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I couldn't even get on the website to see this page.
Does that really matter? There are two strong thread types on TFL, and that is Hats & Jackets, both of which are extremely frustrated by this forum's slow running and lack of page pick up. So when someone highlights the problem, it doesn't diminish the frustration felt by Loungers if someone in their desperation puts their, and just about everyone else's, frustration, in the "wrong" category.And if there is any sort of moderation, or technical support, then this thread would not be in the "hats" section.
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We share your pain on our side of the pond, there's not many times that the frustration gets to me but this morning had me using some seriously colourful Anglo-Saxon language.This morning’s results… View attachment 550135
We share your pain on our side of the pond, there's not many times that the frustration gets to me but this morning had me using some seriously colourful Anglo-Saxon language.
Let me lighten that up. I bet you didn't know that the "F" word is actually an acronym. Centuries ago, adultery, that's sex outside the sacrament of marriage, was a criminal offence. Should you find yourself hauled up before the courts accused of this heinous crime and then found guilty, the charge would stand as:
Found
Under
Carnal
Knowledge.
So next time you are heard to utter that obscenity you have a defence to hand.
You are probably right, another definition claims it to be an acronym for “Fornicate Under Command of the King.” As the theory goes, the king at the time would legally instruct his residents to have sex, all in an effort to monitor the reproduction rates.Unfortunately this is most certainly a false etymology, the word has been traced to at least the late 1400s and most probably has its origins in a similar sounding word from the root of another Germanic language.
Back to warp speed here Scottie …. Let’s see if it lasts.Actually, TFL is again working well.
Possibly, more specifically from upper Austria, where the recently renamed town of “Fugging” is located?!Unfortunately this is most certainly a false etymology, the word has been traced to at least the late 1400s and most probably has its origins in a similar sounding word from the root of another Germanic language.
Don’t make me repeat myself, Charlie.
And then there was sixties alternative band The Fugs, who named themselves after a euphemism used in substitute for that other eff word in Norman Mailer's novel The Naked and the Dead. And so it comes full circle.
Things seeming faster for you guys today?
Things seeming faster for you guys today?
Things seeming faster for you guys today?