Game Rating: Deus Ex Human Revolution

Started by fragger, October 17, 2011, 08:48:55 PM

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fragger

He certainly didn't, that's a load of codswallop :-D

Art Blade

[titlebar]Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.[/titlebar]What doesn't kill us, makes us weirder.

durian

I don't know what codswallop means, I guess it's a synonym for bullsh1t  :-()
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Art Blade

[titlebar]Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.[/titlebar]What doesn't kill us, makes us weirder.

Art Blade

fragger, do you know the origin of codswallop? reminds me of slapping someone around with a large cod  :)
[titlebar]Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.[/titlebar]What doesn't kill us, makes us weirder.

durian

 :-()

I've just come across this interesting forum discussion regarding the "On" position of light switch in different countries:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=254126
He who understands others is intelligent
He who understands himself is wise (Tao Te Ching)

Art Blade

that discussion had one point from a Chinese that all of a sudden made sense to me: There is a little orange tap that indicates "on" -- I have one of those outside my bathroom. Because outside the bathroom you can't see whether the light is on or off when the door is shut, that orange light in the lower part (= down) of the rocker switch is clearly visible when "on." And I remember quite a few of those with a light in the lower part, never in the upper part. So we use down for on. :)
[titlebar]Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.[/titlebar]What doesn't kill us, makes us weirder.

fragger

durian, that is an interesting discussion on that forum :-X

Art, I have no idea where "codswallop" comes from, other than that it's originally an English expression. It does sound like a good slap in the face with a wet fish :-()

I'd like to know where "balderdash" comes from too :-D

Art Blade

I know "boulder dash"  :)

Here, check the links below. The second (codswallop) seems strange, I have never heard "wallop" as a synonym for beer, only for types of beating.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?searchmode=none&search=balderdash

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?searchmode=none&search=codswallop
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fragger

Cheers Art :)

Re the second one: "Testicles beer"? The mind boggles... :-()

Art Blade

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