Free Association Thread 4

[Handley_Page]

I like pocket watches.

And very nice they are, too. But I have not worn a waistcoat for years.

 

[loquere]

And very nice they are, too. But I have not worn a waistcoat for years.

I've never called it that, I simply call it a vest. Is "waistcoat" an English thing?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I've never called it that, I simply call it a vest. Is "waistcoat" an English thing?

It's really a "wastecoat" because it's made from a cast-off coat that's had it's worn sleeves removed.

 

[Handley_Page]

It's really a "wastecoat" because it's made from a cast-off coat that's had it's worn sleeves removed.

I never knew that!

I've never called it that, I simply call it a vest. Is "waistcoat" an English thing?

Yes, very English.
It the days when a man's jacket tended to be open at the front, a waistcoat was the idea way of keeping a trifle warmer in cold weather.
This, naturally, provided the canvas for the Union Flag on John Bull.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I never knew that!



Yes, very English.
It the days when a man's jacket tended to be open at the front, a waistcoat was the idea way of keeping a trifle warmer in cold weather.
This, naturally, provided the canvas for the Union Flag on John Bull.

I didn't either, HP; I just made it up. I expect the real etymology would relate to it's length - a coat only going as far as the waist, and then waistcoat becomes wescot becomes vest, perhaps...I'm never sure of etymologies I imagine, no matter how good they sound.

 

[JKendallDane]

I didn't either, HP; I just made it up. I expect the real etymology would relate to it's length - a coat only going as far as the waist, and then waistcoat becomes wescot becomes vest, perhaps...I'm never sure of etymologies I imagine, no matter how good they sound.

Length may have been influenced by girth.

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[MichaelinChina]

Length may have been influenced by girth.

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Our land is girt by sea...(from the Oz National Anthem) - there's one for you etymologists.

 

[MagicaPractica]

Our land is girt by sea...(from the Oz National Anthem) - there's one for you etymologists.

CSI, the original, studying bugs at the body farm.

 

[MichaelinChina]

CSI, the original, studying bugs at the body farm.

not entymologists. words not bugs

 

[MagicaPractica]

not entymologists. words not bugs

Hey, it's free association, right?

Make love, not war!

 

[MichaelinChina]

Hey, it's free association, right?


a little education is a good thing, right? Might save you making a blunder at a dinner party.

Make love, not war!

Jobs and Growth (election slogan)

 

[JKendallDane]

Jobs and Growth (election slogan)

Moans and groans (what you hear from the voters when they realize what they elected)

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[MichaelinChina]

Moans and groans (what you hear from the voters when they realize what they elected)

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porn movie

 

[JKendallDane]

porn movie

Adult bookstore booth and a roll of quarters.

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[MichaelinChina]

Adult bookstore booth and a roll of quarters.

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For me in my teenage years, it was a back table at a small second hand store where the proprietor kept a pile of "Men's Magazines". I am sure the guy knew what I was looking at and he didn't care. And if I got the courage to actually buy one, I'd hide it inside my weekly Rolling Stone magazine.

 

[JKendallDane]

For me in my teenage years, it was a back table at a small second hand store where the proprietor kept a pile of "Men's Magazines". I am sure the guy knew what I was looking at and he didn't care. And if I got the courage to actually buy one, I'd hide it inside my weekly Rolling Stone magazine.

Sticky pages

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[SamScribble]

For me in my teenage years, it was a back table at a small second hand store where the proprietor kept a pile of "Men's Magazines". I am sure the guy knew what I was looking at and he didn't care. And if I got the courage to actually buy one, I'd hide it inside my weekly Rolling Stone magazine.

... how does it feel?
To be without a home?
Like a complete unknown? Like a rolling stone?

 

[MichaelinChina]

... how does it feel?
To be without a home?
Like a complete unknown? Like a rolling stone?

Like a refugee, homeless.

 

[Handley_Page]

I didn't either, HP; I just made it up. I expect the real etymology would relate to it's length - a coat only going as far as the waist, and then waistcoat becomes wescot becomes vest, perhaps...I'm never sure of etymologies I imagine, no matter how good they sound.

Apparently, it was Charles 2. See Wiki HERE.

Moans and groans (what you hear from the voters when they realize what they elected)

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Or, rather more recently, the groans of the youngsters who could not be bothered to vote, upon discovering they are now part of "Leave". There are some really acid comments on facebook about it.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Apparently, it was Charles 2. See Wiki HERE.



Or, rather more recently, the groans of the youngsters who could not be bothered to vote, upon discovering they are now part of "Leave". There are some really acid comments on facebook about it.

playing catchup...

 

[loquere]

playing catchup...

Heinz-Ketchup

 

[MichaelinChina]

Heinz-Ketchup

thank you....The Original HP Sauce (nothing to do with our HP of course, I think)

 

[Tio_Narratore]

thank you....The Original HP Sauce (nothing to do with our HP of course, I think)

57 Varieties!

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

57 Varieties!

I remember all the Heinz stuff when I went there for a Steelers game right before my birthday a few years back (my team hosting my Dad's)... Unfortunately, we got a GREAT lead, which meant I was incessantly listening to my Dad praying his team would "ketchup"!

 

[MichaelinChina]

I remember all the Heinz stuff when I went there for a Steelers game right before my birthday a few years back (my team hosting my Dad's)... Unfortunately, we got a GREAT lead, which meant I was incessantly listening to my Dad praying his team would "ketchup"!

What Goes On? The Beatles