@DevC said:
Does make you wonder quite why they are bothering with the league cup and the FLT trophy. Are Sunderland that desperate to have a winnable cup?
Agreed, it makes far more sense to bin one or both of them than needlessly shoehorn them in to an already busy period with no fans allowed in. No doubt some sponsors / TV companies need to be placated.
Makes little sense in terms of player welfare with varied states of fitness.
I’ve heard one or two variants of “getting the hump” over the years but never the one used by @EwanHoosaami and @Wendoverman’s non-tech billionaire associates. There are one or two theories about the origin of “the hump” - eg fed-up people tending to slouch and lower their heads slightly, resulting in an upper body shape resembling a camel’s hump or, even more implausibly, that cross or ill-tempered people are like cats with their backs arched.
I’d be interested to hear examples of the circumstances and resultant behaviour for which “getting the arsehole” might be an appropriate description/course of action. Diligent research (on my part) has failed to unearth even the existence of such an expression.
Diligent research (on my part) has failed to unearth even the existence of such an expression.
Much as I would love to say I just invented a phrase that until now never existed...I have heard it used quite often in my fifty mumble years living all over this wonderful land.
@DevC said:
Does make you wonder quite why they are bothering with the league cup and the FLT trophy. Are Sunderland that desperate to have a winnable cup?
Content for the tv companies.
Exposure for sponsors.
Prize money for the clubs.
@DevC said:
Does make you wonder quite why they are bothering with the league cup and the FLT trophy. Are Sunderland that desperate to have a winnable cup?
Content for the tv companies.
Exposure for sponsors.
Prize money for the clubs.
I have frequently over the years said "I've got the arsehole" I've also heard plenty of other people say it.... strange some have never heard it ? Do you go out ?
Sport, high finance, the fashion industry and now Etymology...you've got to love the Gasroom. I assumed @DevC was merely asserting his social superiority, while @micra is too gentile a soul to have ever mixed with those used to spouting such vulgarity, but if football forum head honcho @drcongo has never heard of it it's obvious 'having the arsehole' is not as widespread a term as I had assumed. Apologies for any confusion.
@Wendoverman said:
Getting the arsehole is quite a common phrase among the impoverished non-tech billionaire circles I have moved in through the years.
Must be an age thing, before moving down to just "arse".
I wonder where having the "dog on" to mean having a mood first came in. Only heard a couple of people use that one.
@DevC said:
Does make you wonder quite why they are bothering with the league cup and the FLT trophy. Are Sunderland that desperate to have a winnable cup?
You can't throw those 2 trophies in together.
One has a long history, and one is a crappy little lower league mess about, that since they brought the U21s in has seen crowds drop so low, that having them behind closed doors won't feel too different.
@Wendoverman said:
Getting the arsehole is quite a common phrase among the impoverished non-tech billionaire circles I have moved in through the years.
Must be an age thing, before moving down to just "arse".
I wonder where having the "dog on" to mean having a mood first came in. Only heard a couple of people use that one.
Ha...in the olden days in Nottingham my older relatives would talk about 'avin' a monk on'. 'Es gorra right monk on an e?' I never knew why, but from the wonder of Google I find it's also slang in Yorkshire deriving from 'having a monkey on' for being angry..
I have just been reading Bayo's book - yes I know I should have done it years ago.
At the end of chapter 2, Watford let him go at the age of 18. David Hockaday, the youth team manager there at the time asked for a meeting with him and his parents without having divulged whether it is for good news or otherwise. Bayo's parents take the day off to go with him.
Bayo quotes Hockaday as saying: "Do I think you will make it at the very top? No I don't. Do I think you can forge some kind of career in football? Maybe."
Bayo replied: "Yeah, fair enough. But know this, when I come back to Watford and score a hat-trick I am going to turn round and smile at you. Thank you very much."
Twenty years on the opportunity comes for the hat-trick.
Boris Johnson has approved the gradual reopening of theatres, concert venues and sports arenas as the final sectors of the English economy still closed by Covid-19 were allowed to return to life.
Bowling alleys, skating rinks and casinos will be able to reopen from this weekend, while beauty salons, spas and barbers will be able to offer all “close-contact services and treatment”.
In a significant boost to the arts sector, indoor theatres, music and performance venues in England will be able to reopen with socially distanced audiences, following a successful series of pilots.
Meanwhile the piloting of a small number of sporting events to test the safe return of spectators will also resume from August 15, with a view to reopening sports venues to fans from October 1.
The first trial event will be the final of the World Snooker Championship at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre this weekend. Meanwhile, wedding receptions for up to 30 people will be able to resume.
The final stages of the government’s plan to reopen the economy was put on pause two weeks ago because of concerns about an increase in the number of people of England testing positive for coronavirus. “The situation now appears to have levelled off,” the government said.
Mr Johnson on Thursday ordered the “road map” for the reopening of the economy to be reinstated. Nightclubs, dance halls, sexual entertainment and hostess bars are among the few places still closed by law.
“Today we are able to announce some further changes which will allow people to return to work and the public to get back to more of the things they have missed,” the prime minister said.
Mr Johnson, however, added a cautious note, saying he would “not hesitate to put on the brakes if required” if the virus started to pick up again in England.
He also announced that fines would double to a maximum of £3,200 for those who repeatedly flouted rules on face coverings, with new fines for people hosting raves or other unlawful gatherings.
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Does make you wonder quite why they are bothering with the league cup and the FLT trophy. Are Sunderland that desperate to have a winnable cup?
The good news, signings depending, is that the international breaks will actually be breaks for us - most teams will have quite a lot off on duty.
Agreed, it makes far more sense to bin one or both of them than needlessly shoehorn them in to an already busy period with no fans allowed in. No doubt some sponsors / TV companies need to be placated.
Makes little sense in terms of player welfare with varied states of fitness.
I’ve heard one or two variants of “getting the hump” over the years but never the one used by @EwanHoosaami and @Wendoverman’s non-tech billionaire associates. There are one or two theories about the origin of “the hump” - eg fed-up people tending to slouch and lower their heads slightly, resulting in an upper body shape resembling a camel’s hump or, even more implausibly, that cross or ill-tempered people are like cats with their backs arched.
I’d be interested to hear examples of the circumstances and resultant behaviour for which “getting the arsehole” might be an appropriate description/course of action. Diligent research (on my part) has failed to unearth even the existence of such an expression.
Diligent research (on my part) has failed to unearth even the existence of such an expression.
Much as I would love to say I just invented a phrase that until now never existed...I have heard it used quite often in my fifty mumble years living all over this wonderful land.
Well I’m blowed.
Content for the tv companies.
Exposure for sponsors.
Prize money for the clubs.
Green's dictionary of slang.
give someone the arsehole (v.)
to infuriate.
I would therefore imagine 'to get the arsehole' means being infuriated.
You know that I live to educate and inform @micra
probably for political reasons.
No replays this season.
I have frequently over the years said "I've got the arsehole" I've also heard plenty of other people say it.... strange some have never heard it ? Do you go out ?
I've also never heard it. I don't go out.
I’m not allowed out. I rarely mix.
@Wendoverman: you could have put a comma before my Gasroom moniker!
Personal tutor, eh? Expensive.
Quite glad I don’t mix in those “circles” @HolmerBlue !
Sport, high finance, the fashion industry and now Etymology...you've got to love the Gasroom. I assumed @DevC was merely asserting his social superiority, while @micra is too gentile a soul to have ever mixed with those used to spouting such vulgarity, but if football forum head honcho @drcongo has never heard of it it's obvious 'having the arsehole' is not as widespread a term as I had assumed. Apologies for any confusion.
Thin end of the wedge? Can see Premier League clubs pushing for them never to come back.
Must be an age thing, before moving down to just "arse".
I wonder where having the "dog on" to mean having a mood first came in. Only heard a couple of people use that one.
You can't throw those 2 trophies in together.
One has a long history, and one is a crappy little lower league mess about, that since they brought the U21s in has seen crowds drop so low, that having them behind closed doors won't feel too different.
Isn't that a term used for strangers to copulate in the woods?
Ha...in the olden days in Nottingham my older relatives would talk about 'avin' a monk on'. 'Es gorra right monk on an e?' I never knew why, but from the wonder of Google I find it's also slang in Yorkshire deriving from 'having a monkey on' for being angry..
I picked up "got a cob on" from living up north. I still use that from time to time.
Surely the less refined 'gorra cob on' @drcongo ?
True, but no amount of time living up north would be enough for me to ever use "gorra".
cf: "tret" as the past tense of "treat".
I have just been reading Bayo's book - yes I know I should have done it years ago.
At the end of chapter 2, Watford let him go at the age of 18. David Hockaday, the youth team manager there at the time asked for a meeting with him and his parents without having divulged whether it is for good news or otherwise. Bayo's parents take the day off to go with him.
Bayo quotes Hockaday as saying: "Do I think you will make it at the very top? No I don't. Do I think you can forge some kind of career in football? Maybe."
Bayo replied: "Yeah, fair enough. But know this, when I come back to Watford and score a hat-trick I am going to turn round and smile at you. Thank you very much."
Twenty years on the opportunity comes for the hat-trick.
Having a monk on is sulking rather than angry. At least in this part of yorkshire
He won't be there, he works at a college in Gloucestershire
Doesn't stop Bayo ripping off his shirt to reveal a vest reading ARE YOU WATCHING HOCKADAY?
I think we could beat a college team in Gloucestershire, as an alternative.
Talking of “gorra”, I’ve noticed that the contraction of “going to” to “gonna” is now ubiquitous.
Report from the FT yesterday evening:
Boris Johnson has approved the gradual reopening of theatres, concert venues and sports arenas as the final sectors of the English economy still closed by Covid-19 were allowed to return to life.
Bowling alleys, skating rinks and casinos will be able to reopen from this weekend, while beauty salons, spas and barbers will be able to offer all “close-contact services and treatment”.
In a significant boost to the arts sector, indoor theatres, music and performance venues in England will be able to reopen with socially distanced audiences, following a successful series of pilots.
Meanwhile the piloting of a small number of sporting events to test the safe return of spectators will also resume from August 15, with a view to reopening sports venues to fans from October 1.
The first trial event will be the final of the World Snooker Championship at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre this weekend. Meanwhile, wedding receptions for up to 30 people will be able to resume.
The final stages of the government’s plan to reopen the economy was put on pause two weeks ago because of concerns about an increase in the number of people of England testing positive for coronavirus. “The situation now appears to have levelled off,” the government said.
Mr Johnson on Thursday ordered the “road map” for the reopening of the economy to be reinstated. Nightclubs, dance halls, sexual entertainment and hostess bars are among the few places still closed by law.
“Today we are able to announce some further changes which will allow people to return to work and the public to get back to more of the things they have missed,” the prime minister said.
Mr Johnson, however, added a cautious note, saying he would “not hesitate to put on the brakes if required” if the virus started to pick up again in England.
He also announced that fines would double to a maximum of £3,200 for those who repeatedly flouted rules on face coverings, with new fines for people hosting raves or other unlawful gatherings.
https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/2020/august/season-card-qa/
Around 1/4 capacity , no away fans and no shouting or singing allowed from October 1st if things don't get any worse by the looks of things.
Gutted as I really can't see any away travel this season realistically