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Flint · 04-07-2010, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

Knapping is the ancient art of making tools from flint and a flint knapper practises the art.

This showed up in my vanity search. In fact, I am named after the flint that you refer to here.

Carruthers · 04-08-2010, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

This showed up in my vanity search. In fact, I am named after the flint that you refer to here.

When I posted the above, I did so without thinking about my forebears. On my mother's side of the family there are generations of Flints back to about 1770. Can't be sure about the exact dates at the present, as the info is on my other computer. They all come from villages to the north west of York. I don't think that it is a particularly common surname so we may be related.

Carruthers

monster · 04-06-2010, 12:56 PM

I use that and the answer to life the universe and everything to help kids remember 6*7 -math and brit culture in one fell swoop

DanaC · 04-06-2010, 04:48 PM

lol! That usage I have heard of. Now that you remind me. I have absolutely no idea of what it might mean as a slang term though.

squirell nutkin · 04-06-2010, 04:54 PM

I'm guessing, because they are 'flappy', he means nappies. I'm thinking he's talking about a droopy, soggy diaper. Would make sense to chuck them in some kind of bin, wheelie or otherwise.

DanaC · 04-06-2010, 04:55 PM

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Would make sense to chuck them in some kind of bin, wheelie or otherwise.

That really made me laugh.

Wheelie bin: don't know if you use that term or call them something else.

TheMercenary · 04-06-2010, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

That really made me laugh.

Wheelie bin: don't know if you use that term or call them something else.

We have two of those...

squirell nutkin · 04-06-2010, 05:22 PM

"garbage can with wheels"
we have them, they are so ubiquitous as to just be called garbage cans.

monster · 04-06-2010, 09:27 PM

I call it a wheelie bin. No-one's done a double-take yet.

jinx · 04-06-2010, 09:33 PM

Ya, trash can. But I like wheelie bin.

squirell nutkin · 04-06-2010, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

I call it a wheelie bin. No-one's done a double-take yet.

They might be humoring you.

ZenGum · 09-28-2011, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

I call it a wheelie bin. No-one's done a double-take yet.

So the guy driving the garbage truck comes to a house where the bin has not been put out. He is about to drive past when he sees a bloke sitting on the verandah, so he calls out "Where's ya bin?"
The man replies "I bin on holiday".
The garbo calls back "Nah, where's ya wheelie bin?"
"Well, wheelie, I bin in prison, but I'm tellin people I bin on holiday".

monster · 04-06-2010, 10:26 PM

most likely.

Urbane Guerrilla · 04-07-2010, 04:35 PM

"At sixes and sevens" is hardly a Brit-ism.

monster · 04-07-2010, 04:50 PM

Yes, it is. Although it is often adopted by theater fops wanting to appear more sophisticted, like so many other Brit phrases.

04-06-2010, 12:56 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I use that and the answer to life the universe and everything to help kids remember 67 -math and brit culture in one fell swoop __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart*

04-06-2010, 04:54 PM	#5
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	I'm guessing, because they are 'flappy', he means nappies. I'm thinking he's talking about a droopy, soggy diaper. Would make sense to chuck them in some kind of bin, wheelie or otherwise. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

04-06-2010, 05:22 PM	#8
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	"garbage can with wheels" we have them, they are so ubiquitous as to just be called garbage cans. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

04-06-2010, 09:27 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I call it a wheelie bin. No-one's done a double-take yet. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-06-2010, 09:33 PM	#10
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Ya, trash can. But I like wheelie bin. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

04-06-2010, 10:26 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	most likely. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-07-2010, 04:35 PM	#14
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	"At sixes and sevens" is hardly a Brit-ism. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

04-07-2010, 04:50 PM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yes, it is. Although it is often adopted by theater fops wanting to appear more sophisticted, like so many other Brit phrases. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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