North of Watford
 

If you Google this, you find mention (ad nauseam)
of Watford Gap.

While this may be a more sensible geographical definition
of where the "North of England" starts, it completely
misses the point of the phrase.

If you live anywhere north of Watford, Herts, you do not
seriously contemplate mocking "Northerners".

"North of Watford" is obviously a London (or south thereof)
expression for "beyond the pale" (=fence, boundary).

Non PC maybe, but SE England rool OK.

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;241422]If only from your times of posting, I have a suspicion
you are on my side of the pond.[/QUOTE]Actually one of the main reasons I don't put an identifying location is to stop people trying to make assumptions about who, or what, I am simply by reading my location.

Judge me for what I post, not for where I post from.

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AjDfn0FDvc"]half an apple[/URL]

[QUOTE=retina;241550]Actually one of the main reasons I don't put an identifying location is to stop people trying to make assumptions about who, or what, I am simply by reading my location.

Judge me for what I post, not for where I post from.[/QUOTE]

Yep.

That was the 4th of my justifications for nondisclosure
(omitted in your quote).
You ruled out 1 and 3, which I took to mean 2.

Count me in!

But I think attempting to deny one's origins is ultimately
a self-destructive exercise.

David

[QUOTE=davar55;241456]Those Brits and their sense of humour.[/QUOTE]
If I could exercise the same control over this fragment of
cyberspace as some others seem able to, I would change my
location to "The Khazi".

BTW When my avatar (foisted upon me) first appeared,
I opined that it looked like a schoolmaster brandishing an
anal intruder as a threat to transgressors in his troublesome class.

Mike came up with a more benign interpretation!

David

That's what they all say
 

[QUOTE=only_human;241501]In my car, I did have a date accuse me of making an aborted attempt of reaching up her skirt. What I actually had done was shift gears quickly while changing lanes in a downtown Los Angeles freeway merge.[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeRa3RtBiIU]It's half past four and I'm shifting gear[/url]

As for "Brenda Lee's Coming on Strong" see the music thread.
It's worth it.
Trust me - I'm a gynocologist:smile:

David

PS if this doesn't get a response from Brian, I don't know what will.

I like that -- Judge by what you hear here, not by what you see.

The Yankees are the New York major league baseball team.
See the thread "Mersenne Milestone" in the lounge.

[QUOTE=davieddy;241563]That was the 4th of my justifications for nondisclosure
(omitted in your quote).
You ruled out 1 and 3, which I took to mean 2.[/QUOTE]2 is the closest (although not really running from the law, just general on-the-run-from-all-non-evil-thinking-persons). I think it is somewhat different from the "one planet" thing. My origins are entirely different from my current location. And my current location is entirely different from my posting IP. So even if I stated my current location it wouldn't mean anything anyway. And if the mods were to trace my IP location then that would mean even less.[QUOTE=davieddy;241563]Count me in![/QUOTE]In what?[QUOTE=davieddy;241563]But I think attempting to deny one's origins is ultimately
a self-destructive exercise.[/QUOTE]Are you suggesting that not putting a current location is denying one's origins? Seems to assume far too much. To me no location means no preconceived ideas about the poster. Why read anything more into it?

[QUOTE=retina;241585]I think it is somewhat different from the "one planet" thing.
....
In what?[/QUOTE]

Count (mods note the "o") me into the "one planet thing"

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ioxj73deq0&feature=related"]The Red Telphone[/URL]

Listening to this link is NOT optional.

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;241611][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ioxj73deq0&feature=related"]The Red Telphone[/URL]

This link is NOT optional.[/QUOTE]The link is completely lost on people without flash.

[QUOTE=davar55;241583]I like that -- Judge by what you hear here, not by what you see.

The Yankees are the New York major league baseball team.
See the thread "Mersenne Milestone" in the lounge.[/QUOTE]

I am not judgin nobody by nuthin.

Is that where Doodle Dandy came from?
Or was that Camp Down Races?

David