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Not a proper canal boat then... :-)But I see you popped into a brewery.
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Not a proper canal boat then... :-)Well, narrowboats have their charm. You'll see some on upper Lough Erne and on the Shannon where it joins the Royal Canal or the Grand Canal. They are not suitable, however, for the larger lochs ( Ree, Derg, lower Erne), so you miss a bit if you're on a narrowboat.Alan H wrote:Not a proper canal boat then... :-)
But I see you popped into a brewery.
thundril wrote:Because if it had, I wouldn't be able to see my socks, would I?
Etymologyanimist wrote:not really interested in what is top tipple, as I like to mix my own. Just wondering if "Speakeasy" has some origin in the fact that booze makes one "speak easy", in my case too easy, or is there another origin of the word
According to an 1889 newspaper, "Unlicensed saloons in Pennsylvania are known as 'speak-easies'."[2] They were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors."[3] The term is reported to have originated with saloon owner Kate Hester, who ran an unlicensed bar in the 1880s in the Pittsburgh area town of McKeesport, Pennsylvania.[4][5] Although the phrase may have first come to prominence in the United States because of raids on unlicensed saloons in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, the phrase "speak easy shop," denoting a place where unlicensed liquor sales were made, appeared in a British naval memoir written in 1844.[6] The phrase, "speak softly shop," meaning a "smuggler's house," appeared in a British slang dictionary published in 1823.[6] Many years later, in Prohibition-era America, the "speakeasy" became a common name to describe a place to get a drink.[7]
Exactly! Some swivel-eyed religious cracker in Guess-where-land said last week that the world was going to end on Wednesday. It's Friday now, innit? Even in darkest USofA. And not so much as a sock incinerated. Has God bottled it again?Alan H wrote:thundril wrote:Because if it had, I wouldn't be able to see my socks, would I?
Is that because they'd be on fire?
I think you may be referring to some lot who were parading down Piccadilly about the same time as I and my bro-in-law, who had joined the refugees support march on September 12. We got a bit confused about what was happening on the march, and we also got hungry, resulting in a dive into the Hard Rock Cafe. When we came out we saw some banners and thought: great, we are still on the march. But in fact it was around 20 end-of-the-worlders, who actually did not seem that keen to divulge their secret knowledge. "Could well be, check it out" was the helpful response I got when enquiring from one of them whether they indeed expected the world to end on October 7. That bloke was indeed not a religious fanaticthundril wrote:Exactly! Some swivel-eyed religious cracker in Guess-where-land said last week that the world was going to end on Wednesday. It's Friday now, innit? Even in darkest USofA. And not so much as a sock incinerated. Has God bottled it again?Alan H wrote:thundril wrote:Because if it had, I wouldn't be able to see my socks, would I?
Is that because they'd be on fire?
right, so the desire to drink induced soft speech - quite opposite to the effect that the satisfied desire has on speech volumeAlan H wrote:Etymologyanimist wrote:not really interested in what is top tipple, as I like to mix my own. Just wondering if "Speakeasy" has some origin in the fact that booze makes one "speak easy", in my case too easy, or is there another origin of the wordAccording to an 1889 newspaper, "Unlicensed saloons in Pennsylvania are known as 'speak-easies'."[2] They were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors."[3] The term is reported to have originated with saloon owner Kate Hester, who ran an unlicensed bar in the 1880s in the Pittsburgh area town of McKeesport, Pennsylvania.[4][5] Although the phrase may have first come to prominence in the United States because of raids on unlicensed saloons in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, the phrase "speak easy shop," denoting a place where unlicensed liquor sales were made, appeared in a British naval memoir written in 1844.[6] The phrase, "speak softly shop," meaning a "smuggler's house," appeared in a British slang dictionary published in 1823.[6] Many years later, in Prohibition-era America, the "speakeasy" became a common name to describe a place to get a drink.[7]
<taps foot>thundril wrote:Arrives hotfoot from somewhere or other. Unable to say where until second pint of Speckled Hen has permeated sufficiently southward.
Hey, Thunders, did you drop this?thundril wrote:I see the world hasn't ended, folks. Bit early, but can I have champagne on cornflakes, please?
Is it just me, or. . .WTF . . . What?"Thinking towards Christmas, we are planning a Knitted Sheep Nativity Project, so that the real meaning of Christmas can be better understood by our families and shoppers, who are invited to go in search of a knitted sheep in our local shops. But first we need a lot of knitted sheep; - patterns are available to our knitters chatting in clubs and groups!