Porridge - fuel for rides

[snorri]

, but I don't have a better source.

Wot no internet access?
http://www.dsl.ac.uk

 

[jefmcg]

Wot no internet access?
http://www.dsl.ac.uk

Sure - I knew there would be a better source, but I didn't know what it was. I see it supports many variant spellings including spirtle.

Dr Johnson defined oats as "a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people"

Well, yes, you can't build a physiognomy like this on oatmeal.

 

[mjr]

Who are you calling gnomey?

 

[DaveReading]

It is actually a spurtle but regardless of spelling is really only for selling to gullible tourists. Pretty useless as as an implement for anything else and a wooden spoon is the only thing to use.

Nice try.

Even the most ardent spirtle user is unlikely to claim it has a multitude of other uses, though one or two spring to mind ...

 

[woodbutcher]

doing time in "stir"i.e. porridge and the word flapjack sounds like a euphemism for an unpleasant physical defect

 

[MichaelW2]

Dr Johnson defined oats as "a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people"

I'm hoping that that's sufficiently controversial to stoke the thread up a bit.

May I be the first to offer my most enthusiastic contrafibularities.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I’ve never eaten porridge before a ride. It’s got the slow release carbs, but I find it just feels like I’ve eaten a pillow, if I start a ride after eating it. I prefer something like a banana before the off, then eat one of these after the warm up part of the ride, and before the ‘meat’ of the ride ‘sandwich’.

 

[snorri]

I’ve never eaten porridge before a ride. It’s got the slow release carbs, but I find it just feels like I’ve eaten a pillow, if I start a ride after eating it. I prefer something like a banana before the off, then eat one of these after the warm up part of the ride, and before the ‘meat’ of the ride ‘sandwich’.

I'm glad cycling isn't so complicated for me, if it was I'd drive everywhere.