Toast

Ours got the hang of it and snowed furiously all night, so today was a fun day for the kids after all.

I've always been rather fond of "Does this face look like it gives a fuck?" (We used to have a secret sign for that.)

I'd like to put in some support for 'bitch'. For reasons which escape me, this perfectly respectable word has been demonised to the point where it even gets censored if used to mention a female dog. In my young days it was a fairly mild term of abuse, often used in a jocular spirit. Now it's joined the ranks of the unsayable. Bloody snowflakes

'This Country' is amusing. It's a spoof documentary series about chavvy teenagers in a Cotswold village. It's all on iplayer - started as a BBC3 thing but has now been promoted to BBC1 despite the relentless "effing and jeffing". (I think it's pure coincidence that there is going to be a scarecrow competition at our village fete this summer, but it did make me LMFAO.)

Surreptitious

That reminds me of an experience I once had with a workmate in a Paris café. He normally displayed your basic Englishman-abroad tastes, so, expecting him to ask for a large white coffee, I was mildly surprised when he said he would like an espresso. I duly ordered "Deux espress', s'il vous plait". He commented several times on what a delicious espresso it was, finally working up to "That was undoubtedly the BEST espresso I've EVER had", at which point I realised he was being sarcastic and the penny dropped. "You actually wanted a cappuccino, didn't you?" He had the grace to admit his error.

I think people confuse it with 'irrespective'.

I'm enjoying a cup of Thompson's Irish Breakfast tea.

I do not think that word* means what you think it means

No, I don't like "hoor", especially if referring to a man. But surely we can like a word even if you judge it to be superfluous? Anyway the "Floozy" in the Jacuzzi sounds better then the Hoor.

As mentioned elsewhere: paramour and concubine. Oh, and floozy.

I do like the one liner it spawned though: I've been coughing up so much mucus that people think I'm Phlegmish.

That reminds me ... "Colleague" when used to mean staff. Sainsburys, I'm looking at you.

Can't stand plastic Paddys ( or should that be Paddies?).

Partner Or more specifically the way this neutral word has been hijacked to mean 'the person with whom one is having a sexual relationship'. Now we have to put up with ambiguity if we wish to speak of a business partner, dance partner or any non-sexual use of the word. Conversely I think not enough use is made of delightul words like paramour and concubine.

No, it wouldn't. It might imply, suggest or insinuate, but it wouldn't infer. You would be the one doing that.

We have a light scattering, and snow is falling but in a "can't really be arsed" sort of way.

Or k.d. lang?

Off to the Bollywood thread with him, and the animal he's sitting on.

My grandfather was born in Sheerness. I gather it's an appalling place. My only visits have been literally passing through on the way to the ferry port, a good few years ago now.

Wellness It just sounds wrong.

Hubby

Yes, but she really is not a good fit for this thread.

They should do one for 96 Tears by ? and The Mysterians.

#metoo just now with the photos. "Aha, at last someone I've heard of! No need to check this one. Well ... better make sure - Oh!"