AAAARRRRGGGHHH!

dick said:
Here in Notts place names ending in THWAITE are fairly common. Thwaite meaning a cleared strip of marshy ground. I assume SLAITHWAITE was named so!:confused:
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Thwaites - is near me, about a mile away where the Care Home is. Viking origin I believe.
 
"You can trust your car to the man who wears the star. The big bright Texaco star."

Just getting caught up after a couple of very busy weeks in England. Returned home early Saturday evening. The discussion brought that jingle to mind, and now it has become an ear worm!
 
The evolution of ear worms is fascinating sometimes the smallest of triggers seems to set them off in my case , then you simply cannot get rid of them for weeks . I was in a Bar last week and having "supped" my drink I was walking out when the Jam's Start came on .I only heard two bars at most but then thought they pinched the guitar riff from the Beatles song Taxman . It was just settling down when they started to report on Mr Trump's tax position and it started up again cannot get the song out of my head at he moment.
 
captain clutterbuck said:
Highly Flammable as in Wesley's mobile Hot Dog cart is Highly Flammable.

Thong is in regular use in Yorkshire the quoted place names are supposed to be derived from the Danish/Viking word for "thing" or possibly defined as "a strip of land".
There are other words in use such as TOWEL which is Yorkshire for bird of prey that appeared in Harry Potter. :08:
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OK, I'll bite. In addition to a place name, a thong can be underwear, part of a bathing suit or a flip flop. Come to think of it, all of the definitions involve a strip of something.
 
A thong can also be a whip or a lash ... but I suppose that is also a strip.

Lot of stripping going on here ....
 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHH....... that is an image I can't get rid of now... Gordon stripping (& I don't mean paint!;))
 
The other profession to which I referred was that of a painter and decorator. Before he took on the role of Wesley, he worked as a part time painter and decorator in addition to taking on bit parts. And the only thing he stripped was old wallpaper.
 
Brian no wonder your'e spooked quite understandable, after all given Wesley's disastrous encounters with cars and all things mechanical no wonder he was a bit part player in those Big Hammer House of Horror Productions as the picture below shows ,minus inflammable cap and glasses :08:


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Just shows how diverse the Forum can be :08::laugh: I started this thread as a grumble about a T V advert (which is now in its 3rd or 4th incarnation :02: ) I hope we can keep switching about like this. :roflmao:
 
Oh yes....that's right....something about Money Supermarket wasn't it?????:15:
We don't get that one here so can't comment, now about Wesley...........................:41::sneaky:
 
Back to the adverts [well sort of] there are a series of payday loan adverts from Quick Quid . One is about a Car broken down and the Recovery guy offers him the choice to either leave the car where it is or take it to a garage to get it fixed, so the guy takes out a loan to have it towed . There was a third option which he chose to ignore a quick call to Big Hammer Wesley could have seen it repaired for the cost of a beer !
 
Well we have an advert (commercial) that beat all adverts. It's called a Perfect Smile for when you don't have the money to get your teeth fixed, you can spend $14.99 for this piece of plastic that you can soak in warm water and then put in front of your bad teeth for a perfect smile. Perfect for a date or job interview.
 
dick said:
Just shows how diverse the Forum can be :08::laugh: I started this thread as a grumble about a T V advert (which is now in its 3rd or 4th incarnation :02: ) I hope we can keep switching about like this. :roflmao:
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Yes very Summer Wine - just like Clegg and Compo and Foggy talking ....
 
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