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9:31 pm
Tue 29-Sep-09
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David B
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Anyone up for a game?
Over the last few decades, until the sad demise of Humph, I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue has been a delightfully quintessentially Britsh contribution to broadcasting, and one of the games played was Uxbridge English Dictionary, the rules of which, for those unfortunate enough to have missed the radio shows, are in the link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_on_I%27…..nitions.29
Ill start, with the slightly sick:-
'Easel' – a decapitated small animal.
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10:05 pm
Tue 29-Sep-09
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Danny
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Oh goodness, David, you have started something here that could lose me my job because I will not be able to stop thinking about it during the supposed working day. Loved Humph's show but I did not listen to it often enough to realise what the Uxbridge English Dictionary game is. Your Wikipedia link had me splitting my sides with laughter.
OK here's my first attempt:
Lassoo (or Lasso) – premature completion of a rather exciting exercise
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7:30 pm
Wed 30-Sep-09
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Amanda
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Humph was wickedly funny – with the emphasis frequently on the "wicked"! Loved this particular game but another favourite was "Late Arrivals (at the Society Ball)" which often had me weeping with laughter.
My contribution to the Uxbridge English Dictionary is:
Fibrillate – tell a lie
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11:14 pm
Wed 30-Sep-09
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Danny
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Nice one, Amanda.
Fiona adored the Society Ball although I never heard it myself. She often relays extracts that soddenly occur to her. I wonder if the recordings are available for sale?
My next contribution is sort of inevitable given your definition:
Defibrillation = digging a deep hole even deeper
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11:25 pm
Wed 30-Sep-09
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David B
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I liked the Late Arrivals game, too.
But – 'celery' – what posh people earn a month.
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8:11 am
Thu 1-Oct-09
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Amanda
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How about:
Excavation – potholers returning to the surface
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8:46 am
Thu 1-Oct-09
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David B
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Amanda said:
How about:
Excavation – potholers returning to the surface
Very nice
It's early in the morning, but I'll try 'gooseberry fool' – someone too dim to realise that their company is not wanted.
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8:57 am
Thu 1-Oct-09
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David's 'celery' – what posh people earn a month
This had me roaring with laughter this morning.
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12:42 pm
Thu 1-Oct-09
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Amanda
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This is becoming a three-horse race – albeit a highly entertaining one! This lunchtime offering is …
Universal – a very short song
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3:51 pm
Thu 1-Oct-09
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David B
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Parsnip – vasectomy
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4:48 pm
Thu 1-Oct-09
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Just wanted to say that I'm loving this thread!
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10:08 am
Fri 2-Oct-09
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A poor effort, I know, but current caffeine levels are inadequate to fuel the creative portion of brain as yet:
Officer : mispronunciation of ossifer by those who do not know how to enjoy life
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2:17 pm
Fri 2-Oct-09
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David B
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broccoli – close relation of a bug that upsets the tum.
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2:45 pm
Fri 2-Oct-09
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Amanda
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Snoop – a tailless dog
P.S. I don't often chortle aloud when reading but "parsnip" bucked the trend!
P.P.S To post this reply I actually had to pause to work out what 12+9 was … it's been a very long week.
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3:44 pm
Fri 2-Oct-09
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David B
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Post edited 2:44 pm – Fri 2-Oct-09 by David B
carrot – rust
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