Thread: Educate me on bushpigs

Originally Posted by Sidney

Yeah well my world is a little more precise ... for example a bullock is a neutered bull... it was a deliberate alteration of the term bollocks, the irony of using something lacking bollocks to indicate the same meaning intended because they sound similar may be obscure, but its funny and I do that sometimes. Unlike you're own good self I find myself less amusing than I find silly wee things like bullocks without bollocks. I guess that bullocks don't give a bollocks about not having any.

If "bullocks" are the standard for being belligerent, then the sensitive wee girl thing might just be closer than you want to acknowledge.

I must apologise for appearing to care less than zero on the basis of the length of my reply..

Precision can be good, I strive for it in a few select areas, in others i find it cumbersome with a poor return for input and obviously precision doesn't always translate into accuracy.
Yes i agree, that is an obscure use of bullocks, not to my taste but humor is a personal thing. I think Ill stay with my definition if that's ok, it fits better my with less precise more agricultural world.
With the U being one tile away from the o and right next to the L a typo was an obvious conclusion to draw so I wont be to harsh on myself for not catching on. Have you been using the term for long?
I had a workmate some years ago that in his spare time was pulling logs from a delicate area with a team of bullocks. I never thought to ask if he knew how his bullocks felt about having no bollocks.

Of course its not the single word bullocks that indicated a belligerent reply, while it does set the tone to some degree its is the reply in total. I admit it could be more to the lighter end of scale so maybe somewhat belligerent would be closer to the mark.
I didn't really pay any attention to your first reference of the little girl thing but a second mention is interesting. My first thought was that is was a simple insult but tonight as I take on board your earlier critique of my comprehension ( you are inspiring me here ) and apply a little more than my my usual " jump on the obvious' Im thinking maybe not . I haven't heard it used as an insult since way back in maybe the forth form, its ineffectual in today's world and i think its far to juvenile for someone of your precision so I'm at a bit of a loss. I have a few other thoughts ticking over, none of which I'm comfortable with though . I mean it does look little creepy really, fantasizing that I'm a little girl. I know a person can do whatever they like in front of their keyboard in the privacy of their own bedroom but Id rather not be the motivation. But you might be able to help me out here, if you could reach into your bag of obtuse tricks and pullout another "bullocks" like definition that fits for the little girl thing then this seriously disturbing image I now have in my head might fade away.

Please don't apologize , I'm sure your quota for apologies is quite limited an Id hate to see you waste something so valuable on something so trivial.