Mark Albrighton Posted October 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 28, 2022 I’d love to know what Reith was trying to watch while Muggeridge was going on asking him about accents. He’s intently staring at something off screen that’s seemingly fascinating. And Muggeridge ploughs on regardless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Mark Albrighton said: I’d love to know what Reith was trying to watch while Muggeridge was going on asking him about accents. He’s intently staring at something off screen that’s seemingly fascinating. And Muggeridge ploughs on regardless. Looks like he’s a bit hard of hearing and pointing his good ear at him? Or he has a poster of Raquel Welch on the wall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 29, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted October 29, 2022 9 hours ago, KentVillan said: Or he has a poster of Raquel Welch on the wall I had this one inside my desk lid at school. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 I had this one inside my desk lid at school. If your desk had a lid,its an indication of your age.Those types of desk are in our local museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 29, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted October 29, 2022 1 hour ago, PussEKatt said: If your desk had a lid,its an indication of your age.Those types of desk are in our local museum. I know. It had an inkwell, too. Not that we would have been using it by then, but the desks must have been at least thirty years old by the time we were using them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: I know. It had an inkwell, too. Not that we would have been using it by then, but the desks must have been at least thirty years old by the time we were using them. I had one of those desks in my primary school. I left for secondary in 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post will87 Posted October 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2022 A VT favourite on accents. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 22 hours ago, mjmooney said: I know. It had an inkwell, too. Not that we would have been using it by then, but the desks must have been at least thirty years old by the time we were using them. I had one of those desks as well,in primary school.Mine had a line drawn down the halfway mark and if I crossed the line Doreen Porter (Olympic runner ) jabbed me with a darning needle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) Edited November 5, 2022 by Xann 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Xann said: Very good. I can see it becoming a running gag. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 29/10/2022 at 15:21, mjmooney said: I know. It had an inkwell, too. Not that we would have been using it by then, but the desks must have been at least thirty years old by the time we were using them. When I started secondary school in the 80s we still had them. Ours would have been 20 years old from when the school opened in the 1960s. They were much better than the flat ones with the plastic drawers underneath that replaced them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted March 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, bickster said: That has just made me realise that the term bollocks when used as a synonym for nonsense etc. has become a different word to the slang for testicles it derives from. It's become a singular word that just happens to have an s on the end. Prompted by the above - I think “bollocks” might be my favourite swear/curse word. It’s got a little bit of edge to it, more than something like “piss” but it’s not as aggressive as something like “word removed”. It’s roughly about the right level to get away with in (reasonably) polite company. And I don’t think it’s quite as overused as others, despite it being relatively flexible in how it’s used (talking bollocks/dropped a bollock/etc). And I know these words typically have a long old history, but there’s something inherently archaic about the word “bollocks”. Edited March 1, 2023 by Mark Albrighton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 17 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Prompted by the above - I think “bollocks” might be my favourite swear/curse word. It annoys me a little when females use that word.It just doesn't sound right. It's our word; part of our anatomy. Ridiculous I know especially when one of our oft used words is "clearing in the woods"....y'know, girls front bottom. Its double standards I know but it just sounds odd when women say it - in my opinion anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 1, 2023 My primary school had the old fashioned lidded desk until about 1995. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 1, 2023 24 minutes ago, mottaloo said: It annoys me a little when females use that word.It just doesn't sound right. It's our word; part of our anatomy. Stop being such a fanny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 1, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2023 30 minutes ago, mottaloo said: It's our word; part of our anatomy. But it isn't, it's become a different word in it's own right. It has different tenses About Testicles - Those are bollocks About nonsense - That is bollocks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 1, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, bickster said: About nonsense - That is bollocks The singular collective noun is implied: That is [a load of] bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 1, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2023 Just now, mjmooney said: The singular collective noun is implied: That is [a load of] bollocks. I suppose but I still think in reality the word has taken on its own life and become what it has become. I think it gets used far more these days in the nonsense sense than it does about testicles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I think bellend conveys the right weight, you call someone or refer to them as a bellend, you know that they are an irritating word removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I think bellend conveys the right weight, About six and a half kilos in my case 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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