Follyfoot Posted September 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Genie said: Classic school dinner I was thinking this I really can’t remember sausages being on the menu which they obviously were. However I do remember the skin on the custard and throwing a hissy fit if I did not get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: I was thinking this I really can’t remember sausages being on the menu which they obviously were. However I do remember the skin on the custard and throwing a hissy fit if I did not get it Did you get green custard at Halloween? That was the highlight of the year for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted September 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just now, Genie said: Did you get green custard at Halloween? That was the highlight of the year for me. Yes we did, forgot all about that, The Dinnerladies used to dress as witches as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 21, 2020 Administrator Share Posted September 21, 2020 15 hours ago, useless said: If an asteroid the size of London was going to hit the Artic I imagine they'd try and rescue as many polar bears and other animals as possible. If an asteroid the size of London hit Earth, we'd all be dead. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2020 9 minutes ago, limpid said: If an asteroid the size of London hit Earth, we'd all be dead. Exactly, there wouldn’t be any people left alive to save the polar bears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 What's happened to @Seat68? I know he was moving house but thought he would be back online by now. Hope he's ok Same goes for other VTers like @Rugeley Villa who disappear from here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 2, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Xela said: What's happened to @Seat68? I know he was moving house but thought he would be back online by now. Hope he's ok Same goes for other VTers like @Rugeley Villa who disappear from here. It was seat68 who was asking after me just before my hiatus and to be frank I was looking forward to his warm embrace upon my return. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I believe Mr Seat is alive and well and posting shite cowboy music on other popular social media platforms. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I hope Ruge is ok. Haven’t seen him here for a long time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2020 On 21/09/2020 at 10:33, Follyfoot said: Why did they have a fork going into a sausage in the Grange Hill opening credits Because we don't live in China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2020 20 hours ago, Genie said: I hope Ruge is ok. Haven’t seen him here for a long time. Hopefully no condiment based accidents have occurred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 3, 2020 Author VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2020 (The) 'Rugby League' and (The) 'Rugby Union' are the names of the organising bodies for their sports. Surely the sports themselves should be called 'League rugby' and 'Union rugby'? After all, the round ball sport is called 'Association football', not 'Football Association'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I thought it was called Soccer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 4, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 4, 2020 14 hours ago, mjmooney said: (The) 'Rugby League' and (The) 'Rugby Union' are the names of the organising bodies for their sports. Surely the sports themselves should be called 'League rugby' and 'Union rugby'? After all, the round ball sport is called 'Association football', not 'Football Association'. Those aren’t the names of the organising bodies, they are The Rugby Football Union (RFU)and The Rugby Football League (RFL) The demarcation is between Association Football and Rugby Football, which is consistent. What follows the word football is the distinction between the two codes of Rugby Football The problem lies with the word football being omitted to shorten the sports names just as Association is dropped from the version of football that is "The Beautiful Game." Really we should all be fans of a sport called Association as it is a mere branch of the Football Sports, which brings us full circle to the original English shortening of the name of the game, Soccer. Soccer is actually more logically correct than Football 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 4, 2020 Author VT Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2020 26 minutes ago, bickster said: Those aren’t the names of the organising bodies, they are The Rugby Football Union (RFU)and The Rugby Football League (RFL) The demarcation is between Association Football and Rugby Football, which is consistent. What follows the word football is the distinction between the two codes of Rugby Football Yeah, I knew that about the organising bodies, I was kind of shorthanding them. But the analogy with Association football holds - the prevalent usage still sounds wrong to me. Should be the other way round: "What code of rugby do you play?" "I play League rugby". The sport is called rugby (noun), and 'league' and 'union' are effectively adjectives to modify it. Unlike French, English normally places the adjective before the noun. Otherwise it sounds like you're 'playing a league' or 'playing a union'. This has bugged me ever since I was a kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Why my head can't remember how to distinguish infer from imply. I swear to god I read the definitions every week and one day later, poof it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2020 41 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Why my head can't remember how to distinguish infer from imply. I swear to god I read the definitions every week and one day later, poof it's gone. Hmmm don’t know what you’re trying to insinuate here..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post snowychap Posted October 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) 57 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Why my head can't remember how to distinguish infer from imply. I swear to god I read the definitions every week and one day later, poof it's gone. There's a bit in Tom Sharpe's Wilt which does it very well: Policeman: Are you inferring I’m an idiot? Wilt: No, I’m implying you’re an idiot. You see, the listener infers, the speaker implies. Edited October 6, 2020 by snowychap 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 6, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 6, 2020 On 23/08/2020 at 12:44, bickster said: Same sort of logic as the company that insisted workers WFH on zoom calls must wear a mask (I forget which largish company that was) Aaaand now I'm in a bad **** mood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 6, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 6, 2020 On 21/09/2020 at 13:25, Mark Albrighton said: Exactly, there wouldn’t be any people left alive to save the polar bears. And then they'd have the place to themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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