hev Report post Posted October 22, 2006 dont faint!!ive ventured in the batcave i think the answer is 3!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jester Report post Posted October 22, 2006 You should not have ventured in hev now it's your turn! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hev Report post Posted October 23, 2006 no,no,no!!!!i like to pop in the batcave now and then,if i stay too long i will end up as mad as them lot suze,bighead,annie?your turn Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted October 23, 2006 no,no,no!!!!i like to pop in the batcave now and then,if i stay too long i will end up as mad as them lot suze,bighead,annie?your turn Who on earth could she mean?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted October 25, 2006 no,no,no!!!!i like to pop in the batcave now and then,if i stay too long i will end up as mad as them lot Can't think what she means?? HEV! Get back in here young lady................... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
something vague Report post Posted November 4, 2006 I want to play the word game but I cant be bothered to make up some false definitions so I'll give you the word and you can guess the def. Its a word I discovered in a book by Alan Bennett and the word is:................. SPLOTHER Its a new one to me and I think its fab!! Forgive the mess of this post I havent a clue how to change colour and size properly SV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted November 4, 2006 Splother.......splother.........what a great word! Haven't a clue what it means....... And i have had two glasses of red - so i've no hope of coming up with something sane either Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted November 7, 2006 Oh SV - i forgot about his! (you just reminded me in the silly pic thread....... ). What does it mean???????? I want to be able to drop in into conversation - vat wil mac me luk intelgen inravent irelavent cleva .......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted November 7, 2006 What a lovely word. Is it the feeling you get immediately after spilling wine down your best top when you're about to go out. "Goodness me: look what I've done! I'm all of a splother". ? Now tell us what it really means, SV. And do please clarify the prununciation, as I would like to add it to my working vocabulary as soon as possible. Does it rhyme with brother, or bother?? K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
something vague Report post Posted November 7, 2006 It rhymes with bother. I'm going out to the pictures now so havent got time to give you a definition but its very straight forward really. Might tell you when I get back OOOHH I bet the suspense is killing you SV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted November 7, 2006 oooooooooooo you monkey! ARGH! and i can't find it in the online dictonary ARGH! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted November 7, 2006 It rhymes with bother. I'm going out to the pictures now so havent got time to give you a definition but its very straight forward really. Might tell you when I get back OOOHH I bet the suspense is killing you SV How on EARTH are you pronouncing 'bother' 'cos i couldn't think of any 'real' rhymes and went to look on rhymezone... which came up with 1 - 'Strother' = a surname My original guess (before you said it rhymed with 'bother') was a bastardised version of 'Special Other' as in 'significant other'... do other people do that, BTW? things like: SPOAST = spaghetti on toast BOAST = beans on toast EOAST = egg on toast (you're getting the hang of it now...) MOAST = Marmite on toast (easy, isn't it?) ROAST = Sunday dinner BTW - we dinna live on toast in my house (too much carb!) - it was just an easy example L&P BADOAST Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
something vague Report post Posted November 7, 2006 (edited) SPLOTHER, according to Alan Bennett was his father's word for fuss and bother. In 'Untold Stories' Bennett discusses how his dad doesnt want relatives to attend his graduation because he doesn't want a lot of splother. He says '-Splother Dads word for the preening and fuss invariabley attendant on the presence of the aunties.' I love the word, I hate a lot of splother too!! There, mystery solved. I bet it was worth waiting for. Oh I've got to make just one more quote - On the subject of socializing and going to cocktail parties his mum says 'Your Dad and me have found an alcoholic drink that we really like, Its called bitter lemon.' I think that is so sweet, they must have been such an innocent pair. I've just been to see The History Boys at the pictures (originally a play by Bennett) I thought it was brilliant. Ok that endeth the English Literature lesson for today. SV Bangers n mash - Bash Green Eggs and Ham - GAM Bread and butter - Brutter Have I got the hang of it BD?? Edited November 7, 2006 by something vague Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted November 7, 2006 Strawberries and cream - Scream? I saw The History Boys too, I loved it. K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted November 8, 2006 LIFANTI - - - Liver, Fava Beans and a nice Chianti ...thuthuthuthuthu That one was for Halloween - just 1 week and one day late!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted November 8, 2006 I'm all of a splother....... Right - first one to slip it into conversation gets..........erm............ermmmmm...............(anyone got a quid for the pound shop?? ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
something vague Report post Posted November 8, 2006 Smiley, I used it in the caption compo thread, do I get a pound or something from the pound shop?? And if you can be bothered with the splother, heres another little compo: (2 pounds please ) Ok now you've gotto guess what I'm having for tea:- SWOUR TUKNICE Hmm not sure I understand the 'rules' to these made up words Anyway, I'd better go and make it now. SV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted November 8, 2006 FLANGE:- A spanish pudding which is a mixture between a flan and a sponge. CHALADAGE:- When you mix healthy food with cholestral laden goodies...ie... Chips, Salad and sausages. STICKPLODGE. When you eat really bad food with no healthy food... ie... All of the above but replace the salad with a fried egg and sticky toffee pudding. the DAME. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
something vague Report post Posted November 8, 2006 STICKPLODGE - Now I like the sound of that, shame I cant eat all that unhealthy stuff anymore. I love RUMBLE & SCREAM (Rhubarb crumble n ice cream) OOOOHHH yes I do like a bit of RUMBLE & SCREAM now n than but it's such a splother preparing for it!! SV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted November 9, 2006 STICKPLODGE - Now I like the sound of that, shame I cant eat all that unhealthy stuff anymore. I love RUMBLE & SCREAM (Rhubarb crumble n ice cream) OOOOHHH yes I do like a bit of RUMBLE & SCREAM now n than but it's such a splother preparing for it!! SV Isn't 'Rumble and Scream' Cockney rhyming slang for 'Bream?' A fish course - Very Healthy!! We're having THOLE - which is Toad In The Hole, or another fish course if you happen to have a lisp! and FART & SCREAM for pud, which is Fruit tart and Ice Cream, or possibly something else entirely L&P BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
something vague Report post Posted November 9, 2006 Well last nights SWOUR TUKNICE was lovely but tonights ROGNOSH was a bit too spicy! Never mind tomorrow is CHOP night so I wont have to cook!! SV I think I like Rumble & scream better than fart & scream but only marginally Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted November 10, 2006 Well, I'm just a few minute from my Friday Night LAMANSAK!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted December 19, 2006 As I was cooking dinner earlier it occurred to me that while I may be OK on animal collective nouns, I had no idea about veggies! So, I hastened to Waterkers bookshop and purchased a tome detailing the very same, and can hereby enlighten the rest of you An Embarrassment of sprouts A Yuk of parsnips An Echo of radishes (Anyone know the plural? Radishes? Radish? Radiai?) A Urinal of peas A Sauna of swedes A Fanfare of beans A Vanguard of asparagus (think about it!) A Gummidge of wurzell A Jasper of carrots A Flush of beetroots A Hem of turnips (I'm always dropping things in my turnips!) A Marathon of runners A Spray of lettuce (amen!) A Couch of potatoes A Cloud of mushrooms A Cholesterol of butterbeans* A Sob of onions A Lady of shallots A Formica of artichokes (how very seventies!) A Rushour of squash A Baldrick of turnips (that's for Kathryn!) A F'nar of cucumbers (getting bored now) A Yak of courgettes (can't you tell?) A Herrrrrrrnnnnnnnnn of gherkins (oh dear...) A Huffahuffahuffa of marrows (sigh......) And a Nigella of Melons (don't care if they are a fruit)......... Erm............... I'll get me coat..................................... * My personal favourite Love, Peace and Vegetables, BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted December 19, 2006 Shouldn't that be a Jordan of melons? Excellent, but you left out - An ear of cauliflowers A Halloween of pumpkins And there is no plural for radish - because no one has ever come back for a second one. K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted December 19, 2006 And there is no plural for radish - because no one has ever come back for a second one. K x No need - the first just keeps on coming back... A Jordan of Melons? NO WAY!! It's a Jordan of Ugly Fruit Heavens! A piece of worthless but QI trivia I picked up off tv the other night... Did you know that nectarines are a 'mutant' strain of peaches that came about from nuclear tests in the 50's and 60's? 'S'true... all that fuss we made about irradiated tomatoes, and we've been gobbling nectarines for years because nobody bothered to tell us!!! Ahhhhhhh, another collective noun... A 'Peter' of Nectarines.... L&P BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted December 19, 2006 (edited) Heavens! A piece of worthless but QI trivia I picked up off tv the other night... Did you know that nectarines are a 'mutant' strain of peaches that came about from nuclear tests in the 50's and 60's? 'S'true... all that fuss we made about irradiated tomatoes, and we've been gobbling nectarines for years because nobody bothered to tell us!!! 100% improvement on the peach, I'd say. Now let's see what they can do with sprouts. K x Edited December 19, 2006 by Kathryn Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted December 20, 2006 100% improvement on the peach, I'd say. Now let's see what they can do with sprouts. K x They've already did it! Sprouts/Nuclear explosions? Obvious connection there! Now let's hear a shout For the much maligned sprout The king of the veg I would wager 'Cos what other veg Can propel a full sledge While playing the chord of a major? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted January 20, 2007 blimey... poor ol' batcave... well and truly mined out it seems... Anyways, thought I'd give it a bump for a round of that old kiddies favourite 'Books & Authors'... You know the one, where you have a book title and a cr*ppy joke author for it - Like 'Short rations for breakfast by Egbert Nobacon' etc... One rule: they've gotta be new (or ones you THINK are new at the very least) so no 'Yellow Rivers by I. P. Daly's or 'In the saddle for 40 days by Major Bummsaw's or anything like that... So - getting the ball rolling: Japenese Cuisine by Sue Shee & Terry Arkey... Over to you lot... L&P BD <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted January 20, 2007 Well done, BD, high time the Batcave was revived. Three good books to buy at this time of year... Healthier Living by D.Tox Drop a Dress Size by Lou Swaite Drink Less by T. Total K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted January 21, 2007 You forgot Post christmas shocker by Wayne A. Tonne. & Effective weightloss by Chester Salad... Only two of us playing, though L&P BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
something vague Report post Posted January 21, 2007 Can I play? Map Reading for Beginners by I M Lost Memoires of a Long Distance Runner by A T Miles Quick Sketches by Drew Quickly Lose Weight the Easy Way by M T Fridge. Companionship by Earnest Friend Leaving Newcastle by Tom Haddaway SV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
something vague Report post Posted January 21, 2007 How to Grow Prize Leeks by Ivor Biggun He wrote another book but I'm not sure I can mention it! SV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
summertime Report post Posted January 21, 2007 becoming a male ballerina by justin tights Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hev Report post Posted January 21, 2007 ive got one the naughty schoolboy by justin trouble!! actually i could write that book as its obviously about my steven Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted January 21, 2007 Memoirs of a Canibal.... by I. Aitkin An Employers guide to hiring staff.... Norman Power Flo' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
something vague Report post Posted January 21, 2007 One just for Hev..... Confessions of a Moderator by Ivor Bighead SV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bid Report post Posted January 21, 2007 Oooooh, you're gonna be in trouble now!! Boho Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted January 21, 2007 The trials of a moderator - by Helen Backagenn Three hours with SV - by Ivan Neddake I'll get me coat - by Shona Daw........... L&P BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
something vague Report post Posted January 21, 2007 Traditional Wine Making by Stan Donnagrape Practical Jokes by R U Kidding Two minutes with BD by O I Vadinuff (Ivan Neddakes cousin ) SV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hev Report post Posted January 21, 2007 good one about bighead something vague maybe you could be my partner in crime and we could pick on him together?!!its ever so enjoyable Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
