Idle chit chat

[gibbo]

Children have a knack of saying what is in their minds irrespective of how the parents and grandparents may take it. My late mother told me to speak my mind and shame the devil? And being a dutiful son, I always have, whether it is right or wrong.:2fun::2fun::2fun:
Wonder what 'idle chat' I can dream up over this weekend!!:biggrin::biggrin:

My mother always threatened to send us girls to finishing school :2fun::2fun:

 

[gibbo]

A finishing school (or charm school) is a school for young women that focuses on teaching social skills and cultural norms as a preparation for entry into adult society.[1][2] The name reflects that it follows on from ordinary school and is intended to complete the educational experience, with classes primarily on etiquette It may consist of an intensive course, or a one-year programme.

OH :2fun::2fun: She wanted to polish us up a bit

 

[p.risboy]

A finishing school (or charm school) is a school for young women that focuses on teaching social skills and cultural norms as a preparation for entry into adult society.[1][2] The name reflects that it follows on from ordinary school and is intended to complete the educational experience, with classes primarily on etiquette It may consist of an intensive course, or a one-year programme.

OH :2f. She wanted to polish us up a bit

Well now, that explains a lot. Your Mum had the right idea, but then we wouldn't have 'our' Gibbo.:kissu:
You'd have been some posh thing, with no idle chit chat.:2fun:

On the subject of Chit or Chitty, did that come from India colony times. Not sure on that.

'Out of the mouth of babes, comes the truth'.......is that how it goes.:2fun:

It's a good job we never grew up, despite attempts from our peers.:2fun:

Once the child inside us is lost, we're doomed.


MORE BREAKING NEWS.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, this weekend, as one of us has alluded to. Again, without naming names, it was Gibbo:2fun:

Apart from that snippet, I'm finding it hard to find anything else that is news worthy.:2fun:

Keep up the Idle chit chat, or is that Idle Chitty Chatty now.

 

[ianto73]

Grand Prix - for those never given 'Dinky cars' as kids and having been to Abu Dhabi, wonder where they put the circuit - in the desert, no doubt? Perhaps they go there because the fuel is cheaper?:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: There's no real ale there, no decent watering holes of any description ..........oops, I was there 30 years ago, must have changed!!:2fun::2fun:

 

[p.risboy]

Grand Prix - for those never given 'Dinky cars' as kids and having been to Abu Dhabi, wonder where they put the circuit - in the desert, no doubt? Perhaps they go there because the fuel is cheaper?:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: There's no real ale there, no decent watering holes of any description ..........oops, I was there 30 years ago, must have changed!!:2fun::2fun:

Still no beer/alcohol, and they built an Island to put the track on, together with a marina(no, not a Morris Marina. ). :2fun:

 

[ianto73]

For those working out there, they used to be able to get a liquor licence, all across the UAE, and the Sultanate of Oman, although the construction sites were given permission to build a club bar in the latter place. In Saudi, absolutely no alcohol at all, BUT, the supermarkets sold NON_ALCOHOL Beer, baker's yeast and sugar, they also sold perfect grape juice, and that was very nice once converted into wine!!:2fun::2fun::2fun:

 

[jay]

Well now, that explains a lot. Your Mum had the right idea, but then we wouldn't have 'our' Gibbo.:kissu:
You'd have been some posh thing, with no idle chit chat.:2fun:

On the subject of Chit or Chitty, did that come from India colony times. Not sure on that.
Keep up the Idle chit chat, or is that Idle Chitty Chatty now.

Chit chat has been in use since the 13C both as a verb and a noun to denote informal or unimportant talk. We can also chew the fat and have a chin wag.
:2fun:

Jay.

 

[ianto73]

Not forgetting, 'swing the lamp and tall stories', but having sung in the church choir, I wouldn't know much about all this.:2fun::2fun::2fun:

 

[p.risboy]

It is the 19th anniversary of my last attendance at a Pink Floyd concert(The Division Bell tour), which was at Earls Court in London in 1994.:2fun:

Well.......19 years and 1 week ago, it was.:2fun:

 

[gibbo]

Pink Floyd concert

Pink Floyd concert?

 

[p.risboy]

Pink Floyd concert?

Yes....Pink Floyd.:2fun:

 

[gibbo]

Yes....Pink Floyd.:2fun:

:2fun::2fun: No wally corner for you now is there

 

[ianto73]

Who's Pink Floyd?

 

[gibbo]

Who's Pink Floyd?

I have no idea what so ever :2fun::2fun: My neighbours cat is named Floyd but his tortoise shell and not pink

 

[p.risboy]

I have no idea what so ever :2fun::2fun: My neighbours cat is named Floyd but his tortoise shell and not pink

That is easily remedied, give the cat a bath in some harmless pink food dye.>:2fun::2fun:

I am joking Gibbo, so don't do it for real.:2fun:

 

[gibbo]

That is easily remedied, give the cat a bath in some harmless pink food dye.>:2fun::2fun:

I am joking Gibbo, so don't do it for real.:2fun:

That cat dont like me anyway so i wouldnt get close enough to it to dye it:biggrin:

 

[p.risboy]

Who's Pink Floyd?

As you are a man of the world, I assumed you would know, Brian.

It is Sigmund Floyd's alter ego.:2fun::2fun:

 

[ianto73]

Steve, my music stems from the ONLY decade of decent rock and roll, as well as some other first rate singers and groups. It was a time when men would never put make-up on to go on stage, nor did they have to shout into a microphone.:2fun: and certainly didn't have to dress up in 'fancy dress' to sell records or tickets for their concerts.:2fun::2fun: Ooops, giving my age away again!!:biggrin::biggrin:

 

[jay]

And which decade would that be Ianto?

Jay.

 

[p.risboy]

And which decade would that be Ianto?

Jay.

Loaded question that Jay. That means he has to try and remember which one.:2fun::2fun: