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Proper names for everyday stuff
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And a glove is a "handshoe".McBobbin said:Sounds like what a German might call it. Half that language is just vaguely describing it. Hence why the word for hovercraft translates as "air cushion boat"
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The one is the right is "near beer". The other is "a bit further away beer". Shades of Father Ted, Dougal and the cow.Exiled_Addick said:Near Beer
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the farsi for moth translates as ugly butterfly2
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Hammer = universal adapter
Portaloo = thunder box0 -
I thought a hammer was either a Yankee Screwdriver or a Brummie Screwdriver depending on who you wanted to insult.0
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What's the word for people who block up several seats on a rush hour train with their suitcases and then look annoyed when someone asks to get past? I'll start the bidding with "fuckleberry", or "cuntingfuckleberry" if they are eating either a pastie or a wasabi curry.
The person who asks them to get past, then scrapes past their shins and treads on their bags, punches them whilst removing their jacket and then deafens them with tinny music is called a "mcbobbin"2 -
A Yankee Screwdriver is an actual thing:Stig said:I thought a hammer was either a Yankee Screwdriver or a Brummie Screwdriver depending on who you wanted to insult.
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My dad always called a hammer an Egyptian Screwdriver. He did his National Service out there after the Suez Crisis and the place obviously left an impression on him!Stig said:I thought a hammer was either a Yankee Screwdriver or a Brummie Screwdriver depending on who you wanted to insult.
Knives and forks were Yaffling Spanners - another one he picked up from the army.1 -
Cheers exiled, I never knew that. :-)Exiled_Addick said:
A Yankee Screwdriver is an actual thing:Stig said:I thought a hammer was either a Yankee Screwdriver or a Brummie Screwdriver depending on who you wanted to insult.
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