Trash Towers Dictionary

a/c - art crap. CK's fond term for the means of assuaging my addictions.

BSD - Been Seen Done. Devised while travelling the Great Ocean Road on CK's first Australian trip. Every lookout point was as fabulous as the previous and we got a little bit magnificenced out so rather than pull in we would shout BSD and keep driving.

Now general usage for when a situation is over or beyond repair.

bob - noun. Princess Curly- Wurly's word meaning all sweets, chocolate and yummy things.

blurry - (pr. to rhyme with hurry) Sth African/Zimbabwean term and my favourite polite swearword. Means kind of like bloody but usuable in mixed company. See 'Feck' & 'Eejit'

eejit - Irish term meaning 'idiot'. Suitable for use in polite company. Used by my Aunt Marion.

feck - Irish term used by my Aunt Marion so it cannot be rude!

ho-ho -(pr. with a short o). Zimbabwean word for bugs.

lani - (sp?) Sthn African word - means posh, expensive, elegant, stylish.

La Villa de Lamaca - (translates from Ital. as The houseof snails. My 'green' house out in the garden with all my a/c (ref: above) stuff in it. Built by CK and Babyman for me. CK lost his fingerprints over it. I cannot actually get in there at the moment!

lubbard - derived from 'beloved'. Devised by my then two y.o. son b/c unlike his sister he could not say 'Mother Beloved'. Usually prefaced by a noun.

OfStEd - Office for Standards in Education. Bossy civil servants who would like to see every child in formal, full-time education from birth.

Q.I. - Quite interesting.

terence - sobriquet applicable to all small children. Originated with one 'borrowed' child who could not pronounce ' terrorist' .

TG - exclamation. Thank God! An interesting choice for the dictionary of a recovering Catholic but is a phrase used by my Irish family and is now deeply fixed in my conversational repetoire. (reference also PG - Please God).

TGTH - The Great Trip Home. Alt. known as 'How I spent Christmas and N.Y 2008.









Monday, 25 August 2008

Need to try and catch Seb Coe....

Having read through the previous comments and discussing things in great detail with myself I have come to the conclusion that the very best thing for the 2012 Olympics would be if A.R.S.E. took over the management of the whole occasion.

I figure we could have a collaborative event between the Sth Eastern and Nth Eastern divisions. They chat so much every day anyway they may as well use their time constructively, and so I am putting them in charge of the Opening ceremony.

Not that I am a stirrer or anything (but as the youngest of a quite few I may have some little practice) so Vicious Chicken, Monkee Maker and The N.B.M. will be given responsibility for the Closing event. I figure a little bit of healthy competition is good for an organisation so we will have an East v. West vibe going on.

With her background, technical knowledge and current educational pathway I shall require Gina Ferrari to be responsible for uniforms, both those of the athletes and also what the medal and banner carrying pretty girlies will wear.

Those holding international membership will be requested to take responsibility for their own country's uniforms and colourways HOWEVER these will have to pass the subjective perusal of the A.R.S.E. High Council (that will be me!!!).

All other members of the Society should be aware that other roles will be assigned as the programme is rolled out.

12 comments:

silverpebble said...

Top plan. I could maybe make some pretty medals.

Gina said...

I just knew you were the person to put in charge... fantastic plan! I'm just off to run up a few samples... Tesco carrier bags are red, white and blue... think I could knit something up out of those?

wonderwoman said...

can't wait to see what role you've lined up for me!!!!

Lesley said...

Yay - that means I get to do my Little Britain stylee opening event....mind you, Locket might not agree...she may prefer the Cath Kidston/Country Living route....

We may need a budget to cover our weekly meetings over the coming four years - how are the A.R.S.E funds looking right now??

xxx

Michaela said...

I've missed this one. What's A.R.S.E.? Please can I join? Oh please let me... I'll bring cake...

Di said...

I would love to see 007 as the star of the 2012 Olympics!! Monkee Maker would be a good organiser! think of a whole stadium full of Monkees!

dottycookie said...

Hmmmm, I am quite good at making tea so perhaps I could help some of the competitors recharge their batteries - whaddya reckon?

Working Mom Knits said...

Just phoning Vera Wang - will get back to you with our collaborative sketches.

Working Mom Knits said...

Hmmm - giving up my day job to take on this project.

Prelim research reveals my favorite childhood author was a Mayflower passanger decendant...what say you to prairie skirts a-la Laura Ingles Wilder?

Lucy Locket-Pocket said...

Errrrm, right, so what do I have to do again? I mean, it's four years away so as long as I start planning about a week before it should be okay shouldn't it? It's how I normally work (as I'm sure you've noticed!!!)

Locket xxx

P.S. At least I've found the A.R.S.E. uniform - and found a variation in New Look this afternoon!

Monkee Maker said...

Hmmm, although I can't really be A.R.S.E.d to organise a whole closing event, I might be able to knit up a monkee team to take part. They'd excel in such activities as Muffin Hurling or a Half-Pint Relay .... bet they wouldn't drop the glass ....

:)

Leanne said...

It's going to be a long 4 years waiting for this extravaganza.