Barcon
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Black is beautiful, the cheque's in the mail (post), I won't come in your mouth. All lies.
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Phrases you hate
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mammutly
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On the cheffy note, anything Jaime Oliver says
BlueMoonRisin’
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Dunno if it already been mentioned as i haven't read all pages but the phrase
about players "stepping up to the plate" really winds me up.
How big's the friggin plate ffs!
about players "stepping up to the plate" really winds me up.
How big's the friggin plate ffs!
Mugatu
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bluemoon risin' said:How big's the friggin plate ffs!
It's the batting plate in baseball. A plate of stone or metal on the ground, about a foot across.
Stepping up to the plate means stepping up to take your turn, putting yourself in the firing line.
BlueMoonRisin’
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Well you learn summat new every day as they say! Cheers for that.Mugatu said:bluemoon risin' said:How big's the friggin plate ffs!
It's the batting plate in baseball. A plate of stone or metal on the ground, about a foot across.
Stepping up to the plate means stepping up to take your turn, putting yourself in the firing line.
When i was a kid on my local estate, we'd play rounders with a bat made out of pallet wood, and run round jumpers. No sky TV in those days so i'd never seen baseball or metal plates they stepped upto.
Mugatu
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Lol, I wasn't exactly brought up on Sky myself, it was match of the day or nothing, sky didn't exist until I was about 30. The plate thing is just something I've picked up over the years.
1961_vintage
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"I have to say". No you don't - you're just choosing to and you sound like a complete cnut for doing so.
"No doubt about it". Used as if to give an opinion added authority. Popular with alky-esque rag manager and subsequently added to the lexicon of choice phrases to be used by television pundit tosser types.
"No doubt about it". Used as if to give an opinion added authority. Popular with alky-esque rag manager and subsequently added to the lexicon of choice phrases to be used by television pundit tosser types.
daveduke67
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Mugatu said:bluemoon risin' said:How big's the friggin plate ffs!
It's the batting plate in baseball. A plate of stone or metal on the ground, about a foot across.
Stepping up to the plate means stepping up to take your turn, putting yourself in the firing line.
So it's an American phrase - makes it even more annoying in that case.