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09 Jun 03 - 03:11 PM (#964672) Subject: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: Peter T. Dilly? Tuinol (is this a drug?)? These are, I am sure, well known terms to some, but not to North Americans, or this NA -- from The Pogues, "The Old Main Drag". Any help? yours, Peter T. |
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09 Jun 03 - 03:21 PM (#964681) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: Henrik W. Check out this excellent Pougetry site: http://www.poguetry.com/rsl.htm Henrik W |
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09 Jun 03 - 03:22 PM (#964682) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: jeffp According to this site, tuinol is a barbiturate drug and Dilly refers probably to Picadilly Circus. |
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09 Jun 03 - 03:22 PM (#964683) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: jeffp We both found the same site. Great minds and all that. |
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09 Jun 03 - 03:34 PM (#964687) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: Peter T. Amazing site. A real labour of love. yours, Peter T. |
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10 Jun 03 - 02:57 AM (#964912) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: Big Tim The dilly is definitely Piccadilly Circus in London: an area with a bad reputation for drugs and prostitution. This on "Billy in the bowl" from a book called "Naming Names: Who, What, Where in Irish Nomenclature" by Bernard Sharpe, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 2001. "Billy in the bowl [nickname] C19 Dub.[lin] street character. 1913 James Collins 'Life in Old Dublin' - this character used to ply his calling between the quiet streets of Stoneybatter and the Green Lanes of Grangegorman. He was nicknamed 'Billy in the Bowl', having been introduced into the world with only a head, body and arms. When he grew up he conveyed himself along in a large bowl fortified by iron, in which he was embedded". |
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10 Jun 03 - 03:05 AM (#964919) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: Mark Cohen Tuinal is (or was--I'm not up on the latest) one of the more commonly abused barbiturates. It's a combination of amobarbital (Amytal) and secobarbital (Seconal). Some clever drug company marketing person named it Tuinal because it's two (clap) two (clap) two barbs in one! Aloha, Mark |
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10 Jun 03 - 08:51 AM (#965009) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: jeffp LOL, Mark! |
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21 Mar 08 - 06:45 AM (#2294324) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: GUEST,Robertson This is a barbiturate sedative and was widely used as a recreational drug in the 1970's |
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22 Mar 08 - 05:55 AM (#2295015) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: Big Al Whittle The late Lenny Bruce was a user of Tuinol. the contents of Lenny's drug stash are discussed at length in Goldman's biography. |
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22 Mar 08 - 06:19 AM (#2295021) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: Bonnie Shaljean I once got nabbed by a copper in The Dilly over a bottle of aspirin!! I was new to England at the time and didn't realise the significance of where I was... must've been acting suspicious or something. He blocked me and asked what I was going to use it for, and when I told him (truthfully) that I had a headache, this answer seemed to strike him as the most bizarre and outlandish of fictions. Unaccustomed as I am to being arrested, I finally handed the bottle to him and told him he could have it, as long as he left me two tablets for my headache. He let me go then, though very reluctantly. There you have it, folks, My Life As A Criminal - it probably wouldn't have happened in the 'burbs. |
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15 Apr 08 - 12:34 PM (#2316319) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: GUEST,newfie_bullet dilly is obviously the pic. sheesh man |
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15 Apr 08 - 12:36 PM (#2316325) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: GUEST,newfie_bullet Picadilly is also a (dirty) strip joint in st. johns's. |
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15 Apr 08 - 03:17 PM (#2316507) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: Nerd "A (dirty) strip joint?" Do you guys have clean strip joints up there? Do the girls wear two dresses and just remove the outer one? |
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16 Apr 08 - 02:57 AM (#2316997) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: quokka Love that Poguetry site - it's brilliant! |
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16 Apr 08 - 03:07 AM (#2317001) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: glueman The 'Dilly ref is a rent boy one I think; young males, not necessarily homosexual, prostituting for older gay men for housing and food money. |
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02 Jan 09 - 08:20 PM (#2530116) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol? From: GUEST Yes it is a drug. I was wondering the same thing. Tuinal (or Tuinol as it is sometimes colloquially misspelled) saw widespread use as a recreational drug in the 1960s and 1970s. Tuinal is the brand name of a combination drug composed of two barbiturate salts (secobarbital sodium and amobarbital sodium) in equal proportions. Tuinal was introduced as a sedative medication in the late 1940s by Eli Lilly. It was produced in gelatin capsule form for oral administration. Individual capsules contained 50mg, 100mg, or 200mg of barbiturate salts. |
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10 Jul 09 - 06:03 AM (#2676408) Subject: RE: Pogues Slang: Dilly, Tuinol etc ? From: GUEST,A Guest YES .. The blue and red capsules of Tuinal are sleeping tablets - theyare classed as CD (controled drug) and have to have a separate handwritten prescription written by Dr to be able to get the. I am disabled and have been on them since the 1970's, because of the very much pain I suffer, I really can't can't sleep without them. Now my Dr has informed me TUINAL is no longer being made/manufactured any (from now), he has cut my prescription off with just one days notice ... so I can no longer get any Tuinal ... how can I begin to manage with no sleep aid, Dr's said they have known for many months Tuinal is not being made any more, so WHY didn't they tell me much earlier, one day is not long enough for me to re-adjust to being without them... I'm Disgusted !! .. .... |