Question for British people

[Volcano Admim]

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[Xebsball]

Why, thank you, Volcano Admin. This is Distinctive Earl Grey.

[Volcano Admim]

Xebs is the best!
Hooray for a Xebby!
Xebsball kicks ass!

[kohai]

Geezer - male person, "who's that geezer?". Can have several different connotations depending on context and speaker.

Darts - a game, also known as "arrers", played in public houses with three sharp metal flighted projectiles ("darts") thrown against a circular target, onto which the numbers 1 to 20 have been inscribed ("the dartboard"). Additionally, there are areas which are "double" (double 18 being 36 etc) and "triple", as well as a "bullseye" (fifty points) and "outer bull" (twenty five points) both at the centre.
Rules can vary, in 301 for instance players start with 301 points and every point scored is removed from this total. The winner is the first person to reach zero, but their final shot has to be a double or a bull. If they fail to hit a double, or go below zero, their score is restored to whatever it was before the foul shot.

Sharp darts - presumably darts that are sharp.

Garage - pronounced "garridge", although there are regional variations.

I hope this has been enlightening.

Although strictly speaking, I'm not British.

[Oso]

301 is the original game of darts if I'm not mistaken.

and 'sharp darts' most probably is a compliment after a particularly good throw.

[Oso]

i'm not british either, but I've played a few games of darts.

[joedoe]

Methinks that the lack of poon tang for a certain KFO member has resulted in them finally cracking.

[ZIM]

saw this... it had:

geezer - a very common term for a man. There are many disproved origins of the word. Used respectfully and for a person of unknown name, i.e.. "some geezer" or to say that someone is a bit of a laddish rogue "he's a bit of a geezer". Also 'dodgy geezer' can be used to describe a man of bad character.

diamond geezer - - a good 'solid' reliable person.

Nothin about darts tho...interesting stuff in the 'just heard' section [but zart is queeve- silly brits!].

[Serpent]

Geezer is a very versatile term when it comes to describing blokes. A diamond geezer is the antithesis of the dodgy geezer. Sometimes a bloke is simply a geezer, as in, "He's a geezer!" Usually there's a modicum of respect or like involved, even in the less complimentary uses.

How's this:

So a geezer goes into the rub-a-dub for a game of ****ney sparras. The landlord says, "'Ello mate, how the strife?"

"Givin' me gip," replies our geezer, "and that little fillet o'cod that calls himself my boy ain't much better."

"Always the way, ain't it," replied the bar. "Pint of the black stuff then?"

"Thanks muchly," says our geezer, "but I'd rather have a Marlon, only if you got change for a pony. I just got lucky at the dogs. Woulda stayed longer but some geezers were muscling and claret was imminent, so I gave it legs quicksmart."

and so on and so forth.

Any non-Brits that can translate the above should give themselves a gold star.

[joedoe]

I got most of it

[Laughing Cow]

I think I got it all.

[Serpent]

So a geezer goes into the rub-a-dub for a game of Cockney sparras. The landlord says, "'Ello mate, how the strife?"

A man goes into a pub for a game of darts (Cockney sparras = arras = arrows with a Cockney accent. Arrows is slang for darts because they're like little arrows!) The landlord says, "Hello friend, how is your wife?" (Rhyming slang: Trouble & Strife = wife).

"Givin' me gip," replies our geezer, "and that little fillet o'cod that calls himself my boy ain't much better."

"Causing me trouble," replies the man, "and that little sod (rhyming slang) that calls himself my son is not much less trouble."

"Always the way, ain't it," replied the bar. "Pint of the black stuff then?"

"Always the way, is it not," replied the barman. "Pint of Guinness then?"

"Thanks muchly," says our geezer, "but I'd rather have a Marlon, only if you got change for a pony.

"Thanks very much," says the man, "but I'd rather have a brandy (Marlon = Marlon Brando = brandy), but only if you have change for a large note.

I just got lucky at the dogs. Woulda stayed longer but some geezers were muscling and claret was imminent, so I gave it legs quicksmart."

I just won some money at the dog racing track. I would have stayed longer but some likely lads were starting to push and shove and blood was likely to be spilled, so I ran away quickly."


Heh. I just made that up as I went along before so translating it then was quite amusing. I got a big smile right across me boat.

[Laughing Cow]

Yup, got it all.

Maybe socialising for a few years with welsh, irish and scotish friends helped.

We used to sit and watch hours of faulty towers, black adder, fools & horses, monty python, etc.

[FatherDog]

Originally posted by Serpent

So a geezer goes into the rub-a-dub for a game of ****ney sparras. The landlord says, "'Ello mate, how the strife?"

Fella goes into a pub for a few pints. Barman asks him how the wife is.

"Givin' me gip," replies our geezer, "and that little fillet o'cod that calls himself my boy ain't much better."

"Given me lip, and that little sod that calls himself my boy ain't much better."

"Always the way, ain't it," replied the bar. "Pint of the black stuff then?"

"Thanks muchly," says our geezer, "but I'd rather have a Marlon, only if you got change for a pony. I just got lucky at the dogs. Woulda stayed longer but some geezers were muscling and claret was imminent, so I gave it legs quicksmart."

"Pint of stout?" "Thanks, but I'd rather have a shandy, if you've got change for 25 pounds. I was lucky at the dog races. Would have been longer but some fellas were being unfriendly and bloodshed was imminent, so I ran quick."

Any non-Brits that can translate the above should give themselves a gold star.

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[IronFist]

That's interesting. In the US, "geezer" means old guy. You're not a geezer until you've got grey hair or balding and wrinkles, etc. It's also used as "old geezer." If you're young, you're not a geezer.

Darts is the same as it is in US if it just refers to the game. I just heard it mentioned a few times so I thought it might have a different name.

Oh, btw, thanks for pw'ing for a while before finally answering my question.