40 fascinating facts about portsmouth

[BreathingOutOnTheWayUp]

No. 27
Wild rabbits caught on Portsea Common – enclosed within the dockyard in 1864 – were permitted to be taken home by workers.

Later, it also applied to any government material that was smuggled out.

A ‘rabbit job’ was a piece of DIY carried out in work time.

Read more at:

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/our-re...cts-about-portsmouth-and-its-people-1-8369976

 

[BreathingOutOnTheWayUp]

Meantime, over at Portland, the word 'rabbit' had an entirely different connotation, locally being only whispered or even verboten.

The Dit? (I'll hold off repeating the legend I learned) Perhaps I could hand you over to Chief Inspector @janner please for the story from, ermm, the whores mouth is it?

Not having my copy of Jackspeak at hand perhaps @Seaweed, @Seadog or AN Other could kindly add that tome's version of 'rabbit' to round off these lexical definitions.

(Words sometimes intrigue me and, like @Sumo, I might even spool them 'creckly...)

Enough rabitting from this c/s for a few days - long awaited spinal decompression op. later today. Edited TODAY IS NOW CANCELLED - See Post 12.


BTW - Could anyone explain the true origin of the term 'bricking it'?

 

[Sumo]

Meantime, over at Portland, the word 'rabbit' had an entirely different connotation, locally being only whispered or even verboten.

The Dit? (I'll hold off repeating the legend I learned) Perhaps I could hand you over to Chief Inspector @janner please for the story from, ermm, the whores mouth is it?

Not having my copy of Jackspeak at hand perhaps @Seaweed, @Seadog or AN Other could kindly add that tome's version of 'rabbit' to round off these lexical definitions.

(Words sometimes intrigue me and, like @Sumo, I might even spool them 'creckly...)

Enough rabitting from this c/s for a few days - long awaited spinal decompression op. later today.


BTW - Could anyone explain the true origin of the term 'bricking it'?

Amongst this white?
https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070119115821AAqLDp1
I spell lots of words, but do not always use them in the correct placed or order, if I limit output.
Go to bar lift up number of fingers require and say beer, works all over the world, as long as you don't care what you drink?

 

[BreathingOutOnTheWayUp]

^ Yourself a former Rugger Bugger, if so = Nice Try

 

[SONAR-BENDER]

- long awaited spinal decompression op. later today.


BTW - Could anyone explain the true origin of the term 'bricking it'?

Good luck Bob.

S-B, L4/L5 laminectomy owner.

 

[soleil]

Enough rabitting from this c/s for a few days - long awaited spinal decompression op. later today.

Wishing you a speedy recovery, BOOTWU.

 

[Sumo]

^ Yourself a former Rugger Bugger, if so = Nice Try

Scored a few in my time, go do your stuff and a speedy recovery.

 

[janner]

All the best Bob, hope all goes well.
As for Portlands Rabbits the Quarrymen blamed any rock falls or accidents on their burrowing.
Chief Inspector, no I worked for a living.

 

[dapperdunn]

All the best Bob
Chief Inspector, no I worked for a living.

Can we call you Bobby as well then Jan?

 

[Sumo]

Can we call you Bobby as well then Jan?

Being an antique and with his orange tan maybe a bobby dazzler.


I’ll get my coat

 

[dapperdunn]

Being an antique and with his orange tan.

Found him:

 

[BreathingOutOnTheWayUp]

^^^ TVM Jane & S-B et al

BUT - Salisbury Hospital Sec has just rung me (and all others due on the slab today)

Message is: 'Regret Operations for all Patients cancelled due to Consultant going 'Sick-on-Shore' *

GRRRRRRRRRRR

BOOTW now stood down, standing by to stand to...


*[I guess his TORs did not include Medice, cura te ipsum.
('Physician heal thyself a proverb found in Luke 4:23)