DavidB-AU Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Former London Zoo meerkat expert fined for glassing monkey-handler in row over llama-keeperhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/former-london-zoo-meerkat-handler-fined-for-glassing-monkey-handler-in-row-over-llama-keeper-a6694091.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2015 Former London Zoo meerkat expert fined for glassing monkey-handler in row over llama-keeper http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/former-london-zoo-meerkat-handler-fined-for-glassing-monkey-handler-in-row-over-llama-keeper-a6694091.html I am grateful for being advised of a new verb in the English language - to 'glass' someone. The whole item is unclear, badly worded and the surname of the victim changes. Journalism continues its slide to the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Not bad, but I still prefer "Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster" from The Sun comic years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2015 From the Second World War (allegedly): Eighth Army Push Bottles up Germans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2015 I'm afraid I have never seen better than the day after Sally Gunnell had won a gold medal: 'Essex Girls do come first!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2015 Not bad, but I still prefer "Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster" from The Sun comic years ago. So much better if it had been 'Hamsters' revenge: Freddie Starr eaten' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Two from the sun newspaper. 1. Reporting George Michael being arrested in a public toilet "Zip me up before you go go" 2 the Scottish sun reporting On 8 February 2000, second-tier Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle upset hosts Celtic in the Third Round of the Scottish Cup by the score of 1-3, "Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic Are Atrocious." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2015 I am grateful for being advised of a new verb in the English language - to 'glass' someone. The whole item is unclear, badly worded and the surname of the victim changes. Journalism continues its slide to the bottom. I regret to say Ian that I've heard that expression used frequently since the 1960s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I remember the Sunday Sport headline: "Hitler was my grandmother" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I like this one from the BBC site this morning: “Blatter the Right Man - Ecclestone” Best, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2015 I regret to say Ian that I've heard that expression used frequently since the 1960s. Yes unfortunately so did I in my career. However there was no similar verb for being hit over the head with a bar stool, which was equally common though the stools didn't break like in the films. Jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Jonboy Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2015 Lifted from https://www.facebook.com/SingleDadLaughing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2015 I regret to say Ian that I've heard that expression used frequently since the 1960s. My sheltered upbringing is hereby exposed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 DD wins both Euro Millions and Lotto jackpots in same week. Probably next week then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2015 Not a headline but a gem of sports commentary yesterday. Commenting on Alastair Cook beating the record for the longest innings in test history by an English batsman, Sky sports presenter says "to put that into context he spent longer on one innings than the English Rugby and Football teams spent on the field in the last two world cups added together" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2015 I am grateful for being advised of a new verb in the English language - to 'glass' someone. The whole item is unclear, badly worded and the surname of the victim changes. Journalism continues its slide to the bottom. However it seems to have been misused in this article. The original usage seems to involve a pint glass of the 'sleeve' or 'straight' variety rammed very hard into the face of thh victim and involving a lot more damage than 5 stitches could put right - been around for years as a term so you must be living a very quiet life over there Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 However it seems to have been misused in this article. The original usage seems to involve a pint glass of the 'sleeve' or 'straight' variety rammed very hard into the face of thh victim and involving a lot more damage than 5 stitches could put right - been around for years as a term so you must be living a very quiet life over there Ian "Can your mother sew...???" She'd need to be one Hell of a seamstress to repair the damage caused by a straight glass used in the fashion Mike describes (above). 5 stitches? More like 50, and then some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 On the original topic, I remember one from a late 1970s or early 1980s Guardian about politics in the Gulf:- 'Sheik rattled on role' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Capture.JPG Chinese New Year and the BBC's speech-recognition subtitles have a bit of a fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2015 One of my fayourites was from Today newspaper at the time of media frothing over the salmoella scare. FRIED EGG NEARLY KILLED MY SON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2015 Best I've seen in many a long year (and do you think I can find a scan of the front page to show?) was this from I think London's Evening Standard. Passengers hit by cancelled trains Found this on my travels in Ilfracombe last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium drjcontroller Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2015 I think you'd have to go a long way to beat the headline from the Sun in February 2000 when Inverness Caledonian Thistle beat Celtic 3-1 in the Scottish Cup; think Mary Poppins. "Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2015 Yes unfortunately so did I in my career. However there was no similar verb for being hit over the head with a bar stool, which was equally common though the stools didn't break like in the films. Jamie 'I have been stooled' ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 'I have been stooled' ?? You may want to rethink that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 So has 'Fog in the Channel, Europe Cut Off' fallen out of the national memory? My wife triumphed in the long ago 'Punch' column Country Life with 'NHS Manager Plans for Disaster' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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