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05 Jul 09 - 08:48 PM (#2672352) Subject: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Dave the Gnome It's 0140 hours BST. I am on nights and bored so beware of some deep meaningful thought processes... I just went for a pee and realised that possibly the most popular bit of grafitti on urinals is 'Armitage Shaks'. What I wonder is - 1. Who is, or was, Armitage? 2. Why does he Shank? and 3. What the hell is shanking anyway? Makes you wonder doesn't it. I also passed a wagon on the way in tonight that proclaimed 'Curbishley, Builders'. Why should they build things curbishley? Is it a real word? If so I thought it would have been more suited to late night antics anyway. You know - 'He crawled home from the pub, curbishley...' Ah well. Back to the grindstone I suppose. :D (eG) |
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05 Jul 09 - 08:53 PM (#2672355) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: curmudgeon What the Hell kind of libation did you just eliminate? |
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05 Jul 09 - 08:54 PM (#2672357) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Dave the Gnome Just tea, curmudgeon, just tea. |
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05 Jul 09 - 09:19 PM (#2672368) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Leadfingers Dave - You obviously are NOT busy enough when on Nights ! Please forward your Managers E Mail and I will attempt to rectify that ! |
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05 Jul 09 - 09:55 PM (#2672383) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Rapparee A "shank" is, in prison argot, a home-made knife. To "shank" someone is to stick the blade into him or her. This is not graffiti, it's an advert for a guy named Armitage who kills people. I suppose it could and probably does advertise his home-made blades. I'm rather surprised that the UK allows such advertising, but over here it often reads "American Standard." |
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06 Jul 09 - 04:18 AM (#2672501) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Darowyn American Standard? Isn't that the thing with the red and white lines and all those stars in the corner? I'd have thought that it would have been regarded as next to treason to use that as a toilet! The patriot Police will be hunting you down any minute! Cheers Dave "Twyford" is quite common here too. I think it's the name of an imagined village somewhere. |
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06 Jul 09 - 05:22 AM (#2672528) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: GUEST,Russ Meyer The company Armitage Shanks was founded in 1817 by Thomas Bond here in Armitage, Staffordshire. Generations of our families worked for them. The Bond family still live in the area. |
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06 Jul 09 - 06:18 AM (#2672580) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Liz the Squeak When I was growing up, ours had 'Bristol' writ large across the top. LTS |
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06 Jul 09 - 07:39 AM (#2672661) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: gnomad Our dentist when I was a child had a terrific victorian willow-pattern one, proudly emblazoned "The Waterloo". It would be worth a good bit these days, but I'll bet it is gone now. I also remember a row of miniature equipment by Armitage in the nursery school at Armitage village, separated by low stalls so that a carer could supervise several tots at once. When occupied by those of adult size (though not necessarily mentality) on a Lichfield Ale weekend, the heads poking over the stalls put you in mind of a roomful of meerkats. |
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06 Jul 09 - 07:55 AM (#2672678) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: McGrath of Harlow Not a bad band in their way and in their day... |
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06 Jul 09 - 08:19 AM (#2672713) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Roger the Skiffler I always pictured him as either a westen hero (riding a Bronco, naturally) or a James Bond type: "The name's Shanks, Armitage Shanks, pardon me if I look flushed...". Even seen the name on Greek narrow-guage plumbing... RtS |
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06 Jul 09 - 10:22 AM (#2672822) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Dave the Gnome Liz - as well as threads on tits will you now also be remembered for Bristols? :D (eG) |
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06 Jul 09 - 10:32 AM (#2672830) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Tug the Cox In my Youth the best porcelain urinals were made by Adamsez. |
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06 Jul 09 - 10:46 AM (#2672848) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Rapparee Well, it's only my opinion, but the best porcelain (or any other) urinal is the one that's there and doesn't leak when you most need it. |
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06 Jul 09 - 12:11 PM (#2672946) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Nick It's not rhyming slang is it? |
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06 Jul 09 - 12:12 PM (#2672948) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Nick eg Armitage Shanker = Banker or Sitar player or something |
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06 Jul 09 - 02:29 PM (#2673081) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Rapparee ARmitage Shanks = Robbing banks. |
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06 Jul 09 - 03:13 PM (#2673111) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: Charmion And in eastern Ontario, the company is Crane. |
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07 Jul 09 - 03:39 AM (#2673605) Subject: RE: BS: Armitage Shanks From: goatfell Armitage Shanks of Barrhead in Scotland makes Toilets |