The Shed 22

a reply to: LightSpeedDriver

Haha! I would have asked you if I could hold the rat. I can imagine though the looks on other people's faces.

I got mine because my Niece's Husband used to buy them to feed their pet snake. I felt so bad for the poor little things. I love snakes, but big one's should be free. They just don't have cages or living areas that are appropriate for big snakes. Anyway, it was a while since I had any fur babies and I asked if I could buy one of the rats. He ended up giving it to me. It was a comfort to me that at least one had a happy life and natural death.

a reply to: Autorico

LOL! Gotta kill those zombies, we don't want them around here! I wonder if Skiddy has that game.

a reply to: Skid Mark

Hey Skid, Myself and Night are wondering if you have played "Dying Light"? Looks like a cool game.

a reply to: LightSpeedDriver

LOL! I had no idea there was a song about rats. I remember a band called Ratt though.

a reply to: Night Star

Rats, eh?

a reply to: Finspiracy

I'm sure Night Rats will love it.

(Geddit? Star backwards is rats. Hurr.)

ETA I think I've been playing the acronym game too long.

originally posted by: LightSpeedDriver
ETA I think I've been playing the acronym game too long.

Maybe you have been playing it for "too long" but you are getting quite good at it.

I visit that thread every once in a while to increase my vocabularity.

And I thought the 30,000 without power last night was something. Over 140,000 now, most in me & Jin's county/metro. I woke up this morning and checked the news, and first thing I asked hubby, who'd already been up since 4am, after getting up to speed on Ice Storm #2's handiwork was a rather redundant "What the hell happened while I was asleep?!" "It got s#y out there, that's what happened while you were asleep. Power flickered a lot, but it's still on, don't complain!"

Yeah, I'm not, it's still on and that Powerball ticket is looking likely this week, lol.

It did some neato ice art, though, like these hollow ice apples (coated rotting ones that thawed and dropped to the ground out the bottoms)

Disclaimer: Not my pictures.






The news article I borrowed the pics from is calling them "Ghost Apples". It couldn't be more fitting, lol.

originally posted by: LightSpeedDriver

...That's Irish, not Scottish.

"Lang may yer lum reek"

(I had tae google it!)

Correctamundo! (Irish not Scots)

and... "Lang may yer lum reek" = "Long may your chimney smoke"
it just means that you wish that the person will always have a warm fire in their hearth.

I have an alternative "party" version of that auld Scots saying (for someone you don't like!)
"Lang may yer Rum Leak!"

originally posted by: LightSpeedDriver

Jings!
The Stranglers are one of my all-time favourite bands.
That track is the last one on their first album Rattus Norvegicus which is just awesome!
I may have to dig out my old 12" (DDIG) vinyl later!

a reply to: Finspiracy

Good song Fin! I was hoping you'd show up today.

Hello Light, Nyiah and Gordi!
I have to take off for a while and do things around the house. Have fun, but save some for me. LOL

Nyiah, those pics were awesome!!!!

a reply to: Gordi The Drummer

I meant to say " Ahh Bugger " ...

I'll get my singlet ( too hot for a coat )

😉

a reply to: Timely

Dinnae fash yersel!

a reply to: Night Star

Hello, Cheerio!

Reminds me of the old Clippie's (the person who used to issue tickets on the buses here) who used to say (if you were out of funds or had no valid ticket to travel...)

"C'mon, Get aff!"

My favourite Scots saying is actually from up north in Aberdeen

They have their own local dialect (called Doric) and instead of foot/feet/shoe they will say "fit". (Ma fit's sair = My Foot's Sore)
But with their heavy accents, they also use "fit" for "whit?" i.e. "what or which?"

This leads to the peculiar situation, that in an Aberdeen shoe store you can hear a customer (when trying on shoes) asking:

"Fit fit fits fit fit?" (Which foot fits (into) which shoe?)

TRUE story that.



PS - They also say "furryboots?" when they mean "Whereabouts?"
e.g. "Furryboots dae ye bide?" = "Whereabouts do you stay?"

Every time I hear that... I can't help but look at their feet! (just in case...)

This is a (fairly tame) funny example of Aberdeen Doric....



Does anyone understand ANY of it? (apart from me!)

a reply to: Gordi The Drummer

I think someone spiked the pixie drinks. I can understand 1 word in 10, or less.

a reply to: Gordi The Drummer

Ummm...what?