Idle speed hunting

[Mandrake]

OP is original poster.

Uncle Merv, no idea. Maybe something addo invented.

[addo]

No, it's in the same camp as froth and bubble, or apples and pears.

[handyman]

Yes, Addo, the only thing I can come up with for 'Uncle Merv', is Cockney for what that well known antipodean, who is taking a five year sabatical courtesy of HMP, could be described as. D'ya know what it is yet?

You Ozzies are not trying to do what the Yanks do, re-invent the Mother tongue?

Not tried to pull apart an ICV yet? How do you get it to reveal its giblets, as they always look like a sealed unit you need to destroy to reveal all?

H

[addo]

Yes, you're onto the translation.

Try grabbing the pintle; you can pull it right out. The rest is crimped in but you can clean and re-grease the pintle's rack.

[handyman]

Ah, yes, 'The Pintles Rack', a very fine drinking establishment or is is another CockaKnee/Aussie deravaition?

H