THE BRITISH THREAD II

Yes it's American, you betcha.

"At the outset" is our equivalent, equally punchy imho.

Ed Milli seems too callow, his brother is more the finished article. But David Milli was a close associate of Tony B'Liar, and was therefore involved with some of the misdeeds of that administration (invading other countries, close liaison with GWB and his criminal crew, condoning torture, etc).
So I'm not too upset. I'm pleased that Ed said the Iraq venture was a mistake. It plainly was, an illegal and moral blight on the country.

I do my bit for the Guardian & Observer, & enjoy them, so I hope Sky are wrong about that.

"Get-go" is punchier, imho.

Oh for effs sake boys - I get wet when I put the shower on (to see if my DIY has worked) AND IT HASN'T AND IT SPRAYS FROM THE SIDE!

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Have a nice hot bath smorgsie. I sometimes think that people use showers because they don't like to ponder matters in a relaxed manner. Showers are inimical to meditation. Long, hot soaks are ideal for it.

Why some people don't like to meditate is a subject for conjecture.

Just shows you how much notice you take of my posts!

1. I do not have a bath - I know it's uncivilised, but it's the way things are, I have a walk in shower.

2. The thread, or the washer is either worn or mis-aligned causing some of the water to spray out to the sides as well as through the shower head.

3. I have been avoiding the trip to B & Q to buy plumbers tape and/or a new washer.

4. I have tried to fix it myself with sellotape, dental floss and some waterproof tape, well I say waterproof, it was sold to me as such, but turned out not to be.

5. During my attempts at finding a solution to the sideways spray, it has been necessary to turn the shower on to test my repair.

6. As the velocity and direction of the sideways spray alters with each attempted repair - including the numerous unscrewings and screwings of the offending shower head, I have, on occasion, been squirted, even when holding the head away from me at arms length.

7. My preferred apparel for domestic activities - is a nightie. I don't like pyjamas. They are always cotton, wyncyette was just a little elaboration to my narrative. But I can assure you they are quite pretty, Doris Day-ish garments, and do become transparent when squirted.

I hope that has cleared up any confusion.

I get paid tomorrow, I will purchase a new shower head. I'm sure you can't wait for the next thrilling instalment of my plumbing problems.

I was just musing where the word 'plumbing' comes from...

Do you think it's from lead - is that plumb? Or did I just make that up? Do you know, without googling? Bet McT does, being an engineer thingy.

Right... going to make a brew.

xx

Christ, where to start....yes, a plumber is someone who works with lead, from the Latin name for the stuff.
A plumb bob comes from the same root, and likewise expressions such as "to plumb the depths".

Since I've had had Latin at school .... I do know that you're correct, smorgs,. As always, I might add. (To suck up isn't Latin, though )

Tico, don't try to kid us, we're not falling for it, you are one of the least humble folks in my acquaintance.

And get-go is no punchier than outset, and sounds a bit sillier.

Fast work chaps...

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I'll bet you've never plumbed the depths Mac.

I can't agree with that. Out and set are longish syllables. Outset is slow to say. And get-go can be inflected and both syllables are short with a snap in the first one. I think you're wrong Mac. Outset is okay. I'm not crabbing it. But it's not as punchy as get-go and it's not silly. I wanted a Speedy Gonzales word for smorgsie's nighty getting soaked situations.

Now I have the mental image of wet nighities stuck in my brain. I will be sueing.

Mornin' all!

I've decided not to go to the Commonwealth Games, can't stand a dirty bathroom.

x

Do I understand your problem, smorgs, to be that you try to take a shower, and you get wet?

Damn, I wrote a whole lot about brilliant homemade vegetable soup thickened with Smash and blow me down, the bloody computer lost it.

Heaving the lead, swinging the lead.

This one comes up occasionally: do you know why Mr Clements chose the pen-name "Mark Twain"?

I imagine it was because he didn't want anybody to know that he had written that sentimental tripe he had done.

Oh! Oh! Oh!!

I' ve just come back from having a curry, to find Spendy's insulted the tastes and sensibilities of a whole nation, and maligned a national treasure.

Does anybody have an idea why Uncle Meerkat's picture causes the muskrat to make such a desperate soul sound as it does?

http://film.comparethemeerkat.com/ambitiousness/

I read that it was an expression for "the slate" (drinking on credit) in the boozer he frequented.