On 5/7/2016 12:11 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> On 07/05/16 10:52, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> I take the fifth. :)
>>
>
> .... as in a fifth of a gallon
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_%28unit%29 ? Now the truth comes out ;-)
>
> John (checking to see if the sun is over the yard-arm)
>


No, a 1/5 gill and certainly not that paint stripper and yes it is, 
somewhere. :)

-- 

Regards
     Stephen

Post a reply to this message

On 07/05/16 12:23, Stephen wrote:
> On 5/7/2016 12:11 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>> On 07/05/16 10:52, Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>> I take the fifth. :)
>>>
>>
>> .... as in a fifth of a gallon
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_%28unit%29 ? Now the truth comes
>> out ;-)
>>
>> John (checking to see if the sun is over the yard-arm)
>>
> 
> 
> No, a 1/5 gill and certainly not that paint stripper and yes it is,
> somewhere. :)
> 

To quote Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider: "Here's the first of the day,
fellas!"

John
-- 
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

Post a reply to this message

On 5/7/2016 12:30 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> On 07/05/16 12:23, Stephen wrote:
>> On 5/7/2016 12:11 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>>> On 07/05/16 10:52, Stephen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I take the fifth. :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> .... as in a fifth of a gallon
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_%28unit%29 ? Now the truth comes
>>> out ;-)
>>>
>>> John (checking to see if the sun is over the yard-arm)
>>>
>>
>>
>> No, a 1/5 gill and certainly not that paint stripper and yes it is,
>> somewhere. :)
>>
>
> To quote Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider: "Here's the first of the day,
> fellas!"
>
> John
>


To quote Fraternity of Man in Easy Rider:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N0IjBgyFoE

You guessed it. You also have too much time on your hands. :P


-- 

Regards
     Stephen

Post a reply to this message

On Sat, 07 May 2016 12:19:35 +0100, Doctor John wrote:

> On 07/05/16 10:34, Stephen wrote:
>> 
>> Woosh!
>> 
>> Sorry, I don't get the connection. :(
>> 
>> 
> Methinks the Henderson has been smoking again :-)
> 
> John

Nope, I have not - do the search (with the quotes) on the well known 
search tool with a "G" at the start of its name and you will see what I 
mean. :)

(it's a show with just sounds from the UK) :)

Jim



-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

Post a reply to this message

On 08/05/16 00:04, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 07 May 2016 12:19:35 +0100, Doctor John wrote:
>
>> Methinks the Henderson has been smoking again :-)
>>
>> John
> 
> Nope, I have not - do the search (with the quotes) on the well known 
> search tool with a "G" at the start of its name and you will see what I 
> mean. :)
> 

Now where's the fun in that? I prefer the mental image of you 'stumbling
around in a beautiful haze' (to quote Tom Paxton) and talking gibberish.

> (it's a show with just sounds from the UK) :)
> 

OK. Got it (I can't speak for Stephen tho')

John
-- 
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

Post a reply to this message

On Sun, 08 May 2016 00:21:29 +0100, Doctor John wrote:

> On 08/05/16 00:04, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 07 May 2016 12:19:35 +0100, Doctor John wrote:
>>
>>> Methinks the Henderson has been smoking again :-)
>>>
>>> John
>> 
>> Nope, I have not - do the search (with the quotes) on the well known
>> search tool with a "G" at the start of its name and you will see what I
>> mean. :)
>> 
>> 
> Now where's the fun in that? I prefer the mental image of you 'stumbling
> around in a beautiful haze' (to quote Tom Paxton) and talking gibberish.

With the week I have had.... ;)

>> (it's a show with just sounds from the UK) :)
>> 
>> 
> OK. Got it (I can't speak for Stephen tho')

I knew *you* would. ;)

Now I can't stop. Agh!

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

Post a reply to this message

On 08/05/16 00:21, Doctor John wrote:
> 
> OK. Got it (I can't speak for Stephen tho')
> 

... and to demonstrate I really did use G****e:
CAROLYN (interrupting): No, no, no, no, no. Let me spell this out for
you in words of one syllable.

John (a mono-syllabic name)
-- 
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

Post a reply to this message

On 8-5-2016 1:52, Doctor John wrote:
> On 08/05/16 00:21, Doctor John wrote:
>>
>> OK. Got it (I can't speak for Stephen tho')
>>
>
> ... and to demonstrate I really did use G****e:
> CAROLYN (interrupting): No, no, no, no, no. Let me spell this out for
> you in words of one syllable.
>
> John (a mono-syllabic name)
>

That reminds me of "Grog" from Heinlein's Strange in a Strange Land.... 
Should be appropriate in this discussion.

-- 
Thomas

Post a reply to this message

On 5/7/2016 4:38 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> (Too much time with a show with guys in the sky - Doug and Mart.)

Thanks, I've not heard this episode. So I won't read the transcript. :-D

You were a bit too cryptic with your clues.

> Doug and Mart

I would never think of them as Doug and Mart. Only as Douglas and Martin.
Thanks for the clue about the double quotes. I needed it.
If either of us had gotten it, it would have been a brilliant link. (I 
wonder how many more from that series I've missed.)


And what's with the "G" word?
Is it not allowed to say it in polite society?
Have we gone back to the days when mentioning IBM was verboten?


-- 

Regards
     Stephen

Post a reply to this message

On 5/8/2016 8:37 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> That reminds me of "Grog" from Heinlein's Strange in a Strange Land....
> Should be appropriate in this discussion.

I've heard someone using that word on the radio, quite recently. It was 
very popular in the 1970's and 80s. At the time. I even heard someone 
say "Ye grog" instead of "Ye ken". (The phrase is ubiquitous on the east 
coast and in Fife.)

Another one for your collection Thomas. :)

-- 

Regards
     Stephen

Post a reply to this message