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What's blue and fluffy and floats through the air ?


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Gordon Bennett! Who was he?

Excellent question Anna.

And a very good interesting reply RRB.

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The saying here in Lanky land is Bees knees and kippers knickers :?:
CAROL

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Ok ok I have finally thought of one " hair of the dog"



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MCMLXXIII said:

Gordon Bennett is a clothes shop on cheetham hill road,
I invented rola cola and peter Kay nicked the joke off me.
Margi clarke asked me to marry her once, but i was off to Manchester and said no.
Bees , unlike wasps, die if they sting you, as unlike a wasp, their stinging rear end isn't hollow, so it breaks and they pass away.
You cant beat a really good ham.
Name a hairy dog..terrier?..ach no it was a poodle.

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Hi I have to ask, is that Cheetham Hill in Manchester ?, because if it is, I lived there as a very small child and I was born in Crumpsall Hospital RRB

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Andy12345 said:

Ok ok I have finally thought of one " hair of the dog"



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"Hair of the dog" is a colloquial expression in the English language predominantly used to refer to alcohol that is consumed with the aim of lessening the effects of a hangover. The expression originally referred to a method of treatment of a rabid dog bite by placing hair from the dog in the bite wound.[1] The use of the phrase as a metaphor for a hangover treatment dates back to the time of William Shakespeare[citation needed]. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer writes in the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898): "In Scotland it is a popular belief that a few hairs of the dog that bit you applied to the wound will prevent evil consequences. Applied to drinks, it means, if overnight you have indulged too freely, take a glass of the same wine within 24 hours to soothe the nerves. 'If this dog do you bite, soon as out of your bed, take a hair of the tail the next day.'" He also cites two apocryphal poems containing the phrase, one of which is attributed to Aristophanes. It is possible that the phrase was used to justify an existing practice, and the idea of Latin: similia similibus curantur ("like cures like") dates back at least to the time of Hippocrates. In the 1930s cocktails known as Corpse Revivers were served in hotels.[2]

Found this for you

RRB

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I am "head over heels" with this new topic.


Where does the wo in woman come from?
Also the hu in human?



Roy.

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WeeWillie said:

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What's blue and fluffy and floats through the air ? I'm probably going to regret this, but I don't know Wee Willie, What's blue and fluffy and floats through the air :wink: ? RRB


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Gordon Bennett! Who was he?

Excellent question Anna.

And a very good interesting reply RRB.

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izzzi said:

I am "head over heels" with this new topic.


Where does the wo in woman come from?
Also the hu in human?



Roy.

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Hi Roy, well thinking about it, I suppose because both words end in 'man' someone had to put something in front of them :lol: or what about:-

Goman,Joman,Poman,Qoman, Soman, Toman,or even Zoman or we could of been Roman's and if we were then what would the Roman's be called? :eh:

Buman, cuman, duman, numan, Muman,puman, Ruman, suman, tuman,vuman,xuman,yuman,zuman :lol:

RRB

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RRB ...
You seem to have a gift with all of this :thumbup:

There is a barman too ... [bloke on the bar] :lolno:

Whats with the saying - " Take things with a pinch of salt " about :think: :?:

Anna.

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anna29 said:

RRB ...
You seem to have a gift with all of this :thumbup:

There is a barman too ... [bloke on the bar] :lolno:

Whats with the saying - " Take things with a pinch of salt " about :think: :?:

Anna.

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Thanks Anna the litle grey matter seems to working today :lol:

This is interesting :-

HistoryThe phrase comes from Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia, regarding the discovery of a recipe for an antidote to a poison.[2] In the antidote, one of the ingredients was a grain of salt. Threats involving the poison were thus to be taken "with a grain of salt," and therefore less serious.

An alternative account says that the Roman general Pompey believed he could make himself immune to poison by ingesting small amounts of various poisons, and he took this treatment with a grain of salt to help him swallow the poison. In this version, the salt is not the antidote. It was taken merely to assist in swallowing the poison.

The Latin word salis means both "salt" and "wit," so that the Latin phrase "cum grano salis" could be translated as both "with a grain of salt" and "with a grain (small amount) of wit."

RRB

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Robinredbreast said:

anna29 said:

RRB ...
You seem to have a gift with all of this :thumbup:

There is a barman too ... [bloke on the bar] :lolno:

Whats with the saying - " Take things with a pinch of salt " about :think: :?:

Anna.

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Thanks Anna the litle grey matter seems to working today :lol:

This is interesting :-

HistoryThe phrase comes from Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia, regarding the discovery of a recipe for an antidote to a poison.[2] In the antidote, one of the ingredients was a grain of salt. Threats involving the poison were thus to be taken "with a grain of salt," and therefore less serious.

An alternative account says that the Roman general Pompey believed he could make himself immune to poison by ingesting small amounts of various poisons, and he took this treatment with a grain of salt to help him swallow the poison. In this version, the salt is not the antidote. It was taken merely to assist in swallowing the poison.

The Latin word salis means both "salt" and "wit," so that the Latin phrase "cum grano salis" could be translated as both "with a grain of salt" and "with a grain (small amount) of wit."

RRB

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How interesting this is ...
Thanks 'again' RRB. :thumbup:

I like history a lot and this type of thing I enjoy learning of .
[was/am rubbish at geography] still lose my car sometimes in a car park!
Anna.

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LOL @ anna, glad I'm not alone, I've lost my car many times! To the point where I have the iPhone app to find my car using GPS, less useful in a multi storey though!

Question for the thread starter, lol, - 'What the devil is wrong with me??'



Bob

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The cat's pyjamas?

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Could be!!

Tell me the cure, I'll love you forever!



Bob

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WeeWillie said:

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What's blue and fluffy and floats through the air ?

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Easy......Blue Fluff of course.

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