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Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

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They were handing around Hot Cross buns in the office this morning and I happened to say to the secretary "If we keep eating stuff like this, we will never be lithe and lissom like you"

 

Total incredulity and/or puzzled looks all around the office (remembering that I work with a Geordie, a Dirty Leeds and a DMB).

 

Dirty Leeds sez to me "What language are you speaking?"

 

I can forgive the Aussie secretary but FFS, the Poms? 

 

Please restore my faith in the keepers of the worlds greatest language by showing me that Boltoners understand the words 'lithe' and 'lissom'.

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I know the word lithe, never heard the word lissom before though

 

 

 

Aussie slang

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Lithe is sommat for woodworking, making spindles or stems for dope pipes...

 

Lissom is another word for spunk, hence the term 'lizz'.

 

 

I am glad you mentioned dope.

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They were handing around Hot Cross buns in the office this morning and I happened to say to the secretary "If we keep eating stuff like this, we will never be lithe and lissom like you"

 

Total incredulity and/or puzzled looks all around the office (remembering that I work with a Geordie, a Dirty Leeds and a DMB).

 

Dirty Leeds sez to me "What language are you speaking?"

 

I can forgive the Aussie secretary but FFS, the Poms? 

 

Please restore my faith in the keepers of the worlds greatest language by showing me that Boltoners understand the words 'lithe' and 'lissom'.

 

 

I'm not far off 50 and never heard them words before pal. You been in the sun too long?

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You should've waited until she walked past your office/lair and seagulled her, like that nutter did to Jodie Foster in 'The Silence of The Lambs' (the second ever seagulling committed to film, the first being in 'It's a Wonderful Life').

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There's a dirty old man in the office here too, always making comments like that to the secretary.

 

Hopefully one day he'll dry bum you.

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I'm not far off 50 and never heard them words before pal. You been in the sun too long?

 

 

Definitely brought with me from sunny old Bolton mate. Blame BCGS.

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Here's one for you Bolty......

 

I heard somebody say "midden" the other day, I've not heard that word for about 30 years I reckon,

 

Apparently this blokes desk "Favvered a midden" 

 

:D

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Here's one for you Bolty......

 

I heard somebody say "midden" the other day, I've not heard that word for about 30 years I reckon,

 

Apparently this blokes desk "Favvered a midden" 

 

:D

 

 

Nowt new there C. We regularly used to use the word about other clubs pitches - The Shay springs to mind.

 

Regular saying was "Lovely to beat those fuckers on their own midden" when we'd had an away win.

 

As common as 'ginnel'.

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You should've waited until she walked past your office/lair and seagulled her, like that nutter did to Jodie Foster in 'The Silence of The Lambs' (the second ever seagulling committed to film, the first being in 'It's a Wonderful Life').

 

Showing your age there buddy, it's called "Spider-manning" now.

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Definitely brought with me from sunny old Bolton mate. Blame BCGS.

 

Thornleigh College also carries some of the blame. I had heard both of them.  You see, you can't beat a good grammar school education.

 

When are we starting the apostrophe war?

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Midden was a word from my childhood. I had a schoolfriend who lived on a farm and used to spend many evenings and weekends there. Midden was where they stored the cow shit for later use as an organic fertiliser.

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