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scarletabroad
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Remember going to my training depot in Bovingdon and asking where I sign for my daps and PE kit the storeman looked very confused and said you only get issued DAPS at your regiment they were tablets you see not trainers as I have now learnt very confusong at 16
Ee Ba Boo yes in Engerland is just rock paper scissors, my father thought he taught my kids a new game when he mentioned it they were well keen until the fist came out in the shape of a paper bag still he was cool for 10secs.
Faggots aren't as popular aither basically wales and cornwall area asked for them in Preston and nearly got a knuckle sandwich from the chippy bloke
As for rissoles exclusively Wales in my experience
Going for a shant always brought a few raised eyes when with the saes not sure if that is exclusive to Llanelli
As for Eddies chippy well worth the cycle from the Dock (after John's changed hands that is)
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Tim Opolis
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I want to win the lottery and buy Bargain Booze in Llan and re name it 'Shant'. My work here will then be done.
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Tymor nesa Duw, plis tymor nesa.
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Mister Jolly
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I met some guys from Portsmouth once. They were well familiar with the 'shant' term, although not much good at it.
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Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time
Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
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Mister Jolly
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Living above an off licence. What could be better?
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Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time
Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
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"Something must have come over him". This is an expression that I have only heard used by Llanelli people. If someone did something that was out of character and a bit mad, or inexplicable, outrageous or alien, the excuse that would be offered in their defence was: "something must have come over him". I once heard it used in an attempt to excuse Barry John for leaving LLanelli to join Cardiff!
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PearlJam
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Anyone ever played "mob" in Llanelli?
Mob, to me, is essentially Llanelli's bastardisation of the game of hide and seek. Is that just one of our things? |
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If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.
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Mister Jolly
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Yes, 'mob' was like hide & seek, with subtle differences, which I fail to remember. Something to do with more points for mobbing people back at the mobber's 'base' than mobbing them where they were caught/found (I think - twas a long, long time ago!).
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Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time
Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
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Mob in our school meant that someone counted, eyes closed, against a drainpipe at the side of the school and everyone hid. Then once a person had been found, it was a race back to the drainpipe and if you got there first you were safe, but if the counter got there first you were out.
Or I've just made that up, I can't remember
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scarletman
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We played that growing up in Cardiff ! ... & of course ... "BULLDOGS" !! |
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aber-fan
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I was taught this game in the 1950s by slightly older kids, living in the Lampeter area - they called it Mob 1-2-3, so you had to shout this out if you successfully sneaked back to the base, whatever that was, without being caught by the 'on' person. |
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“You cannot reason a man out of what he never reasoned himself into.” (Jonathan Swift)
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9331101972
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Mixed Mob was more educational. When you found a girl you stayed put in the undergrowth.
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Mister Jolly
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'Mant', as in "Fancy going for a mant tonight?"
Meaning: Going a bit quicker than you should in a car, on a motorbike, etc.
Llanelli word? We used it quite a lot, back in the day.
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Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time
Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
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bazlewis
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I was brought up on a rough estate where only the girls played British Bulldog Scatletman. The lads played tick but with stones, instead of ticking someone you threw a stone at them only below the waist, no throwing at heads.PS I love the Llanelli accent.
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To be a Scarlet is as good as it gets
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SA14
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Going up the shaker tonight anyone?
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'On the gewk'. A description of something or a piece of work that is not level, not square, 'out', slanted, leaning to one side etc. Any examples? No referees please.
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Rob o'r Bont
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Niblo.
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