"Legless But Smiling"
Oct 5, 03, 4:02 pm
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"Legless But Smiling"
OK - maybe not the right forum, but I think only a Brit would know this one.
Whie out in Cornwall a couple of weeks ago, there were a couple of places where we could get "scrumpy" (sp?). The most popular brand had the slogan "Legless but Smiling"
Now what the he11 does that mean? Is that like "Third Degree Burns but Upper Lip Still Stiff"? Or "My Arm May Be Broken, But At Least I Can Still Crawl"
Who would invent a slogan like that? What's it all about, then, eh?
Whie out in Cornwall a couple of weeks ago, there were a couple of places where we could get "scrumpy" (sp?). The most popular brand had the slogan "Legless but Smiling"
Now what the he11 does that mean? Is that like "Third Degree Burns but Upper Lip Still Stiff"? Or "My Arm May Be Broken, But At Least I Can Still Crawl"
Who would invent a slogan like that? What's it all about, then, eh?
Oct 5, 03, 4:07 pm
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Hi,
It is scrumpy cider that you saw ( stronger than normal cider).
" Legless" = very drunk.
so the brand will leave you probably on the floor after a few pints and you will wake up with a hangover!!
- so no change from a friday night for me!!
I think the brand could only be thought of by people from SW England ( where most of the cider is from i think
PS Apologies to any people from SW England here.
Regards
TBS
[This message has been edited by The _Banking_Scot (edited 10-05-2003).]
[This message has been edited by The _Banking_Scot (edited 10-05-2003).]
It is scrumpy cider that you saw ( stronger than normal cider).
" Legless" = very drunk.
so the brand will leave you probably on the floor after a few pints and you will wake up with a hangover!!
- so no change from a friday night for me!! I think the brand could only be thought of by people from SW England ( where most of the cider is from i think
PS Apologies to any people from SW England here.
Regards
TBS
[This message has been edited by The _Banking_Scot (edited 10-05-2003).]
[This message has been edited by The _Banking_Scot (edited 10-05-2003).]
LOL!
Oct 6, 03, 3:01 am
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We do have some great ways of describing being drunk here in the UK as well as legless.
Hammered
Smashed
Trousered
Trolleyed
Neebed
Minging
Reekin'
as well as good old fashioned p*ssed and rat ars*d.
And my all time favourite - Treeless (i.e. out of my tree!)
(To keep the BA (First) link I suppose I could add Kruged or Pipered?)
[This message has been edited by edi-traveller (edited 10-06-2003).]
Hammered
Smashed
Trousered
Trolleyed
Neebed
Minging
Reekin'
as well as good old fashioned p*ssed and rat ars*d.
And my all time favourite - Treeless (i.e. out of my tree!)
(To keep the BA (First) link I suppose I could add Kruged or Pipered?)
[This message has been edited by edi-traveller (edited 10-06-2003).]
Oct 6, 03, 7:12 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by edi-traveller:
We do have some great ways of describing being drunk here in the UK as well as legless.
Hammered
Smashed
Trousered
Trolleyed
Neebed
Minging
Reekin'</font>
We do have some great ways of describing being drunk here in the UK as well as legless.
Hammered
Smashed
Trousered
Trolleyed
Neebed
Minging
Reekin'</font>
pmcg
Oct 6, 03, 7:26 am
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Oct 6, 03, 8:39 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by chippy63:
not forgetting that supremely elegant "$hitfaced"</font>
not forgetting that supremely elegant "$hitfaced"</font>
Oct 6, 03, 9:38 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by chippy63:
not forgetting that supremely elegant "$hitfaced"</font>
not forgetting that supremely elegant "$hitfaced"</font>
$hitfaced but Smiling"
I'd buy some of that.
Oct 6, 03, 12:07 pm
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I had my first ever blackout on scrumpy
Went to Newquay in Cornwall at age 18 - at lunch time asked for a pint of Scrumpy - bartender would not serve pints only halfs - me and me mate remember leaving pub, the next thing was waking up in the B&B next morning. Powerful stuff!!!!!
Went to Newquay in Cornwall at age 18 - at lunch time asked for a pint of Scrumpy - bartender would not serve pints only halfs - me and me mate remember leaving pub, the next thing was waking up in the B&B next morning. Powerful stuff!!!!!
Oct 7, 03, 8:42 am
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Notice when discussion of getting FUBAR comes up, it is we Scots on this board who seem to have the most different number of words for it.
Kinda like how Eskimos have 20 (or something like that) different words for snow....or folk from Edinburgh have loads of different ways to describe precipitation (eg haar, drizzle etc)
I'm not teetotal by any means, but the massive volumes of alcohol consumed by Scots "at play" does somewhat befuddle me...I guess years living abroad changes your perspective !
Kinda like how Eskimos have 20 (or something like that) different words for snow....or folk from Edinburgh have loads of different ways to describe precipitation (eg haar, drizzle etc)
I'm not teetotal by any means, but the massive volumes of alcohol consumed by Scots "at play" does somewhat befuddle me...I guess years living abroad changes your perspective !
Oct 7, 03, 8:58 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TomCayman:
I'm not teetotal by any means, but the massive volumes of alcohol consumed by Scots "at play" does somewhat befuddle me...I guess years living abroad changes your perspective !</font>
I'm not teetotal by any means, but the massive volumes of alcohol consumed by Scots "at play" does somewhat befuddle me...I guess years living abroad changes your perspective !</font>
Although I have never been to Grand Cayman, I have enjoyed subsituting "heavy" with various Caribbean cocktails on other islands and enjoying a "skinfe'" in the sun!!
