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Post by warehamgas on Nov 9, 2023 13:19:31 GMT
What sort of monumentally thick person throws a firework at a game? I'll bet he has L and R on his daps. Daps? Did you say daps? We know what he means don’t we? No one else in my family would have done but I still use it. Makes the grandkids laugh. Does anyone else use it, apart from Bristolians? UTG! |
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Post by socrates on Nov 9, 2023 13:30:40 GMT
We know what he means don’t we? No one else in my family would have done but I still use it. Makes the grandkids laugh. Does anyone else use it, apart from Bristolians? UTG! I’d forgotten all about daps but I’m going to start using it again. |
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Post by baggins on Nov 9, 2023 13:37:03 GMT
We know what he means don’t we? No one else in my family would have done but I still use it. Makes the grandkids laugh. Does anyone else use it, apart from Bristolians? UTG! I’d forgotten all about daps but I’m going to start using it again. Reminds me of PE at school. |
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Post by purdownpoacher1 on Nov 9, 2023 14:03:32 GMT
Not really. Flares/smoke bombs were not available and fireworks were only on sale leading up to Nov 5th. But I can remember plenty of examples of small rockets coming out of the Tote End in early November games in the '70s.
DrFaustus will no doubt remember the '70s PE teacher's favourite punishment was the dap!
Certainly do remember and also remember the delight the sadist perverts enjoyed while using the things. As Billy Connolly would say, "deeply, f*cking suspicious". I remember when I was attending an all girls public boarding school certain teachers taking an unhealthy delight to scrubbing pupils hands at exam tlme with extremely hot water when they were found to have significant historical dates written on the palms of their hands- I, of course,would never dream of doing such things ! 😇😇😇 |
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Post by wider on Nov 9, 2023 14:31:36 GMT
Having left Bristol in 1969 I was surprised nobody knew what I was on about saying “Daps” at a London college! Bit of a culture shock.
They didn’t know what it meant in Durham, Edinburgh or St Andrews either so it wasn’t a shock to find they had no idea in New Zealand.
Moving back to Bath it was nice to find Bathonians understood. Bit like Bristolians around The Mem proper Bathonians are thin on the ground amongst incomers these days though!
UTG!
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Post by gasg8 on Nov 9, 2023 14:34:28 GMT
Yet cinemas, concerts, theatres, trains & planes people manage to find their ticketed seat whatever time they arrive. Very true, It's fair to say it's not like the Theatre 🤣 I think it’s pretty absurd to compare going to a football match to a trip to the Theatre or sitting on a plane. I don’t have a problem with groups of mates or family choosing to sit together - it’s good to catch up at footie but it’s not easy to buy tickets at the same time as each other. So I don’t have a problem with the group of people who were sat in our seats. My son and I simply found somewhere else to sit. I do have a problem with the obnoxious p***ed up t**ts who turned up just before kick off, in what was by then a clearly overcrowded part of the stadium and demanded that we move. They dealt with the situation by standing in front of us, obscuring mine and my sons view whilst another of them went and got a steward to remove us. If they’d have arrived earlier I’d have been happy to move. Rocking up as the game starts and expecting to sit in your allocated seat is unreasonable in my opinion. |
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Post by yattongas on Nov 9, 2023 14:49:15 GMT
This likely stems from the fact that the Dunlop Athletic Plimsoles (DAP) factory was based in Bristol; it's possible that the general term daps emerged from this brand name.
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Post by Quarters on Nov 9, 2023 15:23:17 GMT
Very true, It's fair to say it's not like the Theatre 🤣 I think it’s pretty absurd to compare going to a football match to a trip to the Theatre or sitting on a plane. I don’t have a problem with groups of mates or family choosing to sit together - it’s good to catch up at footie but it’s not easy to buy tickets at the same time as each other. So I don’t have a problem with the group of people who were sat in our seats. My son and I simply found somewhere else to sit. I do have a problem with the obnoxious p***ed up t**ts who turned up just before kick off, in what was by then a clearly overcrowded part of the stadium and demanded that we move. They dealt with the situation by standing in front of us, obscuring mine and my sons view whilst another of them went and got a steward to remove us. If they’d have arrived earlier I’d have been happy to move. Rocking up as the game starts and expecting to sit in your allocated seat is unreasonable in my opinion. And if someone sober and respectable turned up late due to unforseen difficulties would you move? |
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Post by gasg8 on Nov 9, 2023 15:27:40 GMT
I think it’s pretty absurd to compare going to a football match to a trip to the Theatre or sitting on a plane. I don’t have a problem with groups of mates or family choosing to sit together - it’s good to catch up at footie but it’s not easy to buy tickets at the same time as each other. So I don’t have a problem with the group of people who were sat in our seats. My son and I simply found somewhere else to sit. I do have a problem with the obnoxious p***ed up t**ts who turned up just before kick off, in what was by then a clearly overcrowded part of the stadium and demanded that we move. They dealt with the situation by standing in front of us, obscuring mine and my sons view whilst another of them went and got a steward to remove us. If they’d have arrived earlier I’d have been happy to move. Rocking up as the game starts and expecting to sit in your allocated seat is unreasonable in my opinion. And if someone sober and respectable turned up late due to unforseen difficulties would you move? If that ever happens (it hasn’t yet) then yes. Especially if they ask nicely. |
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Post by curlywurly on Nov 9, 2023 15:35:06 GMT
This likely stems from the fact that the Dunlop Athletic Plimsoles (DAP) factory was based in Bristol; it's possible that the general term daps emerged from this brand name. If anyone is remotely interested, this is the result of a study of the main dialect terms for athletic footwear:
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Post by yattongas on Nov 9, 2023 15:39:13 GMT
This likely stems from the fact that the Dunlop Athletic Plimsoles (DAP) factory was based in Bristol; it's possible that the general term daps emerged from this brand name. If anyone is remotely interested, this is the result of a study of the main dialect terms for athletic footwear:
Always thought pumps was an American term |
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Post by yattongas on Nov 9, 2023 15:40:41 GMT
And if someone sober and respectable turned up late due to unforseen difficulties would you move? If that ever happens (it hasn’t yet) then yes. Especially if they ask nicely. Excuse me sir , do you mind fu**ing orf from my allocated seat? Thanks awfully . |
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Post by BrightonGas on Nov 9, 2023 15:42:17 GMT
If that ever happens (it hasn’t yet) then yes. Especially if they ask nicely. Excuse me sir , do you mind fu**ing orf from my allocated seat? Thanks awfully . So it was you Yatton !! |
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Post by baggins on Nov 9, 2023 15:53:31 GMT
Certainly do remember and also remember the delight the sadist perverts enjoyed while using the things. As Billy Connolly would say, "deeply, f*cking suspicious". I remember when I was attending an all girls public boarding school certain teachers taking an unhealthy delight to scrubbing pupils hands at exam tlme with extremely hot water when they were found to have significant historical dates written on the palms of their hands- I, of course,would never dream of doing such things ! 😇😇😇 You had me at all girls public boarding school. |
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Post by bidefordgas on Nov 9, 2023 16:23:33 GMT
This likely stems from the fact that the Dunlop Athletic Plimsoles (DAP) factory was based in Bristol; it's possible that the general term daps emerged from this brand name. Anyone of my era will remember daps, long before trainers arrived on the scene. |
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Post by clockendgas on Nov 9, 2023 16:53:45 GMT
I remember when I was attending an all girls public boarding school certain teachers taking an unhealthy delight to scrubbing pupils hands at exam tlme with extremely hot water when they were found to have significant historical dates written on the palms of their hands- I, of course,would never dream of doing such things ! 😇😇😇 You had me at all girls public boarding school. Did you have to reach for a tissue bags? |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Nov 9, 2023 17:27:15 GMT
I bet, in 1974, there were plenty of flares being thrown at ladies heads on news we had won promotion to Division 2...? Not really. Flares/smoke bombs were not available and fireworks were only on sale leading up to Nov 5th. But I can remember plenty of examples of small rockets coming out of the Tote End in early November games in the '70s.
DrFaustus will no doubt remember the '70s PE teacher's favourite punishment was the dap!
😞 Ohhhhh... |
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Post by baggins on Nov 9, 2023 17:32:52 GMT
You had me at all girls public boarding school. Did you have to reach for a tissue bags? Nearest sock. |
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Post by curlywurly on Nov 9, 2023 18:35:14 GMT
Not really. Flares/smoke bombs were not available and fireworks were only on sale leading up to Nov 5th. But I can remember plenty of examples of small rockets coming out of the Tote End in early November games in the '70s.
DrFaustus will no doubt remember the '70s PE teacher's favourite punishment was the dap!
😞 Ohhhhh... Sorry - I get your joke now.
I guess I'm saying it is nothing new. The individual involved at Reading will no doubt face police action and a banning order as a result of CCTV and Social media footage. None of that was around in the 1970s and plenty of irresponsible acts went unpunished.
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Post by purdownpoacher1 on Nov 9, 2023 18:37:25 GMT
I remember when I was attending an all girls public boarding school certain teachers taking an unhealthy delight to scrubbing pupils hands at exam tlme with extremely hot water when they were found to have significant historical dates written on the palms of their hands- I, of course,would never dream of doing such things ! 😇😇😇 You had me at all girls public boarding school. Yes, it was a bit of a waste of money in my case, I was always a rebel ! 💙 Utg |
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