YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE.....

Surely a contradiction in terms?

Bizarre!

GG

Bizarre is right!!!

Kind of thing I'd expect from such vultures. Let's wait and see what the Word-Police have to say.

Emo

Must be a Yank thing. There are over 400 auctions with that phrase.

Say, isn’t the American bald eagle a vulture, or just a turkey buzzard, or just a turkey?

There yer go!

Emo

Perhaps instead of it meaning it’s from some dead guy’s basement, it’s from some rich guy’s mansion.

estate
noun 1 a property consisting of a large house and extensive grounds.

estate car
noun Brit. a car incorporating a large carrying area behind the seats and an extra door at the rear.

Actually I prefer the Shooting Brake when I'm down on Papa's estate, don'cha know! Jolly good for taking the guns and dogs out for a bit of a pot at the old fauna. Not as good as the old Land-Rover for bowling over the odd trespasser who survives the guns and dogs, however.

Toodle-pip;

Emo

Emohawk, can I come "down" to Papa's estate? It sounds rather charming!

It reminds me of those packets of frozen peas that haven't seen daylight for six months but are labelled "Garden Fresh". Where is this mythical garden - the North Pole?

GG

There’s also this:

third estate
• noun the third order or class in a country or society, made up of the common people.

Cheerio, old chap.

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Emohawk, can I come "down" to Papa's estate? It sounds rather charming! Wink

Certainly old thing, provided you're a dab hand with the old 12-bore.

Must keep the yokels in their place you know (and their numbers down.....I say, there's an idea!)

Emo

GG, they were fresh when they froze them! Sort of like people are alive when they die!

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Must keep the yokels in their place you know (and their numbers down.....I say, there's an idea!)

Wars and Planned Parenthood work fairly well in the States.

Emohawk, you are funny!!! I'll check my passage.

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Originally posted by Serenity:
Emohawk, you are funny!!!

Ditto!!!

Tip top wheeze that - get your yokels to join the army and then start a war in some god-forsaken part of the world.

There was a time when we could confidently rely upon the Germans to start a stoush, but now we're all on the same bally side!

And what have you got against your national bird, Rick. I should have thought they'd be extinct by now - jolly big targets!

Emo

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Tip top wheeze that - get your yokels to join the army and then start a war in some god-forsaken part of the world.

Actually, I think we are pretty good at that, Emohawk! Lol!

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Originally posted by Serenity:
Emohawk, can I come "down" to Papa's estate?

No! No! No! Not “Papa’s” – must use “Pater’s”, and “country” estate would be better.

So many errors – so little time.

That was quick – get all your toodles pipped or poodles tipped?

Yes. The Germans sure did know how to create a lot of excitement. Now all they seem to care about are making cars instead of wars. Don’t even have a wall any more. Oh well, there’s always the Yanks.

Side note (Yes, I’m being a pedant again): I don’t think there are very many (if any) German novelists, at least writing romance novels. Can’t wait for Mein Kampf to be made into a movie (2nd pedant – ebay won’t allow copies of that book to be shipped to Germany as it’s against the German’s laws).

Not “my” bird – gave the bird to someone else. But, the A.B.E. is in the vulture family (scavengers). Ben Franklin (I’m pretty sure) suggested a turkey – smart fellow that Ben.

You’re right about being big targets. And, nothing quite as tasteful as sitting down to a Thanksgiving meal and eating a freshly, assault-rifle killed eagle – makes my mouth water.

No, the damn eagles are making a come back. I guess it’s time to buy my 10th AK-47 (honest, I’m just an avid killer hunter).

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Originally posted by Serenity:
Actually, I think we are pretty good at that, Emohawk! Lol!

Talk about flip-flops. Things are improving, though. PMSL (haven’t quite figured out what PMSL means but I have it on the highest authority that it’s equivalent to LOL and PML is an acceptable alternative).

Dear me! Well of course it's a "country" estate old chap.....hardly likely to be in the city slums is it? Really!

If I were to refer to the old geezer as "pater" he'd turn in his grave - no time at all for these bally new-fangled ideas you know.

Lord Emo

Sir Emo,

Not familiar with “bally”. Any hints?

Serf Rick

Might I suggest that "PMSL" refers to a momentary loss of bladder control due to an unexpectedly high hilarity quotient?

Lord Emo

Not familiar with "bally", old man?

Sigh.... So many yokels, so little ammunition.

Lord Emo

OK. So the P stands for prostate, but that completely messes up my idea of what M stands for. It just doesn’t make sense. It won’t work anatomically. I was also thinking that S means silly.

Yokel Rick

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Originally posted by Emohawk:
Sigh....

Inhale – exhale; inhale – exhale. Now that you are relaxed, I want you to picture yourself in your favorite setting – country estate would do. You are getting more and more relaxed.

PISSED man, PISSED! P I S S E D ! ! !

Goodness me, do I have to spell everything out?

Naturally we gentry don't descend to such crudity, but when communicating with the peasants......

M'Lord

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Originally posted by Emohawk:
PISSED man

PMSL = Pissed Man S Laughing? Are you sure?

I’m still trying to figure out how “So many yokels, so little ammunition” is a hint as to what “bally” means.

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Originally posted by Emohawk:
god-forsaken

An atheist would consider that redundant. A theist would consider that contradictory.

Gad, the barbarians are at the gates!

I really DO have to spell it out;

Pissed MySelf Laughing.

(Where's my bloody 12 bore......)

Lord E.

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M'Lord

Just a point of erudition here:

M'lud is the correct abbreviation amongst the ruling classes.

Gad Sir, the way you mangle the language, m'thinks that you are an upstart - a member of of the "hoi polloi" rather than the aristocracy!

According to Debretts, there is no Emohawk listed amongst the peerage and baronetage.
I did however, find a definition by the Honorable Kryton who stated that an Emohawk is " A polymorph that is spayed at birth and is ... trained to change shape at it's owner's behest"

So, as a matter of grave importance to other members of this board:

Who is your trainer?
Was it painful?


I would sign this off with the family seal, but it makes a mess of the monitor.

Sir Camera;

Gadzooks sirrah, you may expect a call from my seconds!

Only one’s social inferiors, or perhaps lawyers addressing the bench (which is of course to say the same thing), actually use the expression “M’Lud”. Naturally sir, I do not need to so address my peers.

Unfortunately in attempting to engage, as you describe them, the hoi-polloi, one often finds it necessary to try to speak down to their bally level, as you have undoubtedly discovered during your tenure on this jolly forum. Otherwise one is simply not understood, old chap.

The Hon. Kryten is doubtless correct in his assertion, as always, however the term as used in that context is merely a coincidental spelling of my family's moniker. The family is considering legal action to protect its good name, or at the very least, cut a licensing deal.

Our entry in Debrett’s may be found in the sealed section (something to do with Papa and that unfortunate business with the chamber-pot and the goat....).

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Emohawk of Carpetburn

As someone who really has his own listing in Debretts Peerage and Baronetage I've read this thread with amusement (although my bladder is still under control)...

R2 (Not my real name so don't waste your time looking it up!)

Dash it all sir, ANY member of the beastly bolshie rabble can make such a claim when he knows it can't be proved or disproved.

I believe the expression among the great unwashed would be, "Put up or shut up"!

Lord Emo