Ping Darsy: is you certified yet?
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From: 'Hog on 23 Mar 2010 15:34 Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote: > On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:26:01 +0000, Simon Wilson > <siwilson(a)nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> > wrote in <80rqarFrqtU2(a)mid.individual.net>: >> On 23/03/2010 12:19, Cane wrote: >>> On 22 Mar, 15:42, darsy<da...(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > >>>> [1] funnily enough, and I never did find out why[2] but I had the >>>> Babylon ring my doorbell last night around 03:30 > >>> The 'what'? > >> I guessed what it meant, but had to look it up: > >> "Jamaican English term for corrupt establishment systems, often >> applied to the police. Derived from the Rastafari movement." > > That's not _quite_ what Chambers says: > > "a place, etc of luxury and decadence, used (derog) formerly by > Protestants in reference to the Roman Catholic Church, more recently > by Rastafarians of Western culture, or generally by one group of > another group which they consider to be corrupt." <adopts> -- Hog
From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 23 Mar 2010 15:57 On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:34:24 -0000, 'Hog <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote in <4ba917c3$0$2482$db0fefd9(a)news.zen.co.uk>: > Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote: >> That's not _quite_ what Chambers says: >> "a place, etc of luxury and decadence, used (derog) formerly by >> Protestants in reference to the Roman Catholic Church, more recently >> by Rastafarians of Western culture, or generally by one group of >> another group which they consider to be corrupt." ><adopts> Thanks, Dad. Give us some pocket-money! -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
From: darsy on 24 Mar 2010 04:58 On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:34:24 -0000, "'Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:26:01 +0000, Simon Wilson >> <siwilson(a)nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> >> wrote in <80rqarFrqtU2(a)mid.individual.net>: >>> On 23/03/2010 12:19, Cane wrote: >>>> On 22 Mar, 15:42, darsy<da...(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>>> [1] funnily enough, and I never did find out why[2] but I had the >>>>> Babylon ring my doorbell last night around 03:30 >> >>>> The 'what'? >> >>> I guessed what it meant, but had to look it up: >> >>> "Jamaican English term for corrupt establishment systems, often >>> applied to the police. Derived from the Rastafari movement." >> >> That's not _quite_ what Chambers says: >> >> "a place, etc of luxury and decadence, used (derog) formerly by >> Protestants in reference to the Roman Catholic Church, more recently >> by Rastafarians of Western culture, or generally by one group of >> another group which they consider to be corrupt." > ><adopts> so, as far as ukrm goes, The babylon is...Facebook? -- d.
From: darsy on 24 Mar 2010 06:26 On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:26:50 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:03:36 +0000, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > >>though just got a >>call about a job interview for next week, which if I were to get the >>role, I'd be Bolly and Stoli all round for everyone[1] > >'ray! > >>[1] OK, just me. > >Boo! > >C'mon, after we've all been so supportive and everyfing. don't make me get out the machete again... -- d.
From: darsy on 24 Mar 2010 06:27
On 23 Mar 2010 15:35:06 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: >darsy wrote: > >> just got a call about a job interview for next week, which if I were >> to get the role, I'd be Bolly and Stoli all round for everyone[1] >> >> [1] OK, just me. > >I'd be much happier just with a decent pint or two, if you could >stretch to that! a pint of Stoli? That's a "good start" to a "bad end" of a drinking evening. -- d. |