Banastre's definitions

Bacon butty

(n.) Greasy, fatty piece of bacon in a roll that is buttered in a most wasteful way. Eaten mostly by peasants in the north of England.

I ate a bacon butty and felt my cholesterol level double.

by Banastre July 16, 2004

hulk hogan

(n.) WWF/WCW/WWE wrestler who hekd the world heavyweight championship belt for ages in the 80s (must have been over a year). Recognised by non-wrestling fans by the fact he appeared ina Rocky movie

Hulk Hogan was a crap wrestler, but he knew how to sell it to the crowd, and get an arena chanting.

by Banastre July 16, 2004

History repeating itself

(n.) Any unfortunate event that closely resembles a prior one, that could have been avoided had people payed attention to history.

The Conservative governments' idea to re-introduce poll tax in the 80s was history repeating itself, as the peasants revolted as they did over 600 years before. Only now, they had workers' unions and a mortgage.

by Banastre July 16, 2004

vimto

Some fruit drink shit
See crazy vimto

When I go swimming, I don't have any swimwear that fits, so I use a can on vimto to cover my dangley bits

by Banastre July 16, 2004

Litre

A unit of liquid measurement that the French are trying trying to make the standard worldwide, part of the metric system.

A litre of water, a 5.3 litre engine

by Banastre July 16, 2004

All the personality of an airport departure lounge

(adj.) Very boring and repetitive. Unpopular, monotonous and insipid

The employee walked into her boss' office and claimed he had all the personality of an airport departure lounge.

by Banastre July 16, 2004

a warning from history

The exact opposite of history repeating itself. This is where a party DOES take heed of what happened in the past and rectifies the plan to lead to a better future.

The big Three took a warning from history and decided not to punish Germany after world war II with another Versaille treaty.

by Banastre July 16, 2004