Author Topic: "I saw this...and thought of you" (Read 235114 times)

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #750 on:** 22 May, 2014, 04:57:47 pm »

It's too easy really - 'Bagger' is the German for excavator and digger so you see it everywhere. But combined with Bobb's Cat Boris was too good to miss - and only 85 yoyos!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #751 on:** 22 May, 2014, 04:59:56 pm »

"yoyos" - that's a new one to me. Is it common slang?

Basil · « **Reply #752 on:** 22 May, 2014, 05:40:37 pm »

Like. *Commences to use the term "yoyos"*

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #753 on:** 22 May, 2014, 05:45:06 pm »

It's common slang among English-speaking expats in Germanyland, it seems. I see it often.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #754 on:** 23 May, 2014, 01:19:48 pm »

Quote from: Auntie Helen on 22 May, 2014, 05:45:06 pm

It's common slang among English-speaking expats in Germanyland, it seems. I see it often.

Disappointed. I thought it was indigenous Deutsch.

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #755 on:** 24 May, 2014, 02:28:45 pm »

Deano · « **Reply #756 on:** 25 May, 2014, 06:19:50 pm »

Near miss by dean.clementson, on Flickr

clarion · « **Reply #757 on:** 27 May, 2014, 09:57:55 pm »

P5274737 by TJ Clarion, on Flickr

clarion · « **Reply #758 on:** 27 May, 2014, 09:58:29 pm »

P5274738 by TJ Clarion, on Flickr

LEE · « **Reply #759 on:** 29 May, 2014, 09:20:21 am »

Actually I thought of all of you...I mean what's not to like about this shop's USP?

It may as well be called "Cooo-eeee, Hey you, yes you cyclists, over here!"

Canardly · « **Reply #760 on:** 07 June, 2014, 03:58:03 pm »

Kim · « **Reply #761 on:** 08 June, 2014, 11:25:30 pm »

Mysterious purple pipe running down the middle of the M1 for miles and miles. We assume some sort of project to pipe Ribena to Scotland, managed by a certain forumite who presumably lost interest before they could install the return pipeline for the Irn Bru.

Torslanda · « **Reply #762 on:** 09 June, 2014, 12:23:35 am »

Vimto, please!

RJ · « **Reply #763 on:** 18 June, 2014, 01:40:42 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 23 March, 2014, 09:08:03 pm

P3220034 by TJ Clarion, on Flickr

And (in one sense) on a similar note:

Feudal by rjevans6, on Flickr

nikki · « **Reply #764 on:** 20 June, 2014, 11:37:02 am »

clarion · « **Reply #765 on:** 20 June, 2014, 11:57:46 am »

Quote from: Canardly on 07 June, 2014, 03:58:03 pm

Is that Sheffield? It's not Sheffield's motto, though. So maybe Sheffield Co-ops?

Canardly · « **Reply #766 on:** 21 June, 2014, 11:00:45 am »

My guess would be local Cooperative party/society or even coop cycling club. Probably several examples using the phrase e.g.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Arsenal_Co-operative_Society#mediaviewer/File:Royal_Arsenal_Cooperative_Society_Ltd.jpg

clarion · « **Reply #767 on:** 21 June, 2014, 11:10:10 am »

You're probably right. The motto sounds familiar, but I can't find anything relevant on Google.

clarion · « **Reply #768 on:** 21 June, 2014, 11:23:24 am »

Bruce, I saw this at Croydon Airport:

P6195403 by TJ Clarion, on Flickr

Pingu · « **Reply #769 on:** 26 June, 2014, 09:47:51 pm »

Oceanic Dance by The Pingus, on Flickr

iddu · « **Reply #770 on:** 28 June, 2014, 01:45:38 am »

Quote from: clarion on 21 June, 2014, 11:10:10 am

You're probably right. The motto sounds familiar, but I can't find anything relevant on Google.

https://archive.org/stream/cooperativeunion00coop/cooperativeunion00coop_djvu.txt

Name & Objects 2(c).

Generally, yes, text as given was allied with regional co-op's imagery, as they wanted.

Ham · « **Reply #771 on:** 01 July, 2014, 09:30:56 pm »

I'm curious if the remindee makes the same simple error that I did on first reading, although in my defense I was rolling along at the time.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #772 on:** 02 July, 2014, 10:22:49 am »

There is a club of Christinas - women called Christina, who meet up a couple of times a year and... I don't know quite what they do, but it's an association whose only purpose is to unite women called Christina. Perhaps they accept Kristens as well and that's the purpose of the sticker?

clarion · « **Reply #773 on:** 04 July, 2014, 10:26:30 pm »

We imagined this bus to be filled with ferts and flamey-toys:

P6275657 by TJ Clarion, on Flickr

clarion · « **Reply #774 on:** 10 July, 2014, 10:00:38 pm »

Scan0034 by TJ Clarion, on Flickr