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Here's to all the ex smokers. I now have more money to spend on tricks (hah fat chance, the missus soon finds a need for that spare cash )

No seriously, as an ex smoker for 10 years now the only thing I miss was my impressive vanish I used to do of a lit cigarette where it used to vanish slowly from my clenched fist. I'm sure we all know how to do this but I will always remember to look on all my specs faces when they see the smoke rising from inside my clenched fist just before I show it vanished.

regards,
Valentino

mistress of magic wrote:The two identical posts by guest were by me, computers jiggered again.

i knew they were by you... only ever heard scottish people use the phrase "mingin!" heh heh

I use the phrase mingin and im from yorkshire

'yorkshire born yorkshire bred, strong in the arms, weak in the head!!!!!

I use the phrase mingin and im from yorkshire

this may be the case but for it to sound REALLY good it has to be in a scottish accent... heh heh

try saying it in a scouse accent! but not in front of your scouse R.E teacher

Hehe

It seems to be a fairly universal phrase. I would never use it myself as it sounds sooo coarse.

(left hand on hip, right hand dangles limply at wrist)

Would anyone like to let this Brummie in on the secret of what 'mingin' means?

I just spoke to one of our Scots customers and asked him the same question. The rotten s*d just said I ought to know as there are at least three songs about it:

Mingin in the Rain
Mingin the Blues
and
The Hills are alive, with the Sound of Mingin.

I wish I'd never asked now!

Curiously, I've just started reading this thread and I've something to add...

I've just spent a couple of days at a photoshoot in deepest darkest South Wales... Staying at a real swanky hotel, lots of food, lots of fine wine and merriment.

Strangely, there was a phrase being used by the local lads - which was 'minger' (pronouncer as in 'finger', not 'ginger'). The context varied from 'oh, she's a real minger' - to 'what a minger', and I think I even recall the term being used to describe a hangover 'woke up with a real minger of a sore head'.

Now, I'm not really THAT out of touch, I thought, but I'd assumed this was a Welshism... but it would seem that you guys are saying it's pretty countrywide???

The problem is, after being stuck working with these guys for a couple of days, it's kind of rubbed off, and even though I wasn't sure of the origin, I'd actually find myself using the phrase.

So, if someone could please enlighten us on the exact meaning, I'd be grateful.

Ta everso...

so if a minger is someone that is minging - does this mean that their minging attributes are called mingles

as in "look at the mingles on that minging minger?"


(does this mean I have "street cred" now? or is there no s"treet cred" in using "street cred" as a term any more?)

(OK, I'll try it again with correct speeling now I've logged in properly!)

Perhaps one who mings is a mingist or a mingician?

So, perhaps someone who repetitively is mingfull and cruel could be called 'Ming the Merciless???'

Perhaps a really bad crooner could be called 'Ming Crosby'?

Hmmm... maybe a really ugly actress could be called 'Deborah Minger'

What about that famous Austrian weightlifter, who's reputation subsided after he got terminal VD - Arnold Schwarzeminger???

And, quite sickly, that Meatloaf song about Necrophillia - 'Real Dead Minger in Love'???

Seige is definately in need of treatment...

wow! all these ideas started from the word mingin

Mingin in wrinkly terms means disgusting by the way

Mingin in wrinkly terms means disgusting by the way

What do you mean? That's what I use it to mean.