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Post by lazybones on Mar 20, 2021 20:35:19 GMT
The term ‘bollocking’ comes from the name of a Tudor dagger called a ‘bollock knife’. It had two lobes in the hilt which looked like ... testicles.
So if you’d had ‘a good bollocking’ it meant that you’d been set about with by a bollock knife.
It was not used to remove paint.
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Post by lazybones on Mar 20, 2021 20:37:24 GMT
I hold my hands up, I got that information from the internet just now.
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Post by lazybones on Mar 20, 2021 20:56:44 GMT
‘Ahh! I’ve been bollocked.’
‘I’ll fetch the barber surgeon m’Lud!’
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 20, 2021 21:16:32 GMT
At least you'll have smart hair at the funeral.
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 20, 2021 21:17:41 GMT
Tudor gents were very keen on looking fresh after being stabbed.
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Post by Faceless on Mar 20, 2021 21:33:56 GMT
Has anyone played Disco Elysium? I think I'm going to get it when it comes out on PS4.
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Post by MrTiddles on Mar 20, 2021 21:58:20 GMT
Anyone played the remastered DOOM 3?
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 20, 2021 22:08:59 GMT
I started Doom 3.
It was good.
I 'd just played Doom, Doom2 and The Ultimate Doom.
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Post by MrTiddles on Mar 20, 2021 22:11:49 GMT
Thanks Sheeples, I'll download it tomorrow.
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Post by tenthenemy on Mar 20, 2021 22:27:37 GMT
Has anyone played Disco Elysium? I think I'm going to get it when it comes out on PS4. I'm playing Animal Crossing and Xenoblade Chronicles. Do I look like I have time? |
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Post by tenthenemy on Mar 20, 2021 22:30:01 GMT
Also Monster Hunter Rise is out in less than a week and I should be getting it as a late birthday present. My backlog anxiety is all-consuming.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Mar 20, 2021 22:33:44 GMT
Has anyone played Disco Elysium? I think I'm going to get it when it comes out on PS4. No but I like the look of it and will probably get it. Looks a bit like the speccy classic MOVIE. In the meantime I have downloaded Twin Mirror, and not played it. |
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Post by Tuffers on Mar 20, 2021 22:39:32 GMT
I haven't played any games today but I have pre-ordered the steel book edition of Resident Evil VIIIage for the BIG 5.
May the 7th be with you.
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 20, 2021 23:03:48 GMT
Nice
I'm 99% of the way to buying Mash Effect Trilogy and Discoing with Macron.
What I mean is I have bought them, but have mentally committed to them.
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Post by Tuffers on Mar 20, 2021 23:10:29 GMT
BabyF pint legend! - I saw your comment at the other place on the Harvest Moon article. Naughty. You cheeky rascal you.
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 20, 2021 23:15:04 GMT
I just assumed it was something that happened in the clubs that Chumbles went to in his younger days. Not clubs: In the classroom*, with thirty desks and chairs, by class 4x (to The Mouth*"). *At the end of a 2h detention at 5.10 pm when we were all about to go home and the teacher had his back turned, the little fucker said "Is that cunt going to let us go home..." At 7pm, the teacher left and we kicked Cox into the corner and threw all the desks and chairs on top of him.* **He was one of ours, so we couldn't rat him, but as he was prone to picking fights with other groups of boys and then running behind the rest of us, we decided that the Mouth would need to learn the value of keeping his gob shut. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 20, 2021 23:17:34 GMT
Nice I'm 99% of the way to buying Mash Effect Trilogy and Discoing with Macron. What I mean is I have bought them, but have mentally committed to them. Is that the new upcoming remastered super-duper Mass Effect trilogy, with all the bells and whistles? I didn't think it was out yet. |
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Post by Tuffers on Mar 20, 2021 23:23:16 GMT
Nice I'm 99% of the way to buying Mash Effect Trilogy and Discoing with Macron. What I mean is I have bought them, but have mentally committed to them. I've been keeping an eye out for a while now on Black Myth Wukong. I hope it happens and is as good as it appears to be. |
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Post by Tuffers on Mar 20, 2021 23:23:40 GMT
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 20, 2021 23:25:44 GMT
The term ‘bollocking’ comes from the name of a Tudor dagger called a ‘bollock knife’. It had two lobes in the hilt which looked like ... testicles. So if you’d had ‘a good bollocking’ it meant that you’d been set about with by a bollock knife. It was not used to remove paint. That's very interesting, little known fun fact: Old English slang (London and East End) naval terms. The word bollocks comes from bow locks. This version of the word was used as more of a spoken word than a known etymological history. It also comes from an old understanding of Bollock Blocks, which are the pair of blocks in the centre of a yard through which the hauling part passes to the foot of the mast, it's to raise, lower and lock the sheets of the foresail, Jib or mizzen (mid sail) at the gunwale depending what type of vessel you have and is at the top of the sheer strake or upper edge of a boat's side, sometimes written or spoken as gunnels. Rollocks: . From the term Rowlocks or Oarlocks which are the gates that the oars sit in to act like a fulcrum for their movement. much like my face no doubt. Late edit: also bollock knife. |
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Post by lazybones on Mar 20, 2021 23:27:26 GMT
The term ‘bollocking’ comes from the name of a Tudor dagger called a ‘bollock knife’. It had two lobes in the hilt which looked like ... testicles. So if you’d had ‘a good bollocking’ it meant that you’d been set about with by a bollock knife. It was not used to remove paint. That's very interesting, little known fun fact: Old English slang (London and East End) naval terms. The word bollocks comes from bow locks. This version of the word was used as more of a spoken word than a known etymological history. It also comes from an old understanding of Bollock Blocks, which are the pair of blocks in the centre of a yard through which the hauling part passes to the foot of the mast, it's to raise, lower and lock the sheets of the foresail, Jib or mizzen (mid sail) at the gunwale depending what type of vessel you have and is at the top of the sheer strake or upper edge of a boat's side, sometimes written or spoken as gunnels. Rollocks: . From the term Rowlocks or Oarlocks which are the gates that the oars sit in to act like a fulcrum for their movement. much like my face no doubt. Are you sure? |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Mar 20, 2021 23:31:48 GMT
In the spirit of pre ordering games, Shopto have Monster Hunter Rise for 34.99. I’m not sure how. Hopefully it might even arrive early.
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 20, 2021 23:37:45 GMT
Being born in Wanstead has it's advantages sometimes, I grew up around old slang just outside of bow bells, also I've sailed a bit in my youth. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2021 0:21:07 GMT
Hello sailor!
Nature versus man. 1-0.
The cats brought a mouse in, so I built a humane mouse hotel to carry the little guy back out to the garden.
Mr mouse obviously thought the four stars I’d given the hotel were not deserved and he took his business elsewhere. That elsewhere was my shoe and then my trouser leg. At this point I let down the whole of humanity, tossed the mouse hotel aside and kicked out at the little guy.
He’s now living in the cellar and the cats are not interested in going down there to sort him out.
My beer is in the cellar.
I’m not sure how long this standoff will last.
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Post by lazybones on Mar 21, 2021 0:23:51 GMT
Being born in Wanstead has it's advantages sometimes, I grew up around old slang just outside of bow bells, also I've sailed a bit in my youth. The internet says it’s from the Old English beallucas ... I’m not saying that just out of badness. I think you’ve been sold a salty seadog’s tale. |
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