C’est la guerre it is war C’est la gare it is the train station. Xx Anne
This is getting pretty funny. Everyone would think I’d lost my mind if I added an “s” to the end of shrimp. We just have big shrimp, little shrimp, cooked shrimp, and raw shrimp. I don’t think anyone here has any idea where they come from. And thank you for explaining estate cars. I just thought they were fancy 4-door vehicles.
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Oh, that made me laugh! Personally, I hate sardines, but my boy loves them. I don’t even want them in the house.
We have the Quasi-Legal Local Spy Rings here, too, just not in my rural neighborhood. Here we just have the Peer-Out-from-Behind-the-Curtains Curiosity. My boy calls it nosiness, but we’ve got to have some kind of excitement in our lives!
What would be “my life is a train wreck”?
La Plume de ma tante… obviously
M
D’accord
S
Mogace, you went to the same school as me!! Nora’s Mum - Ma vie est une épave de train - my life is a train wreck. Anne
Sadly my school French education stopped at “il ya une banque près d’ici” which I have never as yet been able to use…
even more sadly I now am a fan of the online translation sites despite huge risks
Mick
back to Kippers - there used to be the famous fashion accessory - the kipper tie - think its distinguishing feature was it was very wide at the bottom (if you get my drift.)
and I’ve heard of someone having a ‘quick kipper’ meaning they were going to have 40 winks (wonder why it’s called that?) or a nap.
Back to the O.P. - I think the last thing we want is a sort of sanitised nicey/nicey site where we walk on eggshells in case we upset someone. Inevitably occasionally someone will be put out by someone’s post but that’s the nature of the beast.
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I think the word ‘kip’ rather than kipper relates to a nap or short sleep in English. Might be different in Wales of course!!
Sue x
most definitely different in Welsh, according to prof C there is no “K” in Welsh which means a short nap is called a (c)ip
simple… Mic
that’s right M. You can go into any Macdonalds in the UK (covid permitting) - use the touch screen and order your meal in the Welsh which is what my grandfather said was spoken In Heaven.
Think I’ve gone off-piste slightly here - ‘cip’ in Welsh means brief - ‘cipar’ means gamekeeper or - wait for it ‘kipper.’
But what about -ipper ties ?
Does that mean ‘cips’ could equate to knickers (or briefs)?
Sue
think I’ve er sort of lost the plot here - lets get back to the main question - what exactly are (K)ipper ties and has anyone ever worn one.
this thread is getting more hilarious by the hour.
thanks pals for making this knock kneed knackered old nosebag laugh so much that I get most of my daily exercise (running to the loo).
I love and appreciate you one and all.
xx
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(Do I believe Mick? Um no. I suspect he still hankers for the ‘good old days’ when he wore his kipper ties with pride. I bet he keeps his favourites in a special place in his wardrobe; just waiting for the time when they’re back in fashion!)
Sue
I can’t imagine ‘Anonymous’ knew what mayhem could come from his/her initial post!
You, lovely Carole, Chief Witch of the Coven, are loved right back xx
Sue
Dammit Busted: as you can see from my personal porn archive shot, it was my collection of Kipper ties that turned me into a “babe magnet”
mick
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E(x)cellent Mic -
can’t remember when I last wore a tie - and I never wore a (k)ipper one but I did like my flared (j)eans.