Scales of Agitation

Vesterberg
Vesterberg Posts: 330
edited April 2012 in The bottom bracket
Have I got it broadly right? (1 - low, 10- high)

1. hubub
2. rumpus
3. ballyhoo
4. perturbance
5. brouhaha
6. flurry
7. kerfuffle
8. bedlam
9. pandemonium
10. insurrection

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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Where about would melee fit in?
    Tail end Charlie

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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Would put handbags at 1.
  • fish156
    fish156 Posts: 496
    Not a very linear scale. The jump from 7. kerfuffle to 8. bedlam is quite significant.

    Suggest 3. ballyhoo is eliminated entirely, shuffle everything down and insert ruck between kerfuffle and bedlam?

    Yep, a busy evening.

    edit: handbags is a definite omission.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    fuss should be in there at .5, a lot of things start from a fuss.
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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    1. F*cked off.
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • nevman
    nevman Posts: 1,611
    Flurry and kerfuffle are troublesome-could they be reversed?
    And maul should follow ruck,but I like bedlam as well so I am in a bit of quandary
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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Frank the tank wrote:
    Where about would melee fit in?

    I thought you were never going to mention that ladyboy you once 'met' again?
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Frank the tank wrote:
    Where about would melee fit in?

    I thought you were never going to mention that ladyboy you once 'met' again?

    hehe isnt he the meat Frank choked on, :D
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    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Is leaveitheaintworthit a word? It's often heard just before 8 bedlam and during 9 pandemonium.
  • SmellTheGlove
    SmellTheGlove Posts: 697
    Did no one ever tell you about tears before bedlam?
    "Consider the grebe..."
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    Replace 7 with "it's all kickin' off"
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Frank the tank wrote:
    Where about would melee fit in?

    I thought you were never going to mention that ladyboy you once 'met' again?

    hehe isnt he the meat Frank choked on, :D

    Cleat, that incident was life changing for me. Until then I only thought a tory would squeeze you till the pips squeaked. Now I know they'll squeeze til the bones come out. :lol:
    Tail end Charlie

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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Any list that misses out 'a bit of a to-do' is an incomplete list in my book. Slot it in before Rumpus and shuffle everything down a bit.

    Then find a place for disagreement, quiet word outside and palava.
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,660
    Surely "frisson" deserves to start?
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Up here you would need to fit in a fankle at about 2, a stooshie at 5 and a stramash at 8
  • p9uma
    p9uma Posts: 565
    Is "thoroughly and abjectly pissed off" a contender?
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    haha most incidents I know start off with "No, you said you were picking the kids up" :D
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • Monkeypump
    Monkeypump Posts: 1,528
    Agree with CiB - 'palava' has to be in there somewhere, and what about 'fracas'?
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    OYE, I SAID OYE, what about an altercation. Come on, tell me where that is on ya list, ya w@nker. :lol:
    Tail end Charlie

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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,965
    I think no. 10 should be WAR.


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  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    Here in Oz they have 'stouch', pronounced stoosh. Very popular in the printed media.
    The older I get the faster I was
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Where does "missing a really, really important meeting that massively affects you because they scheduled it for 10 in the morning as opposed to 12 or 1 like they have done every freakin' time for the past 5 years because you thought it was at 12" come into this?

    Is there a Spinal Tap stylee level 11 on the patented agitometer for "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh massive stomach sinking I feel physically nauseous now due to this funk up"?

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