Tea? (Part 1)

[Milo]

OH dont be such a sap

 

[tdr1nka]

Tell us Landers, I googled it and there is no way I would ever have known the answer.

 

[Landslide]

Um, I was genuinely asking - my Dearly Beloved uses the term...

You're not gonna make me use Google are you???

 

[tdr1nka]

Wasps are colloquially known as "jaspers" in southern England and the English Midlands, although it is not clear whether the etymology refers to the Latin name "vespa" or the striped abdomen, which echoes the striped mineral jasper.

 

[tdr1nka]

I think if it is the latin 'vespa' it because scooters sound like a tin full of wasps!

 

[wafflycat]

Right. On Monday I did between 40-50 miles. Done the same again today. Me thighs ache. I am in need of restorative HOT TEA having done my beached whale impersonation in a Radox bath

 

[Landslide]

Right. On Monday I did between 40-50 miles. Done the same again today. Me thighs ache. I am in need of restorative HOT TEA having done my beached whale impersonation in a Radox bath

Do the locals come round and turn their hoses on you?

Here you go, have a cuppa.

 

[tdr1nka]

Do the locals come round and turn their hoses on you?

Here you go, have a cuppa.

Can I vote this quote most likely to get a reply from The Doctor?

 

[Landslide]

You can vote all you like, but I'm pretty sure no bookies in the land will give you any odds on it!

 

[tdr1nka]

How about quote least likely to become the title of a Eurovision song?

 

[Landslide]

Owt by Yenrod I reckon

 

[tdr1nka]

*Am I just a bit simple, like? I've only just realised that 'Yenrod' is an anagram of 'Rodney'*

 

[Rapples]

*Am I just a bit simple, like? I've only just realised that 'Yenrod' is an anagram of 'Rodney'*

What a plonker

ps thank you for pointing that out to me!!

 

[tdr1nka]

Hiya Rapples,
Ya learn summink new every day here!


*puts the kettle on*

 

[Rapples]

So is tdr1nka an anagram of Dr T1nka