The Wanderer; A Thesaurus

[Montreal Wanderer]

Thowd mam used fert say .... "come here while I gi' yer a good hiding !". Yeah, like I'm just bursting to cross over to you to be given a crack.

Also "blood & sand" .... what did THAT ever mean ?

Plus the great put down of "she's no better than she should be" ... often directed at "the sort of woman who'd go in a pub on her own".
God, I longed to meet a woman who'd go in a pub on her own. Then turned up at Uni to find 1,000's of the beggars.

Not sure what it means in everyday stuff, but it was the title of an old Tyrone Power film about bullfighting back in the 40's. Remember going to see it as a kid.

Based on a book by Vicente Blasco Ibánez - I believe there were several versions.

[David Lee's Hair]

Ginnel

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Ginnel

You're leading us down a blind alley, we've been there.

[Little Green Man]

Ginnel

[Lost Leopard Spot]

You're going to have to explain that to me LGM. I'm hard of understanding.

[CrazyHorse]

Aqua
Plane.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I see.

[CrazyHorse]

[thebish]

is HE playing???

[Lost Leopard Spot]

What???? Help.

[Little Green Man]

What???? Help.

It's GG's favourite player.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Ahhh. Fordman. or Transitadder. or van Ruff. No, no, no, wait it's coming....

[thebish]

What???? Help.

say what you see!!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

The Klingon Emperor.

[bobo the clown]

My dad also used to refer to a strange being, as in a bit of a bogey-man or a person of ill-definition when saying "who do you think I am P. Icky the Fire-Bobby?".

Actually, I used to think he said Peerky, but found that not to be quite correct.

Any other takers ?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I used to be threatened with the Sandman. I've no idea what his powers were supposed to be, but I knew I didn't want to meet him. And it was never explicitly stated, but I just knew that he lived in the airing cupboard at the end of the hallway.

[bobo the clown]

I used to be threatened with the Sandman. I've no idea what his powers were supposed to be, but I knew I didn't want to meet him. And it was never explicitly stated, but I just knew that he lived in the airing cupboard at the end of the hallway.

Ah, the Sandman. A well known fable. He is the person who will throw sand in your eyes which makes you fall asleep.

Or Karla ... he may have been threatening you with a visit from the head of the Russian Secret Service. Now THAT would have been harsh.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

So who was P. Icky and what is a fire-bobby?

[TANGODANCER]

So who was P. Icky and what is a fire-bobby?

Never heard of P-Icky, but a fire bobby was like a police bobby cos they both wore helmets. Police bobby from Robert (Bobby) Peel who founded them.(Also known as Peelers)

Any way, all that fades into insignificance against the ultimate threat for bad behavour: "Father Christmas is watching". I mean, that was frightening.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Christmas 1962. In December i'd done something bad (although I cannot recall what now), and on Christmas morning had crept out of bed to find Santa had delivered a sack... full of ashes. Later that morning the reindeers felt sorry for me, apparently, and I got a small sack of presents delivered. It taught me a lesson: always befriend reindeer.