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1. jazza28 June 2010, 10:25 GMT +02:00
Can anyone help me with this one. A cryptic header from the Sun. What does is mean?
"Jez fury at Beeb's barmy barbie ban"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/3031043/Top-Gear-host-Jeremy-Clarksons-fury-at-BBCs-barmy-barbecue-ban.html
2. xymonau28 June 2010, 11:13 GMT +02:00
I'm not Pomgolian, but I think it means:
Jez - a short version of Jeremy (in Australia, we turn names like Barry or Karen or Sharon into "Bazza or "Kazza" or "Shazza" so I think it's related)
Beeb - the BBC
barmy - means crazy or daft
barbie - barbequeue
So, Jeremy was angry about what he considered to be a ridiculous ban by the BBC on a barbequeue segment on his show.
3. krayker28 June 2010, 11:51 GMT +02:00
blimey! I'm gobsmacked :P
thanks for deciphering it, Dez, ...for the rest of us idiots who follow the rather plain & dull English. I'm off to colloquial 101.
4. crisderaud28 June 2010, 13:32 GMT +02:00
The Urban Dictionary has rescued me from confusion plenty of times.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/
5. jazza28 June 2010, 21:44 GMT +02:00
Do they speak English in England? Thanks for the explanation. The Sun headers sometimes are real poems.
6. krayker29 June 2010, 6:38 GMT +02:00
yeah, I use the UD often too. pretty handy resource. yet another crowd sourced project. its so nice to see ourselves amongst other projects, who believe in sharing with the world :) at least, I feel happy that I have contributed/ given back in some way to the community!
7. crisderaud29 June 2010, 12:09 GMT +02:00
Had to use the Urban Dictionary to find out what Pomgolian is. I'm no where close to being a Pomgoloid. Wonder if Dez has papers to back her claim?
9. micromoth29 June 2010, 14:03 GMT +02:00
@8 Er, I think you mean sceptic. Poor Cris - I'm sure he's never been called septic before.
10. crisderaud29 June 2010, 17:17 GMT +02:00
I never said you called me a Pomgolian. Once I found out the meaning I was relieved to know I couldn't possibly be one. Your claim was that you were not a Pomgolian and I was curious to know if you carried a card to prove your distinction? :)
She has the word septic stuck in her mind from brewing up the soup!
