il_serpente Posted June 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 19, 2018 Whatever you do, don't say "mattress" to Mr. Lambert when you're buying your bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 5 hours ago, choffer said: A skip. Your nose will tell you if it's wrong, innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Didn't someone on here get rid of his ex-housemates mattress recently? Possibly dried out by now with this warm weather. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post snowychap Posted June 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2018 London Marathon Cheat Stanislaw Skupian Jailed For 16 Weeks Quote London Marathon cheat Stanislaw Skupian has been jailed for 16 weeks at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court. The 38-year-old pleaded guilty to fraud after he crossed the finish line with legitimate runner Jake Halliday’s lost number. Skupian, who is homeless, had spotted the number on the ground around 300 metres from the finish line and viewed it as a “dream come true”, the court heard. Mr Halliday had stopped just short of the race end to remove his t-shirt on what was the hottest London Marathon on record on April 22. The Polish national pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud by false representation and to three unrelated counts of theft at the earliest opportunity. He was sentenced to 13 weeks for the fraud and three weeks for the theft offences, to be served consecutively. Scotland Yard said Skupian was charged on May 18 and first appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on the same day. If this is as reported then someone has received 13 weeks imprisonment for pretending to be someone else in a running race (and 3 weeks for theft). Wtf? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 He was homeless too, so he's probably ecstatic that he'll be getting a roof over his head and food for 16 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said: He was homeless too, so he's probably ecstatic that he'll be getting a roof over his head and food for 16 weeks. Probably won't be ecstatic if he comes to apply for settled status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 is it ironic that he could end up on the run? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 5 hours ago, snowychap said: London Marathon Cheat Stanislaw Skupian Jailed For 16 Weeks If this is as reported then someone has received 13 weeks imprisonment for pretending to be someone else in a running race (and 3 weeks for theft). Wtf? Police wanting to hit their targets, pathetic waste of time and money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 On 02/08/2016 at 06:57, mjmooney said: On 02/08/2016 at 00:17, CarewsEyebrowDesigner said: well, i think, in order to devote more time to writing and further study i'm going to have to pack it in here. it's been a a blast folks. y'all helped steer me through some tough times, especially the mcleish year, and that period when jedward were in eurovision. i joined up many moons ago in the pits of depression and now i'm embarking on a dissertation. how life moves on. i've said some daft things, some would say many, and some damn fine stuff if i say so myself. it's strange, really, how a forum can play a role in one's life, sometimes quite a big one, especially when life hits and you need to find a place to just put it into words, only to have someone type DHUTWU in return. thanks for the music, the book and film recommendations, and most importantly for many, many good laughs. enjoy your lives VTers, i hope they are long and wonderful and full of joy! Pshaw. You'll be back. I give it three weeks. He never y'know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Read this word: bhan. Now, why is that pronounced as vaughan in the name Siobhan? I vote that all Siobhans change their name to Shavaughan. Or agree to have their existing name now pronounced as "See-oh-ban". Either way, I'm not happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 I know someone called Siobhan who pronounces "Sharn". I suspect her parents read that name in a baby names book and had never heard it pronounced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted June 22, 2018 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Rob182 said: Read this word: bhan. Now, why is that pronounced as vaughan in the name Siobhan? I vote that all Siobhans change their name to Shavaughan. Or agree to have their existing name now pronounced as "See-oh-ban". Either way, I'm not happy. I like how our language also confuses pesky furreners with the 'mh' in Niamh (Neev) or Caoimhe (Kweevah) also creating a vee sound Neh neh 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 22, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, Rob182 said: Read this word: bhan. Now, why is that pronounced as vaughan in the name Siobhan? I vote that all Siobhans change their name to Shavaughan. Or agree to have their existing name now pronounced as "See-oh-ban". Either way, I'm not happy. Because Irish/other Celtic languages have bizarre pronunciations to a English speaking ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 22, 2018 Author VT Supporter Share Posted June 22, 2018 Siobhan is the tip of the **** iceberg My mom Grainne, and my cousins Saoirse, Aoife and Tadgh say hi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) 29 minutes ago, BOF said: I like how our language also confuses pesky furreners with the 'mh' in Niamh (Neev) or Caoimhe (Kweevah) also creating a vee sound Neh neh A manager at my place tried to give me a bollocking for being racist, just because i called an Irish colleague Seamus......when everyone else called him James. My explanation why didn't wash with said manager.....until Seamus himself told him it was irish for James. Manager's name was Tim...me then calling him Tadhg still didn't go down well Edited June 22, 2018 by mottaloo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Siobhan is the tip of the **** iceberg My mom Grainne, and my cousins Saoirse, Aoife and Tadgh say hi Beautiful names ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 22, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Stevo985 said: Siobhan is the tip of the **** iceberg My mom Grainne, and my cousins Saoirse, Aoife and Tadgh say hi Pff. Get it right. Tadhg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 22, 2018 Author VT Supporter Share Posted June 22, 2018 Just now, BOF said: Pff. Get it right. Tadhg. See?! I've known him for 32 years and I still can't get it right! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Sioned, Blodeuwedd, Gwenllian and Hywel say hi from Welsh celt-land 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unused Sub Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 21 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: See?! I've known him for 32 years and I still can't get it right! So Tadhg is a chap, I know Aoife is a girls name, but I haven't got a clue about Saoirse. Is it a girls name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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