Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you
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You live in Cambridgeshire and were recently in Italy. You said you’ve met one of them several times. Are you admitting to being a hit man?
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Might explain the damage on his Golf GTI.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]2 -
Shot of the storm/tornado caught on a security camera, top left.
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Having just done a couple of long motorway trips, I wonder why drivers think it is a good idea to stay very close to the car in front at speed. Must make driving fairly stressful!
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If you're convinced that you're an excellent driver with lightning fast reflexes there's nothing to worry about.
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Pinnacle Monzonite
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Didn't you know that most people are way-above-average drivers?
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Tailgating is one of my bugbears, strangely enough.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Better take some amphetamines to stay alert then 😄
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Couldn't agree more. Have occasionally wondered whether some large reinforced spikes on the rear bumper would pass the MOT 🤔
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Hmm, not so sure about this map, not least as there seem to be a lot more fat people in Italy than in France.
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If pizza and pasta aren't fattening why aren't I skinny?
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The phrase "head over heels". My head is generally over my heels so nothing special.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Those zip pockets within a pocket on cycling jerseys. Does anyone ever use them.
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The first records of head over heels come from around 1710. The expression comes from the earlier heels over head, which was used to refer to someone being literally upside down. Head over heels gained its figurative meaning in the 1800s.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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It's not the Terrible Maps account for nothing.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Yes, for the house key.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
The former makes sense, the latter doesn't. Intrigues me why anyone would use it.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
The other one that has changed is "all mouth and trousers" > "all mouth and no trousers". Also "toe the line" > "tow the line"; similarly people thinking the pale in beyond the pale is to do with colour rather than a fence pale or post. Idiom evolves and people forget what the original expression meant.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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And coinage.... whatever that is.
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I think I might have mentioned it before, but the phrase "Breathe in!" when someone needs to get smaller to squeeze through a gap. Breathing in can only make you bigger.
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That's people breathing and puffing their chests out and pulling their waist in though...locally their waist is smaller?
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Coincidentally we parked in Nadder Lane in Tisbury on our way back from Devon at the weekend.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Not really credible, as that whole pose is about looking bigger and more threatening.
Incidentally, it's a really odd phenomenon that way of taking a 'big breath' - all children do it if you say "Take a big breath!", but with my trumpet teacher's hat on, it's never going to be the biggest or most powerful breath you can take (which should be right down towards the diaphragm).
If you want a giggle, lie on the floor (or bed), and try taking one of those 'big shoulders' breaths, and you'll see how nuts it is: when you're lying on your back, you naturally breathe the right way, using the abdominal muscles to do all the work. I do most of my practice semi-recumbent, per the QI slot about the best posture for sitting in a chair: it's good for the back and breathing well.
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You take coins when you go for a ride. I occasionally might bring some back if places don’t take cards and they go in a bag with said card and phone. It’s hard enough getting stuff out the pockets of modern jerseys which seem to be just under your shoulder blades without having play with a zip.
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Ooh, good spot of a relic pre false splitting! Nadderwater near Exeter is another. Don't suppose you saw an ewte too?
Incidentally, just found this double false splitting from French: licorne ("unicorn") from rebracketing of l'icorne; icorne itself comes from rebracketing of Old French unicorne as une icorne.
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It should be OK as long as they're detachable. Although occasionally I enjoy showing the drafter a clean pair of heels (where safe and legal to do so, obviously 😇 )
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
One of my fond memories is being in a Roller at red traffic lights in Norfolk, a boy racer in the outside lane came up revving his engine, then the Roller left him for dead when the lights changed to green. Mind you, probably used a couple of gallons of petrol to do it.
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Mind you, a lot of boy racer mobiles are just hatchbacks with a loud exhaust and neon w***er lights, they're not actually very fast.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
