RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted May 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2021 4 hours ago, andytrains said: And full armour to protect yourself from the moggy! I only feel one of those emotions for him... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Hroth said: If you look closely, the ferret watches you as you move around the room! It's supposed to be an ermine - the lady was mistress to a duke whose symbol was the ermine. That's the ermine handler's hand too, I'm sure. When I saw the painting in the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow thirty years ago, the English version of the label called it "Dame with a Weasel" but I expect their presentation has improved since. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Compound2632 said: It's supposed to be an ermine Just another Mustelida then.... I suppose we should be glad that her Duke didn't have a hippo as his symbol! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Hroth said: Just another Mustelida then.... I suppose we should be glad that her Duke didn't have a hippo as his symbol! Imagine the look on the Duchess's face if it was a skunk. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2021 26 minutes ago, Obi-Jiff Kenobi said: Imagine the look on the Duchess's face if it was a skunk. I imagine that might be the look on the Duchess' face if she met Cecilia Gallerani, the weasel-wielding dame, as she was the Duke's mistress. But maybe not - they were much more laid-back about that sort of thing in 15th century Italy, accepting that aristocratic marriages were political. She probably had a string of young bucks to keep her occupied. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 14 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said: What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? Horte. You never stated it had to be an English word. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Compound2632 said: She probably had a string of young bucks to keep her occupied. A mental image I'm now trying to forget... 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted May 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) Wouldn't the antlers have got in the way? No, Johnster, stop it now, you don't want that image either... Apropos bucks and sex, there are small African antelopes called dik-diks. Stop that sniggering at the back, they are called dik-diks, all right?. Now, the following occurs to me, fortunately perhaps not very often, that, come the mating season, there are dik-diks dat do and dik-diks dat don't. Some dik-dik does do and some dik-diks does dont, so if you are a dik-dik buck, you are looking for dik-dik does dat does, not dik-dik does dat don't. If you find a dik-dik doe dat don't, then you need to keep looking, for a dik-dik doe dat do, and if den you get a dik-dik doe dat do to do what dik-dik does does when dey do, den you can have a dik-dik buck f**k with a dik-dik doe dat do. Nice. Edited May 9, 2021 by The Johnster 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted May 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2021 Oh deer... 1 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 The ermine is a bit hench. More symbolic than anything. The same reason that Lords have ermine on their robes.... Or is it a weasel? 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, The Johnster said: Wouldn't the antlers have got in the way? No, Johnster, stop it now, you don't want that image either... Apropos bucks and sex, there are small African antelopes called dik-diks. Stop that sniggering at the back, they are called dik-diks, all right?. Now, the following occurs to me, fortunately perhaps not very often, that, come the mating season, there are dik-diks dat do and dik-diks dat don't. Some dik-dik does do and some dik-diks does dont, so if you are a dik-dik buck, you are looking for dik-dik does dat does, not dik-dik does dat don't. If you find a dik-dik doe dat don't, then you need to keep looking, for a dik-dik doe dat do, and if den you get a dik-dik doe dat do to do what dik-dik does does when dey do, den you can have a dik-dik buck f**k with a dik-dik doe dat do. Nice. I see the pubs have reopened in Cardiff 1 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Dik-Dik. The missing LNER B1. Probably on purpose, but they had a reputation for silly locomotive names.... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted May 9, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: Stop that sniggering at the back, they are called dik-diks, all right? In a similar vein. 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: Wouldn't the antlers have got in the way? No, Johnster, stop it now, you don't want that image either... Apropos bucks and sex, there are small African antelopes called dik-diks. Stop that sniggering at the back, they are called dik-diks, all right?. Now, the following occurs to me, fortunately perhaps not very often, that, come the mating season, there are dik-diks dat do and dik-diks dat don't. Some dik-dik does do and some dik-diks does dont, so if you are a dik-dik buck, you are looking for dik-dik does dat does, not dik-dik does dat don't. If you find a dik-dik doe dat don't, then you need to keep looking, for a dik-dik doe dat do, and if den you get a dik-dik doe dat do to do what dik-dik does does when dey do, den you can have a dik-dik buck f**k with a dik-dik doe dat do. Nice. Excellent! Was it you wot wrote the "Ins and Outs of Cricket"? 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Dik-Dik. The missing LNER B1. Probably on purpose, but they had a reputation for silly locomotive names.... Choose an un-named, innocent B1 and get the nameplates made... Then try and get it in a magazine article for bonus points. 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted May 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2021 5 hours ago, The Johnster said: Wouldn't the antlers have got in the way? No, Johnster, stop it now, you don't want that image either... Apropos bucks and sex, there are small African antelopes called dik-diks. Stop that sniggering at the back, they are called dik-diks, all right?. Now, the following occurs to me, fortunately perhaps not very often, that, come the mating season, there are dik-diks dat do and dik-diks dat don't. Some dik-dik does do and some dik-diks does dont, so if you are a dik-dik buck, you are looking for dik-dik does dat does, not dik-dik does dat don't. If you find a dik-dik doe dat don't, then you need to keep looking, for a dik-dik doe dat do, and if den you get a dik-dik doe dat do to do what dik-dik does does when dey do, den you can have a dik-dik buck f**k with a dik-dik doe dat do. Nice. It's Doctor Seuss after several pints. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2021 55 minutes ago, Reorte said: It's Doctor Seuss after several pints. Well, and there I was trying to raise the tone with more Leonardo da Vinci. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted May 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2021 25 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Well, and there I was trying to raise the tone with more Leonardo da Vinci. You can raise the tone in the jokes thread with considerably less than Leonardo da Vinci! 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Leonardo? I read his book.... 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 13 hours ago, Reorte said: It's Doctor Seuss after several pints. Pints of what? Ether? Quote There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 10, 2021 Ether / or? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Ether / or? Bitcoin, seemingly. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/031416/bitcoin-vs-ethereum-driven-different-purposes.asp 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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