good old American football!

marky · Post by **marky** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 7:09 am

I think it's really entertaining at the beginning of this thread, though, the way the subject of the thread is repeated at the beginning of each person's post. It makes it funny to read.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:01 pm

Jackie- last weekend was the best we could hope for. A big Packer win, and a Viking loss. And we are playin' well today. Go Brett.

Tommy Martyn · Post by **Tommy Martyn** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:22 pm

Mc, got your gruesome e-mail.

Last season when I got my throat permanently damaged I swore revenge on the team that did it. Yesterday I got an e-mail asking could I help out one of their team who took a hit in a recent game. The tackle drove his face into the floor. The result being: 37 fractures in his face, needing six plates to be inserted and part of his hip being used to rebuild his eye socket. Even worse is the fact that he is not covered for all the damage and has just had a kid and is 50 grand out of pocket. Funny how smashing a face in is less of a buzz all of a sudden. Instead I'll be sending a cheque. (or check as you say) Only three more months till my retirement. Will my body make it?

martino · Post by **martino** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:48 am

i'd like to read that mail too, mc.

getting your face messed up from sport is ridiculous. these people oughta have their heads examined.

even worse: getting your face messed up from a night on the town. just happened to me, by the way. i will post a story shortly.

by the way, what is the pax acidus policy as regards posting gruesome/bloody pictures?

marky · Post by **marky** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 4:25 am

Come on, you're being mysterious, I want details.

Tommy Martyn · Post by **Tommy Martyn** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:10 am

Mc sent me an e-mail consisting of about eight pictures of horrendous sporting injuries as they happened. I had seen some of them before. They are painful to look at.

It is true that last season I got hit in the windpipe and sustained permanent damage to my vocal chords. I can't make my voice go high and it gets hoarse quicker than it used to. Whispering is a drag - it strains the vocal chords more than shouting. I only learned that after the injury.

It is also true that the team I swore revenge on included the guy who has taken such a beating. If you didn't already know I play rugby. Does that clear up the mystery?

Tommy Martyn · Post by **Tommy Martyn** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:14 am

And while we are at it. That is why pubs with no jukebox work for me. Talking over music gets to be a drain. And Martino "Sherbert" is obviously slang for the good stuff. In my case India Pale Ale.

martino · Post by **martino** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 9:35 am

oh of course. well, then, a sherbert would be nice, perhaps plenty of sherberts, and then off in a sherbert dab...

lately i'm a little slow with the rhyming slang dictionary, which is dangerous when one is a little slow in general terms (and one has a dangerous tendency to mix things up, like saying sherman for sherbert...)

"sherbert dab - Modern Rhyming Slang for 'cab' (taxi).

sherbet / sherbert - an alcoholic drink (usually a beer). Derives from the Turkish word 'sherbet' which was a cooling drink made from fruit juice. e.g. "Fancy a stroll down the pub for a few sherbets ?".

sherman (tank) - Rhyming Slang for 'wank' (to masturbate). Normally used in it's short form. e.g. "John's been ages in the toilet. Probably gone for a sherman !".

Post by **mccutcheon** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:05 pm

or the sherman tour, wank, yank-- tour of America. I'd post the pictures here but don't know how. Tommy, sorry ols man, next time we go for sherberts we still need music. When I get back from the evil heat I'm off work til the end of the year, 2 weeks. So I can stop by at mid day for some of the good stuff.

marky · Post by **marky** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:05 am

Well thanks for clearing all that up, Tommy. Despite what Mc said, I have no problems with accomodating your lack of vocal ability. No jukebox it is. Last time I went to Conor Byrne's there were just some Irish musicians but they weren't playing very loud, flutes, something like that. What about The George & Dragon? Do they have music there?

So sherbert means an alcoholic drink. My god, the things you can learn on Paxacidus.

I'm out of school on the 17th.

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 8:03 pm

this has been quite the educational thread...sherman sherbert. That rhyming slang thing almost always goes over my head. Must be the literal east-coaster in me.

Going to the bathroom for a sherman, that's funny

Simon Rex · Post by **Simon Rex** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:35 am

Going to the bathroom for a Sherman Hemsley would be much funnier.

Post by **Sloth** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 7:32 am

George Jefferson was the black Archie Bunker.

Simon, you are the Christmas Bozo.

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:43 am

I used to know sherman hemsley. I taught him how to use a computer. His manager's wife once showed me several Playboy magazines and asked me which boob job she should get. Talk about going for a sherman...

Simon Rex · Post by **Simon Rex** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:17 pm

Sloth, I'm as close to a Bozo as you are to being sober and skinny. Bearing that in mind, I have no worries of ever being a Bozo. A Grinch maybe.