When I first read the story in junior school, say mid-60s, it was still the Mary Celeste.
Getting tossed off: receiving a hand shandy, a french polish, happy finish, shoot for the stars, vinegar strokes, five-knuckle shuffle, to have had a visit from Mother Fist and her five lovely daughters...LOL!! Had no idea! Still don't know what it means over there.
I'll send you a pm lol.LOL!! Had no idea! Still don't know what it means over there.
Conan Doyle's fault. His story "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" published anonymously was based on the Mary Celeste but called it the Marie Celeste which caused the confusion (Although I heard somewhere that Lloyd's may have originally had the name wrong)
Dunno, I keep teling people how handsome, rich, windswept and interesting I am but no one believes me.........Apparently if you just repeat any old crap often enough, that automatically makes it true. (See also "Yeti is white because dodgy artwork keeps repeating it" https://forums.forteana.org/index.p...tentacles-of-amazon.52381/page-2#post-2251787)
Getting tossed off means something different in the UK, just so you know
Having a thorough rummage in the downstairs department....
Punching the munchkin, flicking the bean etc etc etc ..
I thought it was because the Yeti live in the Himalayas so are white to blend in. Like a polar bear.
That would be more likely, yes.
These are new terms to me also! LOL
Other euphemisms are available!
Thank you, I think I've heard enough!
Over here it's pocket pool!
I'll be the judge of that...Thank you, I think I've heard enough!
'Personal use, Officer!'
That's actually semi-reasonable. You know you can't BUY it where you're going so you take enough to not run out while there'Personal use, Officer!'
Thing is, it might be for personal use but it remains illegal in the country you are travelling to. Personal use is a mitigating factor not a get-out-of-jail-free excuse.
This is why I said "semi".
It's a good explanation of why you have so much, but not a good explanation of why you're bringing it at all.
Semi-reasonable? 440 pounds = 200 Kg, = about 2.3 times my bodyweight. Equal to 200 standard bags of sugar, or 481 tins of beans. Planning a very long stay?
You mean it's an explanation but not an excuse.This is why I said "semi".
Khat isn't typically a processed substance. It's a plant normally consumed whole and raw. And given that it's for three people apparently? But this is just hypothetical pondering.
