Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

...and shamelessly throw about abbreviations that mean little or nothing. 2 degrees BTDC, that kind of thing. CDs and DVDs are more for the non-cognescenti, ...

"2 degrees BTDC" - My timing may be a bit off, but I always keep a bottle of Wild Turkey 101 top dead center of my liquor cabinet. The "B" threw me for a moment...B for British?(maybe it was a metric approach), B for "before" ? I'll wager it's "before"

My formative years were spent in a 1966 Volkswagen Beatle. Our German neighbors brought it with them form the homeland. It eventually made it's way into our hands.

Gilliatt

[Paulclem]

Ah, yes, well, the Brotherhood of the Spark Plug is a sort of Masonic Conglomerate for car geeks, where we can swap stories in arcane language that nobody else can understand, and shamelessly throw about abbreviations that mean little or nothing. 2 degrees BTDC, that kind of thing. CDs and DVDs are more for the non-cognescenti, although we don't eschew them, once it has got too dark/cold/frustrating to work on the car, doing jobs that don't need doing, so that we can go back and correct it the following week.

I remember two blokes in our steet when I was a kid. They spent the weekend faffing with and revving the engine, only to be back again next week dong the same. I don't know why they had cars - they never seemed to go out in them.

[dafydd manton]

That's probably because they messed around with them so much, they wouldn't have run even if you'd wanted them to. Gilliat, you're dead right, "before". I have no idea what Wild Turkey is, although I can take a guess, and it sounds a sight more interesting than carburettors and ignition timing. After a sufficient amount of something 70 proof, you can talk about engines all night without knowing the first thing about them. I've built a reputation on it!!

[Jesterhead]

You've either got the greatest mom alive; or she is using reverse psychology.
Have you ever told her you were serious about a woman? I found my parents liked all my boyfriends until they became husbands...

Very nice Edward look alike...and better hair...I wonder how much it'll cost to send him by crate to Florida

Haha maybe she is just acting nice, until I marry someone.

I have already packed him up ready to send him to you

That gets my vote as well!

I have always had a weakness for blondes. That's possibly why I'm married to one.

Gentlemen prefer blondes.

And as I always say, so do dirty old men!

Can you guess which group I'm in?

Maybe gentleman by day, and dirty old man by night :P

[dafydd manton]

Gentlemen prefer blondes (and I'm married to one), but do blondes prefer gentlemen? Would I class myself as a gentleman? Hmmmmm

[The Atheist]

Ahh the Austin Allegro, the Morris Marina. How did they get away with it for so long?


Mind you, I had some interesting times on the back seat of an Austin 1100.

I've owned all three of those in my life, and a Morris 1800, which just happens to be one the best cars ever made. I used to kill my mates' Cortinas and Capris in the dirt - front wheel drive rules!

Maybe gentleman by day, and dirty old man by night :P

The latter all the time!

Gentlemen prefer blondes (and I'm married to one), but do blondes prefer gentlemen? Would I class myself as a gentleman? Hmmmmm

I think they actually prefer non-gentlemen.

As evidence, I offer, Marilyn Monroe and Jack Kennedy, Rod Stewart and all his blonde wives, Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow...

[The Atheist]

I must note that I spent yesterday afternoon preparing dinner while Mrs Atheist sat and chatted to guests.

Home made steak and vegetable pies, as it happens, and bloody delicious they were!

[soundofmusic]

Haha maybe she is just acting nice, until I marry someone.

I have already packed him up ready to send him to you

Maybe gentleman by day, and dirty old man by night :P

It's hard to say; my daughter tells me that it was a good thing I never had a biological son; that I would have chaperoned him on every date...I think she's being a little harsh. I have noticed, having married eldest sons twice, there always seemed a bit of wierd competition between mother and daughter in law: they had this wierd timing: calling at dinner time or when we were in bed

My very own Edward; I don't know whether I'll ever leave the house again

Gentlemen prefer blondes (and I'm married to one), but do blondes prefer gentlemen? Would I class myself as a gentleman? Hmmmmm

I don't know if they would notice whether you're a gentleman; I find I'm utterly dazzled by your vocabulary...you could steal a ladies garter with that stuff

I think they actually prefer non-gentlemen.

As evidence, I offer, Marilyn Monroe and Jack Kennedy, Rod Stewart and all his blonde wives, Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow...

I think the thing with cads is they are disarmingly sweet and gentlemanly at first meeting
Dirty old ladies prefer blonds too

I must note that I spent yesterday afternoon preparing dinner while Mrs Atheist sat and chatted to guests.

Home made steak and vegetable pies, as it happens, and bloody delicious they were!

Sounds excellent...did you want to talk to the guests or were you retreating to the kitchen. I used to hide in my kitchen when my husband brought his friends with wives who wanted to discuss birthing methods

[The Atheist]

I think the thing with cads is they are disarmingly sweet and gentlemanly at first meeting
Dirty old ladies prefer blonds too

Haha!

When my cloning machine is fully operational, I'll clone a few of your avatar bloke for you!

They come in designer options like "No vocal chords", "Housework lover" and that kind of thing.

Sounds excellent...did you want to talk to the guests or were you retreating to the kitchen. I used to hide in my kitchen when my husband brought his friends with wives who wanted to discuss birthing methods

I get the best of both worlds, the kitchen is only separated by a bar from the lounge, so I was mixing pastry and chatting.

To be honest, I am a bit of a show-off Gordon Ramsay type in the kitchen.

The language can be similar as well!

[prendrelemick]

Mrs P doesn't consider any social event a success unless at least one good childbirth horror story has been graphically retold.

[dafydd manton]

There's something about the female of the species, and especially in Yorkshire, where a day without, as you say, a childbirth incident, a discussion about somebody's health, ('e's not bin well, t'lad) or a graphic account of an operation has been wasted. Tha knows.

[Paulclem]

Aye - fistula an' piles they 'ad. T'wer a terrible shame when the' got ''thrush an' all...

[dafydd manton]

Nah den, luv, does that want ter see me operation scar? Ah 'ad one o' them hysterical rectums, tha knows!

[Jesterhead]

It's hard to say; my daughter tells me that it was a good thing I never had a biological son; that I would have chaperoned him on every date...I think she's being a little harsh. I have noticed, having married eldest sons twice, there always seemed a bit of wierd competition between mother and daughter in law: they had this wierd timing: calling at dinner time or when we were in bed

haha that was on purpose xD

My very own Edward; I don't know whether I'll ever leave the house again:lol

He will make you feel like Bella.. by that I mean stare at you while you are sleeping.

[dafydd manton]

Two old Yorkshire lasses chatting.
"Our Elsie's 'ad t'babby, burrit weren't a real 'un. She 'ad one o' them Caesarean Sexuals, tha knows."
"Is that what thiy do ter mek t'cattle pregnant?"
"Nao, luv, that's called Artifical Incrimination. Thiy do it wi' a syringe!"
"Nivver!"
"Ar, straight up, no Bull!"