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| 1 OCT 2012 at 6:51pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer


Posts : 16540 Joined: 28 JAN 2007 Location: AU
Status : Offline | Ha ha ha ha......
Definitely an English author.....
.... it is easier than just clipping kids around the lugholes....
I don't hear words like that used out here.
But recently I hosted a German girl for a few weeks whose life had been totally kidnapped by her mobile phone and facebook to the point that no matter where she was or what she was doing, she was never really present.
Last edited by Caroline : 4 OCT 2012 5:31pm
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| 3 OCT 2012 at 9:48am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master


Posts : 4038 Joined: 27 SEP 2004 Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (1 OCT 2012 6:51pm)
Ha ha ha ha......
Definitely an English author.....
Yeh. You can tell but the not-so-subtle put down of Americans.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 3 OCT 2012 at 12:28pm |
SupportAdministrator


Posts : 111 Joined: 24 DEC 2011 Location: US
Status : Offline | Not like we haven't earned it unfortunately.
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| 3 OCT 2012 at 2:45pm |
tincup2Journeyman


Posts : 822 Joined: 8 MAR 2011 Location: US, NYC
Status : Offline | In the US it's the adult's that are the spoiled brats...
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| 4 OCT 2012 at 2:53pm |
MarkGuild Master


Posts : 3803 Joined: 10 OCT 2002 Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By tincup2 (3 OCT 2012 2:45pm)
In the US it's the adult's that are the spoiled brats...
The US adult's what? Children? Pets? Bratwurst?
... Poot! Please excuse... must have been those spoiled brats I had for dinner... FWEEP! Oh, goodness to gases...
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 4 OCT 2012 at 3:32pm |
tincup2Journeyman


Posts : 822 Joined: 8 MAR 2011 Location: US, NYC
Status : Offline | Actually I must have gotten rotten brats too. Out sick yesterday with stomach ailment haha...
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| 6 OCT 2012 at 1:14am |
HelenGuild Master


Posts : 3436 Joined: 12 OCT 2002 Location: US
Status : Offline | "clipping kids around the lugholes"
I have no idea what that means...sounds pretty funny though.
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| 6 OCT 2012 at 1:16am |
HelenGuild Master


Posts : 3436 Joined: 12 OCT 2002 Location: US
Status : Offline | Can anyone tell me what a "lughole" is? 
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| 6 OCT 2012 at 9:23am |
karlaAdministrator


Posts : 2593 Joined: 27 JUL 2003 Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Helen (6 OCT 2012 1:16am)
Can anyone tell me what a "lughole" is? 
I could be wrong, but I think it's informal British for "ear."
Or maybe it's a hole for a lug nut...
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| 7 OCT 2012 at 9:30pm |
HelenGuild Master


Posts : 3436 Joined: 12 OCT 2002 Location: US
Status : Offline | thanks Karla.......................lughole....hehehehe
Last edited by Helen : 7 OCT 2012 9:36pm
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| 9 OCT 2012 at 12:04am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master


Posts : 4038 Joined: 27 SEP 2004 Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Support (3 OCT 2012 12:28pm)
Not like we haven't earned it unfortunately.
Phooey!
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 9 OCT 2012 at 3:55pm |
karlaAdministrator


Posts : 2593 Joined: 27 JUL 2003 Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | Yeah, what Lady K said.
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| 9 OCT 2012 at 4:54pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer


Posts : 16540 Joined: 28 JAN 2007 Location: AU
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Support (3 OCT 2012 12:28pm)
Not like we haven't earned it unfortunately.
I've just read this thread again and my goodness, I think we are in the presence of a master of the pun. 
Helen
The British have several similar words, lughole (ear), cakehole (mouth), a**ehole er.... 
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| 10 OCT 2012 at 11:14am |
SupportAdministrator


Posts : 111 Joined: 24 DEC 2011 Location: US
Status : Offline | SHHHHHHHHHH-SH-Sh-shhh....   on't tell anyone!
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