Reading through those superstitions, I heard this morning an alternative story to the bad luck if you walk under a ladder one.
When people were hung in the public square, they were led to the gallows and walked under a ladder where rope was held...and they never walked back again for obvious reasons.
Magica said
Nov 13 1:48 PM, 2020
Syl wrote:
I wonder if we will see any horrors today....and I don't just mean in Whine.
It's my granddaughter birthday today, so I reckon it's lucky for me.
Syl said
Nov 13 1:59 PM, 2020
Magica wrote:
Syl wrote:
I wonder if we will see any horrors today....and I don't just mean in Whine.
It's my granddaughter birthday today, so I reckon it's lucky for me.
Aww that's nice, Happy Birthday to your granddaughter Mags.
Aww thanx Syl. I'm seeing her tomorrow, can't believe she's 17, where have the years gone.
Happy birthday to her, and how do you have a granddaugher at 35?
Digger said
Nov 13 10:01 PM, 2020
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
I'm feeling lucky!
Oooh, buy a lottery ticket then.
Reading through those superstitions, I heard this morning an alternative story to the bad luck if you walk under a ladder one.
When people were hung in the public square, they were led to the gallows and walked under a ladder where rope was held...and they never walked back again for obvious reasons.
People aren't 'hung' they are hanged.
John Doe said
Nov 13 10:14 PM, 2020
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
I'm feeling lucky!
Oooh, buy a lottery ticket then.
Reading through those superstitions, I heard this morning an alternative story to the bad luck if you walk under a ladder one.
When people were hung in the public square, they were led to the gallows and walked under a ladder where rope was held...and they never walked back again for obvious reasons.
People aren't 'hung' they are hanged.
Well I am hung!
Syl said
Nov 13 10:14 PM, 2020
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
I'm feeling lucky!
Oooh, buy a lottery ticket then.
Reading through those superstitions, I heard this morning an alternative story to the bad luck if you walk under a ladder one.
When people were hung in the public square, they were led to the gallows and walked under a ladder where rope was held...and they never walked back again for obvious reasons.
People aren't 'hung' they are hanged.
Grammar police alert.
John Doe said
Nov 13 10:16 PM, 2020
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
I'm feeling lucky!
Oooh, buy a lottery ticket then.
Reading through those superstitions, I heard this morning an alternative story to the bad luck if you walk under a ladder one.
When people were hung in the public square, they were led to the gallows and walked under a ladder where rope was held...and they never walked back again for obvious reasons.
People aren't 'hung' they are hanged.
Grammar police alert.
Thar as nofing wrang woth yoor grummer.
Digger said
Nov 14 11:19 AM, 2020
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
I'm feeling lucky!
Oooh, buy a lottery ticket then.
Reading through those superstitions, I heard this morning an alternative story to the bad luck if you walk under a ladder one.
When people were hung in the public square, they were led to the gallows and walked under a ladder where rope was held...and they never walked back again for obvious reasons.
People aren't 'hung' they are hanged.
Grammar police alert.
Nothing wrong with having standards
Syl said
Nov 14 11:41 AM, 2020
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
I'm feeling lucky!
Oooh, buy a lottery ticket then.
Reading through those superstitions, I heard this morning an alternative story to the bad luck if you walk under a ladder one.
When people were hung in the public square, they were led to the gallows and walked under a ladder where rope was held...and they never walked back again for obvious reasons.
People aren't 'hung' they are hanged.
Grammar police alert.
Nothing wrong with having standards
Says the woman who swears like a dockers fishwife.
Digger said
Nov 14 2:31 PM, 2020
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
I'm feeling lucky!
Oooh, buy a lottery ticket then.
Reading through those superstitions, I heard this morning an alternative story to the bad luck if you walk under a ladder one.
When people were hung in the public square, they were led to the gallows and walked under a ladder where rope was held...and they never walked back again for obvious reasons.
People aren't 'hung' they are hanged.
Grammar police alert.
Nothing wrong with having standards
Says the woman who swears like a dockers fishwife.
Yes, but always using grammatically correct perjorative.
You won't catch me using solecisms.
And while we're on the subject of swearing....
Swearing Is Actually a Sign of More Intelligence - Not Less - Say Scientists
RICHARD STEPHENS, THE CONVERSATION
2 FEBRUARY 2017
The use of obscene or taboo language - or swearing, as it’s more commonly known - is often seen as a sign that the speaker lacks vocabulary, cannot express themselves in a less offensive way, or even lacks intelligence.
Studies have shown, however, that swearing may in fact display a more, rather than less, intelligent use of language.
While swearing can become a habit, we choose to swear in different contexts and for different purposes: for linguistic effect, to convey emotion, for laughs, or perhaps even to be deliberately nasty.
Psychologists interested in when and why people swear try to look past the stereotype that swearing is the language of the unintelligent and illiterate.
The former - verbal fluency - can be measured by asking volunteers to think of as many words beginning with a certain letter of the alphabet as they can in 1 minute.
People with greater language skills can generally think of more examples in the allotted time. Based on this approach, the researchers created the swearing fluency task. This task requires volunteers to list as many different swear words as they can think of in 1 minute.
By comparing scores from both the verbal and swearing fluency tasks, it was found that the people who scored highest on the verbal fluency test also tended to do best on the swearing fluency task. The weakest in the verbal fluency test also did poorly on the swearing fluency task.
I wonder if we will see any horrors today....and I don't just mean in Whine.
https://www.insider.com/history-origin-people-superstitions-2018-4
Oooh, buy a lottery ticket then.
Reading through those superstitions, I heard this morning an alternative story to the bad luck if you walk under a ladder one.
When people were hung in the public square, they were led to the gallows and walked under a ladder where rope was held...and they never walked back again for obvious reasons.
It's my granddaughter birthday today, so I reckon it's lucky for me.
...........................................
..................................................
Aww thanx Syl. I'm seeing her tomorrow,
can't believe she's 17, where have the years gone.
Happy birthday to her, and how do you have a granddaugher at 35?
People aren't 'hung' they are hanged.
Well I am hung!
Grammar police alert.
Thar as nofing wrang woth yoor grummer.
Nothing wrong with having standards
Says the woman who swears like a dockers fishwife.
Yes, but always using grammatically correct perjorative.
You won't catch me using solecisms.
And while we're on the subject of swearing....
Swearing Is Actually a Sign of More Intelligence - Not Less - Say Scientists
The use of obscene or taboo language - or swearing, as it’s more commonly known - is often seen as a sign that the speaker lacks vocabulary, cannot express themselves in a less offensive way, or even lacks intelligence.
Studies have shown, however, that swearing may in fact display a more, rather than less, intelligent use of language.
While swearing can become a habit, we choose to swear in different contexts and for different purposes: for linguistic effect, to convey emotion, for laughs, or perhaps even to be deliberately nasty.
Psychologists interested in when and why people swear try to look past the stereotype that swearing is the language of the unintelligent and illiterate.
In fact, a study by psychologists from Marist College found links between how fluent a person is in the English language and how fluent they are in swearing.
The former - verbal fluency - can be measured by asking volunteers to think of as many words beginning with a certain letter of the alphabet as they can in 1 minute.
People with greater language skills can generally think of more examples in the allotted time. Based on this approach, the researchers created the swearing fluency task. This task requires volunteers to list as many different swear words as they can think of in 1 minute.
By comparing scores from both the verbal and swearing fluency tasks, it was found that the people who scored highest on the verbal fluency test also tended to do best on the swearing fluency task. The weakest in the verbal fluency test also did poorly on the swearing fluency task.
https://www.sciencealert.com/swearing-is-a-sign-of-more-intelligence-not-less-say-scientists
Yes, people with dirty mouths often say that.
At least I'm honest. I don't pretend to be something or someone I'm not. I don't have a balcony in Lytham either.
A balcony, a twin brother AND a great figure and huge pair of titties. What a woman!! Or was she a bloke. We'll never know.
Don't forget the glass stilettoes.