Jim McLean's Ghost Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Which shite English comedian are you all going to see at the Fringe? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Swingers clubs, no dogging for posho's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Brazil Forever Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Double barreled surnames, now very common !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Getting ideas from The Guardian food supplement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 16 hours ago, Blue Brazil Forever said: Double barreled surnames, now very common !! Nowadays that can just mean a mother who's been very....accomadating 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 34 minutes ago, highlandmac said: Nowadays that can just mean a mother who's been very....accomadating Does she use her own surname, or narrow it down to two Dads? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Being a Pie and Bovril Platinum member. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutz_the_Squirrel Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Arguing about how working class you are and how poor you were growing up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Just now, Nutz_the_Squirrel said: Arguing about how working class you are and how poor you were growing up. I was too poor growing up to argue about how working class I was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Talking about having “nuanced conversations” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Eating vegetables which aren't chips 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 2 hours ago, coprolite said: Eating vegetables which aren't chips like rhubarb and a bag of sugar? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 3 hours ago, SlipperyP said: like rhubarb and a bag of sugar? Not had that. Sounds good though. Used to like a sugar sandwich. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, coprolite said: Not had that. Sounds good though. Used to like a sugar sandwich. When I was a kid (pause for obvious jokes) it was quite common to see rhubarb growing wild. Lots of folk grew it in there gardens and it must be one of those plants that spread easily. The sourness of the rhubarb contrasting with the sweetness of the sugar is still something I remember. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, Granny Danger said: When I was a kid (pause for obvious jokes) it was quite common to see rhubarb growing wild. Lots of folk grew it in there gardens and it must be one of those plants that spread easily. The sourness of the rhubarb contrasting with the sweetness of the sugar is still something I remember. Yeah, I can remember rhubarb being something that was just dotted about the place too. It's a creepy fucker of a plant, so maybe they all got summoned back to their home planet, outside of a few captives being held and cloned in the Rhubarb Triangle. It's fucking magic with digestive biscuits, but you also have to dump an obscene amount of sugar on it if you don't want your toes to curl. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 My folks grew rhubarb for decades. At this time of year we're all eating it non stop. Jams, crumbles, stewed... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Just now, scottsdad said: My folks grew rhubarb for decades. At this time of year we're all eating it non stop. Jams, crumbles, stewed... I've noticed a few rhubarb soft drinks have appeared in recent years; they're quite nice, but a bit weak for my liking. More a hint of rhubarb than a full-throated rhubarb roar. This used to be a common bit of trivia, but I haven't heard it mentioned in a long time - for crowd scenes in plays/TV/movies, it used to be common for background actors to be asked to mutter "rhubarb" to each other as it sounds like conversation without distracting the audience with discernible dialogue. Blackadder lampshaded this in one episode where they cut to a busy scene where all the characters were clearly exclaiming "RHUBARB!" to each other. I believe @welshbairn has experience of the world of greasepaint, so may be able to confirm, or castigate me for repeating a myth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 2 minutes ago, BFTD said: I've noticed a few rhubarb soft drinks have appeared in recent years; they're quite nice, but a bit weak for my liking. More a hint of rhubarb than a full-throated rhubarb roar. This used to be a common bit of trivia, but I haven't heard it mentioned in a long time - for crowd scenes in plays/TV/movies, it used to be common for background actors to be asked to mutter "rhubarb" to each other as it sounds like conversation without distracting the audience with discernible dialogue. Blackadder lampshaded this in one episode where they cut to a busy scene where all the characters were clearly exclaiming "RHUBARB!" to each other. I believe @welshbairn has experience of the world of greasepaint, so may be able to confirm, or castigate me for repeating a myth. A full- throated rhubarb roar. That’s making me smile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 minute ago, BFTD said: I've noticed a few rhubarb soft drinks have appeared in recent years; they're quite nice, but a bit weak for my liking. More a hint of rhubarb than a full-throated rhubarb roar. This used to be a common bit of trivia, but I haven't heard it mentioned in a long time - for crowd scenes in plays/TV/movies, it used to be common for background actors to be asked to mutter "rhubarb" to each other as it sounds like conversation without distracting the audience with discernible dialogue. Blackadder lampshaded this in one episode where they cut to a busy scene where all the characters were clearly exclaiming "RHUBARB!" to each other. I believe @welshbairn has experience of the world of greasepaint, so may be able to confirm, or castigate me for repeating a myth. I've got a vague memory of it, but as a kid well before working in theatre. We'd go rhubarb rhubarb to each other to take the piss out of boring adult conversations, I think in the family rather than at school, but it's been a long time.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 8 minutes ago, BFTD said: I've noticed a few rhubarb soft drinks have appeared in recent years; they're quite nice, but a bit weak for my liking. More a hint of rhubarb than a full-throated rhubarb roar. This used to be a common bit of trivia, but I haven't heard it mentioned in a long time - for crowd scenes in plays/TV/movies, it used to be common for background actors to be asked to mutter "rhubarb" to each other as it sounds like conversation without distracting the audience with discernible dialogue. Blackadder lampshaded this in one episode where they cut to a busy scene where all the characters were clearly exclaiming "RHUBARB!" to each other. I believe @welshbairn has experience of the world of greasepaint, so may be able to confirm, or castigate me for repeating a myth. I was told they did that because of the mouth movements associated with saying rhubarb sort of covers all the sounds that would be made I'm normal conversation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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