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Keefaz

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"steven taylor has nailed his colours to the mast and says he will remain at newcaslte despite relegation"

 

"dave, it was a great party last night, ill nail my colours to the mast and help you clean up"

 

Again, a nautical term from the days of sea-faring wars.

rubbish..it's from the days of remote control boats at paddy freemans when you had to identify your frequency with little coloured flags on a board so you didn't conflict with the controls of another boat. i believe it also happens in the high revving world of remote controlled cars.(or at least it used to....and no i didn't have a boat, a friend did)

 

Cool, Sir Walter Scott had a remote controlled boat 200 years ago :)

i wasn't being serious you know.
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Early doors.

 

From pub opening hours.

 

Does it not count if it has origins somewhere else? I never heard anyone say "early doors" except in a football context.

ron atkinson was the first person i heard use it. sure he meant to say "early days" but mispronounced it and was too pig headed to own up.
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"steven taylor has nailed his colours to the mast and says he will remain at newcaslte despite relegation"

 

"dave, it was a great party last night, ill nail my colours to the mast and help you clean up"

 

Again, a nautical term from the days of sea-faring wars.

rubbish..it's from the days of remote control boats at paddy freemans when you had to identify your frequency with little coloured flags on a board so you didn't conflict with the controls of another boat. i believe it also happens in the high revving world of remote controlled cars.(or at least it used to....and no i didn't have a boat, a friend did)

 

Cool, Sir Walter Scott had a remote controlled boat 200 years ago :)

i wasn't being serious you know.

 

I didnt think you were :)

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Is that not more a technical term?

 

It's just the thought of him going through on the keeper and physically pulling his ribs apart of whatever.

I always had it down for more, not hunching over the ball so you drag the shot, opening up to give you more control of the shot.

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Is that not more a technical term?

 

It's just the thought of him going through on the keeper and physically pulling his ribs apart of whatever.

I always had it down for more, not hunching over the ball so you drag the shot, opening up to give you more control of the shot.

 

Can you draw a diagram to help others understand what the fuck you are gibbering on about?

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Is that not more a technical term?

 

It's just the thought of him going through on the keeper and physically pulling his ribs apart of whatever.

I always had it down for more, not hunching over the ball so you drag the shot, opening up to give you more control of the shot.

 

Can you draw a diagram to help others understand what the f*** you are gibbering on about?

Grandad, look at the picture below, note how Mr Fabregas (Aye one of the bloody foreigners ruining OUR game ;) ) has his body open, at the point at which he strikes the football.

 

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44086000/jpg/_44086060_fabregas_416.jpg

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You've proven my point though, Kezman. It's a phrase unique to football in that his body isn't physically open. :lol:

But it is! The reading I take it his arms are out he's leaning back, if his arms were in and hunched over his body is closed.

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When a player is one-on-one with the 'keeper and misses, more often than not it's because he didn't "open his body up".

 

The phrase or something like it, I believe, is also used in The Hold Steady's song Same Kooks. I've little idea what it means in that context, either, tbh. I think it might be rude.

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