it relates to a load that has fell off (or shed from) the lorry, (large or small - it's holding up traffic). If someone refers to a shed load of something (biscuits, crack(!), whatever), I think it relates to the amount (an exageration of volume - enough to fill a shed). Am I still missing the point? :?

I've just seen the poll. How can I vote for both as 'shed load' can mean both? Context is the key!

Are you sure? :? I think I understand Paddy's post more than yours! Where did the crack come from? :shock: I've re-read the OP and bickster's reply covers both meanings: 1) losing a load 2) a large volume of something (perhaps enough to fill a (garden) shed). Confusingly a lorry which has lost a large volume of something could be said to have 'shed a shed load'!

To 'shed' something is to part with something. For example, when a snake sheds it's skin. The load, of whatever, has parted from the lorry so the load is 'shed'. It is therefore a 'shed load'.

General, I hope your health is good or at least continues to improve. I also hope that Randy is proud of his decision to approve the great value tickets for tonights game. A decision vindicated and enjoyed by 31,874 fans this evening.