OT - Daft word being painted on vans.

[Clive George]

See the below reference:

(etc)

[Bruce]

At least "Train station" is logical;

Bus station (OK), car park (OK), railway station (Eh????).

[F]

init

[Dave]

Mmmmm so when we put the clocks forward in spring, does that mean that pm does not start until after what we call 1 p.m. (1300 hours?)

Dave

[Dave]

That reminds me of a sign in the caravan park bar in Southsea.

It says 'free beer tomorrow'.

Dave

[Dave]

Now you have disturbed the moth balls in my mind, remind me why it was invented to dissolve please.

Dave

[Steve Firth]

Boggle? Where the f*ck is that? Up near the pikey[1] end by Fort Cumberland Road?

[1] OK, I admit it's all pikey but some bits are pikier.

[Dave Osborne]

I refer you to Merck Index, Eighth Edition, 1968

"One ml [of chloroform] dissolves in about 200ml of water at 25° [C]."

[terry]

360 degrees maybe; but in which plane?

[terry]

Oh; by the way, bringing you right back to where you started; eh?

[Steve Firth]

At which point it is a solution of chloroform in water.

Or is it a solution of water in chloroform?

[John Rumm]

I was under the impression that the correct address in those circumstance was simply "he" - in reference to the generic species "man" as opposed to the specific gender. The he/she stuff just being pc bull to keep poorly educated feminists happy ;-)

There is a reasonable definition and discussion here:

[Frank Erskine]

Yes.

[Frank Erskine]

Then of course there's "Basically", which means "I'll keep it simple for your benefit".

[The Medway Handyman]

That one drives me mad as well.

[The Medway Handyman]

I though Ketamine was a horse tranquiliser?

[Dave Osborne]

That as well. Whackypedia has the gen.

[<me9]

Well that's one we agree on, if not on WD40.

[Tim Watts]

John Rumm wibbled on Saturday 30 January 2010 17:41

list the "they" case, albeit as a colloquialism. I still prefer it.

"If a nurse is on duty, then he should wash his hands" just sounds wrong.

"If a nurse is on duty, then she should wash her hands" also sounds wrong as there are plenty of male nurses and "she" has never been used in a gender neutral way.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember F saying something like:

Random.