Zenister 0 #1 July 21, 2005 what is really funny is its in the text too....____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #2 July 21, 2005 I don't get it... why's that funny? You do realise a perfectly valid definition of "raft" is: A great number, amount, or collection, right? http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=raft Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #3 July 21, 2005 hence the reference to "bambo log" .. but thats like 4 down on the common usage list and is considered archaic... if someone said to you "we are building a raft" or "we are rafting" what is the first thing that comes to mind? THAT is what makes it funny....____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #4 July 21, 2005 I guess the image of Fatty-two-Jags sat on the edge of a wooden raft, his trouser legs rolled up to the knee, trying to paddle the thing across the sea while it's pilled high with munitions and barrels of "anti-terror-measures" and Tony's perched high on a rickety crow's nest trying to spot an Al Qaeda pirate ship on the horizon, is kinda funny... in fact it sounds very much like that should be a Punch cartoon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #5 July 21, 2005 QuoteI guess the image of Fatty-two-Jags . rotf... had to look that one up... and i thought WE were evil about some of out political nicknames...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #6 July 21, 2005 I don't think anyone could give a politician a harder time than the UK papers do... hell the "fatty-two-jags" nick name was coined by a writer for the Sunday Times! - one of the worlds most respected papers. Our tabloids tend to be rather less succinct. I guess the name caught on so well because it's just so apt and the man is almost universally held in such low esteem that we need something horrid to call him. I'm amazed he's still about to be honest, other than being a walking homage to Britains working class who the Labour party is supposed to represent. How else could a politician get away with punching a protester out during a campaign walkabout? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #7 July 21, 2005 I think maybe the common usage varies on either side of the Atlantic.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
