b3ta.com board
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Messageboard » Message 286026 (Thread)

# Nice pic, but...
I don't get the 'scuttle' joke. :-(

Would someone please explain the joke to someone who's nbeen on the ales since midday?

Ta...!
(, Mon 26 Aug 2002, 20:14, archived)
# seriously?
.
(, Mon 26 Aug 2002, 20:17, archived)
# seriously what?
"Don't get the joke" or "been on the ales since midday"?

Both, in fact.

SHould I get me coat now, or wait 'til I'm told do?
(, Mon 26 Aug 2002, 20:33, archived)
# it's
a coal scuttle. rhymes with space shuttle. made me giggle anyway.
(, Mon 26 Aug 2002, 20:41, archived)
# Ah...
... I was thinking of "scuttle" meaning "to deliberately sink ones own ship".

/reminds himself not to think too deeply
(, Mon 26 Aug 2002, 20:46, archived)
# Back in the UK
in the old days, they used coal scuttles to store coal inside during the winter.
Coal is the substance you put on fires and makes it burn...

mmmm fire.....
(, Mon 26 Aug 2002, 20:47, archived)