Wordwizard

My starter in the Bangladeshi Restaurant on Friday was Chicken Chat, which appeared to be small pieces of chicken in an indeterminate sauce. Perhaps a chat pile is small bits of something piled up and covered in liquid... *grin*

My friend bought two goldfish, so to make conversation I asked if he had given them names. He told me that they were called ‘One’ and ‘Two’. I told him that thee was no imagination in that, and he ought to be ashamed of himself. He was very annoyed at that and shouted, “IF ONE DIES I’VE STILL GOT TWO”

Unless someone wants to tell me differently, neither expression is in use in the UK. If someone did say such a thing, I would have to rely on context for an explanation, or otherwise ask what was meant.

I was bored. I was on a business trip, staying in a strange hotel, and was feeling not a little lonely. So I thought I'd ring up one of those girls you see advertised in phone booths when you are calling for a taxi. On the way back to my hotel I passed a phone box, so I dived in and grabbed a card. ...

There are times that I am glad that I am no longer young, and not having to understand rap is one of those times. In fact when I hear rap on the radio, I find the "off" button ever so useful.

Bernard had spent a long evening in pub in part of town that was strange to him. During the very serious hangover construction that he was undertaking, he fell to talking to a smartly dressed couple who for reasons unknown to Bernard took a liking to him, and invited him to the house party to which ...

Thank you very much Erik, even though I now know the answer I have a feeling that pubs all over Wales are going to be arguing about it. It's the sort of question you ask just before you leave!

This is driving me crazy, is there anyone out there who can help? Three men go to a restaurant for lunch, and the bill comes to £30.00 exactly, so they each put a £10 note onto the table. As the waiter is on his way to pay the money in, he realises that he has overcharged them, and the bill should h...

No Russ, as you say, we don't call everything that fits into a hole in the wall a hole in the wall, and I should have thought about it, even though it is the obvious reason that ATMs acquired the name. We too have free-standing machines, but they are not holes in the wall, they are bandits, because ...

Russ, we call an ATM a hole in the wall because they are fitted in holes in walls. I'm afraid I really can't see Butch Cassidy's influence in it at all.

If my memory serves me well there is a pub called The Hole In The Wall in Scarborough (Yorkshire) as well as Waterloo.

Dale, we sometimes kick it into the long grass , (where the ball can be lost for a while), or more often, kick for touch . In both soccer and rugby kicking the ball over the side line would stop the game for a very short time, and quite often relieve pressure. I have not heard about kicking cans tho...

Oh well, someone had to start it.

When you say floccinaucinihilivilification, do you actually mean floccinaucinihilipilification? Or is this a totally worthless thread?

Thank you from me as well Ken, if indeed you have enjoyed the stuff I have posted already, which brings me to a point. I enjoy telling jokes, whether it happens over dinner, in the pub, or in print, but one of the great pleasures of telling a joke is knowing that it is appreciated, but when I pass s...

I can't recall ever heard it uttered before this Dale. It either shows that the circles in which I move are off the beaten track, or the expression is so literal that it didnt even register as an expression, if you know what I mean.

It's an Italian word, and means a renowned opera singer. It got to the Italian from Latin, where it means “goddess”.