What is going on with this site???

[Fifty150]

I couldn't even get on the website to see this page.

 

[Fifty150]

And if there is any sort of moderation, or technical support, then this thread would not be in the "hats" section.

 

[GHT]

And if there is any sort of moderation, or technical support, then this thread would not be in the "hats" section.



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Does that really matter? There are two strong thread types on TFL, and that is Hats & Jackets, both of which are extremely frustrated by this forum's slow running and lack of page pick up. So when someone highlights the problem, it doesn't diminish the frustration felt by Loungers if someone in their desperation puts their, and just about everyone else's, frustration, in the "wrong" category.

 

[hatsRme]

This morning’s results…

 

[GHT]

This morning’s results… View attachment 550135

We share your pain on our side of the pond, there's not many times that the frustration gets to me but this morning had me using some seriously colourful Anglo-Saxon language.

Let me lighten that up. I bet you didn't know that the "F" word is actually an acronym. Centuries ago, adultery, that's sex outside the sacrament of marriage, was a criminal offence. Should you find yourself hauled up before the courts accused of this heinous crime and then found guilty, the charge would stand as:
Found
Under
Carnal
Knowledge.
So next time you are heard to utter that obscenity you have a defence to hand.

 

[One Drop]

We share your pain on our side of the pond, there's not many times that the frustration gets to me but this morning had me using some seriously colourful Anglo-Saxon language.

Let me lighten that up. I bet you didn't know that the "F" word is actually an acronym. Centuries ago, adultery, that's sex outside the sacrament of marriage, was a criminal offence. Should you find yourself hauled up before the courts accused of this heinous crime and then found guilty, the charge would stand as:
Found
Under
Carnal
Knowledge.
So next time you are heard to utter that obscenity you have a defence to hand.

Unfortunately this is most certainly a false etymology, the word has been traced to at least the late 1400s and most probably has its origins in a similar sounding word from the root of another Germanic language.

 

[Bamaboots]

Who gives a ?

 

[Trenchfriend]

Actually, TFL is again working well.

 

[GHT]

Unfortunately this is most certainly a false etymology, the word has been traced to at least the late 1400s and most probably has its origins in a similar sounding word from the root of another Germanic language.

You are probably right, another definition claims it to be an acronym for “Fornicate Under Command of the King.” As the theory goes, the king at the time would legally instruct his residents to have sex, all in an effort to monitor the reproduction rates.

The one that I quoted was actually told to me, by of all people, a Catholic priest. (So it must be true!) I tell you, when you hear the "F" word from the lips of a priest it does something to your brain.

 

[Brandrea33]

Actually, TFL is again working well.

Back to warp speed here Scottie …. Let’s see if it lasts.

 

[Frunobulax]

Who gives a ?

Um, Van Halen?

 

[hatsRme]

Unfortunately this is most certainly a false etymology, the word has been traced to at least the late 1400s and most probably has its origins in a similar sounding word from the root of another Germanic language.

Possibly, more specifically from upper Austria, where the recently renamed town of “Fugging” is located?!
See! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria

 

[Bamaboots]

Don’t make me repeat myself, Charlie.

 

[hatsRme]

You could update, Greg… like they did in Fugging, Austria.

Don’t make me repeat myself, Charlie.

 

[Edward]

And then there was sixties alternative band The Fugs, who named themselves after a euphemism used in substitute for that other eff word in Norman Mailer's novel The Naked and the Dead. And so it comes full circle...

The 'Van Halen' acronym above is wat is known as a 'backronym', one retrospectively applied to the use of the word in context. There are several words a from which its use in modern English could be derived, but it seems most likely to have come via the Germanic input from the AngloSaxons.

 

[GHT]

And then there was sixties alternative band The Fugs, who named themselves after a euphemism used in substitute for that other eff word in Norman Mailer's novel The Naked and the Dead. And so it comes full circle.

Full circle? Only as far as the late 70's. Who can forget.............Never Mind the B*ll*cks, Here's the Sex Pistols?
If you want publicity, prime time television publicity, swear! There's actually a YouTube clip of that, it gained them notoriety, I thought better of it than to post it here. Likewise the poster with that headline, it's on Wiki if you want to see it.

Like Brian Jones a decade earlier, death immortalised Simon Ritchie, (Sid Vicious.) both of whom were dark, decadent and nihilistic.

 

[Nathan Flowers]

Things seeming faster for you guys today?

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Things seeming faster for you guys today?

Yes sir it is faster. Forums opening at what I recall as historic speeds. Pages opening swiftly. Pics loading with familiar slow speed.

Cheers for the changes. Thanks for the efforts.

Eric -

 

[BobHufford]

Things seeming faster for you guys today?

Now, yes. Earlier today, no. Thanks for your efforts!

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Things seeming faster for you guys today?

An hour ago, no. Right now, yes.