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HindleA wrote:"PM and Chancellor failed to realise the explosive extent of Lansley's plan,described as "unintelligible gobbledygook" by one insider An ally of GO states "George kicks himself for not spotting it and stopping it"
What's the betting that CiF's favourite 'Envy of the World' troll will take a day off tomorrow...
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
mbc1955 wrote:I've always had a burning urge to get a scientifically accurate definition of how many bottles of beer consitute 'lashings'. And is this a constant factor, i.e., do lashings always come to the same figure whether they're being swigged by the Famous Five or by the Swallows and Amazons (greatly superior books, incidentally). In the latter case, is there a conversion factor in their transformation into pirate 'grog'?
As a fan of the Famous Five, Billy Bunter and Just William and coming from a family where we usually had a bottle of water at our picnics, I always imagined lashings as more than you could drink in one sitting. Some left. But as I was never in that position I haven't a clue how many that would be.
For an encore can you provide a precise SI unit based definition of a "shed load".
I would also be grateful if you could place a number on the quantity of objects beyond which offensive stick shaking becomes impossible.
Can't provide details on sheds, but it's an unspoken agreement around these parts that a "load" of firewood is based on a mid-nineties two-door Toyota Hi-Lux. The two-door bit is important, because shady operators turn up with a "load" in a crew-cab pick-up, whose extra row of seats means a much smaller pile of logs. Dodgy dealing right up to your fireside.
ohsocynical wrote:
As a fan of the Famous Five, Billy Bunter and Just William and coming from a family where we usually had a bottle of water at our picnics, I always imagined lashings as more than you could drink in one sitting. Some left. But as I was never in that position I haven't a clue how many that would be.
For an encore can you provide a precise SI unit based definition of a "shed load".
I would also be grateful if you could place a number on the quantity of objects beyond which offensive stick shaking becomes impossible.
Can't provide details on sheds, but it's an unspoken agreement around these parts that a "load" of firewood is based on a mid-nineties two-door Toyota Hi-Lux. The two-door bit is important, because shady operators turn up with a "load" in a crew-cab pick-up, whose extra row of seats means a much smaller pile of logs. Dodgy dealing right up to your fireside.
A standard shed-load is 312 cubic feet. A cow-shed has shed-loads of space in it, just like a T.A.R.D.I.S. For other details of shed-loads see traffic- and accident-reports. My favourite shed-load was from the lorry carrying washing powder which skidded on a wet road in the rain. Bubbles and suds everywhere for hours
I agree that delivering logs by crew-cab pick-up is cheating of the worst sort!
This time, I'm gonna be stronger I'm not giving in...
