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Post by Captainslapper on Aug 28, 2019 20:54:12 GMT 1
Last season he was stealing a living. Taking massive amounts of money from our club and putting no effort in at all to earn it. I thought he was a disgrace frankly. He was on the next table to me and my family in a restaurant earlier this year with his girlfriend/wife. He put as much effort into his date as he did playing for Town. He looked bored, she looked bored. They barely spoke. Its probably true that we werent ready for the prem but why would we be? No one expected it.. even thought it was possible really. OOOh...gossip. Which restaurant Slapps? Was it Hungry Horse? That italian under the arches near the ring road ,opposite tescos entrance. She was predictably gorgeous too. I wonder what she saw in the dull as ditchwater , millionaire, lazy prick? |
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Aug 28, 2019 22:08:34 GMT 1
OOOh...gossip. Which restaurant Slapps? Was it Hungry Horse? That italian under the arches near the ring road ,opposite tescos entrance. She was predictably gorgeous too. I wonder what she saw in the dull as ditchwater , millionaire, lazy prick? That old chestnut. It is "dishwater" by the way. |
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Post by ritchie on Aug 28, 2019 22:21:58 GMT 1
That italian under the arches near the ring road ,opposite tescos entrance. She was predictably gorgeous too. I wonder what she saw in the dull as ditchwater , millionaire, lazy prick? That old chestnut. It is "dishwater" by the way. actually it's ditchwater, originally. |
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Post by Galpharmer on Aug 28, 2019 22:28:10 GMT 1
That old chestnut. It is "dishwater" by the way. actually it's ditchwater, originally. It is. I'm amazed Walter wasn't there when the phrase was conceived. Actually, cancel that, it was the 1700's apparently. He will say he was there. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 22:30:05 GMT 1
actually it's ditchwater, originally. It is. I'm amazed Walter wasn't there when the phrase was conceived. Actually, cancel that, it was the 1700's apparently. He will say he was there. Correct. The original simile, dull as ditchwater, dating from the 1700s, alluded to the muddy water in roadside ditches. In the first half of the 1900s, perhaps through mispronunciation, it became dishwater, that is, the dingy, grayish water in which dirty dishes had soaked |
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Post by Bigcolquaner on Aug 28, 2019 22:31:27 GMT 1
Whoever came up with the saying 'dull as ditchwater' was probably looking to describe a conversation like this one.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Aug 28, 2019 23:30:38 GMT 1
That old chestnut. It is "dishwater" by the way. actually it's ditchwater, originally. I expected this response from someone....this ran on here some years ago. I have also mentioned several times how language changes..transmogrifies! It has been "dishwater" in Huddy since the Wesleyans pissed off. Ditchwater is accepted but not ideal. |
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Post by Captainslapper on Aug 28, 2019 23:34:10 GMT 1
Im a traditionalist me Oti. Thus i prefer ditchwater. Also being a married traditionalist, I have no idea what dishwater looks like.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 23:38:20 GMT 1
actually it's ditchwater, originally. I expected this response from someone....this ran on here some years ago. I have also mentioned several times how language changes.. transmogrifies!It has been "dishwater" in Huddy since the Wesleyans pissed off. Ditchwater is accepted but not ideal. There's nothing magical about the linguistic evolution from 'ditchwater' to 'dishwater'. |
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Aug 29, 2019 16:57:59 GMT 1
I expected this response from someone....this ran on here some years ago. I have also mentioned several times how language changes.. transmogrifies!It has been "dishwater" in Huddy since the Wesleyans pissed off. Ditchwater is accepted but not ideal. There's nothing magical about the linguistic evolution from 'ditchwater' to 'dishwater'. Blather, blether, blither.....blithering idiot. |
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