It came from the black lagoon...

[Stub Mandrel]

49 minutes ago, neepheid said:

I came up with it as my internet nom de guerre/plume because I was wanting a Hotmail address (in the pre Microsoft days, so around 1996?) with no numbers in it and I wondered what no American would think of.

 

I'm glad there are others with email addresses chosen in a moment of madness and still going decades later...

[SpondonBassed]

1 hour ago, Richard R said:

Am I correct, or now being thick in a yet another novel and embarrassing way??

 

My heritage is half Celtic.

 

Have you ever had tatties and neeps?

 

Have you ever seen a man with a bald heid?

 

That is all.

[LowB_FTW]

32 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

Have you ever had tatties and neeps?

No, it sounds horrendous!

 

33 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

Have you ever seen a man with a bald heid?

I am that man and I claim my £5 😂

 

Mark

[Richard R]

7 hours ago, SpondonBassed said:

Have you ever had tatties and neeps?

 

6 hours ago, LowB_FTW said:

No, it sounds horrendous!

 

Haggis, neeps and tatties plus a large whisky is a perfect meal.

 

[LowB_FTW]

Why would you have turnip with spuds?!?

Honestly, to me, that just sounds mingin'.

 

Mark

[Geek99]

9 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

You have indeed stumbled upon the correct pronunciation.  It is simply "neep" as in swede/turnip/rutabaga and "heid" as in head.  A silly person, basically.  I came up with it as my internet nom de guerre/plume because I was wanting a Hotmail address (in the pre Microsoft days, so around 1996?) with no numbers in it and I wondered what no American would think of.

Not carrying a gun?

small portions? 
International travel?

Edited 4 hours ago by Geek99

[neepheid]

1 hour ago, LowB_FTW said:

Why would you have turnip with spuds?!?

Honestly, to me, that just sounds mingin'.

 

Mark

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapshot

[Richard R]

Clapshot - now there's a meal designed to give you calories through the long winter months on the croft.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Richard R

[Joe Nation]

See also champ, colcannon, bubble and squeak, and about a hundred other things probably - mostly from cold/wet/inhospitable places no doubt.

Edited 3 hours ago by Joe Nation

[snorkie635]

47 minutes ago, Richard R said:

Clapshot - now there's a meal designed to give you calories through the long winter months on the croft.

 

@SpondonBassed - do NOT respond to this comment in your usual manner. 🤭

[snorkie635]

16 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

Ha, Annie Lennox is going to be so annoyed at that.

She isn't fit to lace his boots Tumshiebonce.

[SpondonBassed]

4 hours ago, LowB_FTW said:

Why would you have turnip with spuds?!?

 

Because it's tasty and healthy.

 

Your opinion may differ but you did ask.

[SpondonBassed]

1 hour ago, snorkie635 said:

@SpondonBassed - do NOT respond to this comment in your usual manner. 🤭

 

Who me?  Why?  Who have I insulted now?

 

HI ham hinnocent hofficer, honest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 52 minutes ago by SpondonBassed

[Geek99]

4 hours ago, LowB_FTW said:

Why would you have turnip with spuds?!?

Honestly, to me, that just sounds mingin'.

 

Mark

I’ve never had it, but with some sauce and some pepper it sounds ok? It’s not that far off bubble and squeak 

[SpondonBassed]

10 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

I’ve never had it, but with some sauce and some pepper it sounds ok? It’s not that far off bubble and squeak 

 

Swede, pepper & butter* go very well together.

 

 

 

*Other spreads are available but they're never quite as good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 49 minutes ago by SpondonBassed