From: Champ on 7 Sep 2009 11:21 On 7 Sep 2009 15:06:53 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: >But if I'd known what it meant, I'd have spotted that it was a typo, >but I don't and I didn't. Thank god. I was worrying that it was just me that didn't know. Cheers, Chris. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Champ on 7 Sep 2009 11:29 On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:57:25 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >I guess in your day they all hid in dark corners talking polari. Polari? <googles> Oh. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Hog on 7 Sep 2009 11:43 Champ wrote: > On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:57:25 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: > >> I guess in your day they all hid in dark corners talking polari. > > Polari? > > <googles> > > Oh. I only heard of that recently when it came up in an interview of someone living in Soho at the end of WWII. All very bizarre! -- Hog '06 ST4-S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 '81 R65 Outfit
From: darsy on 7 Sep 2009 11:48 On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:44:26 -0600, vulgarandmischevious <vulgarandmischevious(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Great question. How does anyone know anything? you say q-wahl-ia, I say q-way-lia ; let's call the whole thing off[1]. [1] it's like deja vu, all over again. -- d.
From: Higgins on 7 Sep 2009 15:41
CT wrote: > ogden wrote: >> CT wrote: >> >>> I don't know what a rainbox flag looks like, so it wouldn't have any >>> significance to me. I'd probably think it was the local mayoral >>> crest or something. >> He means rainbow of course. > > Yeah, I sussed that from later posts. > > But if I'd known what it meant, I'd have spotted that it was a typo, > but I don't and I didn't. > I didn't even spot the typo and parsed it as attended. I also knew the meaning of the flag. |