Definitions by Kung-Fu Jesus

make a stormy sea calm 

(v.) To enter as a nuetral party into a debate and use maturity to settle both sides to a compromise.

He can make this stormy sea calm again...

make a stormy sea calm by Kung-Fu Jesus May 8, 2004

lead balloon 

(n.) A proverbial lead balloon is an idea which is garuanteed to fail.

The League of Nations

lead balloon by Kung-Fu Jesus May 8, 2004

tug-of-war

(n.) A test of strength and grip. Two teams line up on either side of a line and try to pull the other team over with a rope everyone holds.


It is also used as a metaphor in any event (usually political or gang-related) where two teams are trying to constantly outdo eachother.

It was a tug-of-war trying to get funds for the new project at work today. Smith kept trying to get money for his office from the boss while I wanted it to refurnish the office i work in.

tug-of-war by Kung-Fu Jesus May 8, 2004

Malvinas

(n.) Island group off the coast of Argentina. Commandered by Britain in 1834 as a re-fuelling post for down under and the south americas. Owned by Argentina for a short stint in the eighties, until Thatcher sent in the Royal navy and some sea harriers to destroy thier sorry military.


The correct term is "The Falkland Islands".

Ay-ay-ay! La malivinas! Ingles! Ay-ay-ay!

Malvinas by Kung-Fu Jesus May 8, 2004

boot sale 

(n.) A collection of pikeys selling stolen goods from the back of a Ford Escort in a private field. Also where one can find single mothers selling thier dead relatives' jewellry and dresses. What the lower class British used pre-ebay

I went to a boot sale when I was seven and bought some un-opened (meaning stolen from a shop instead fo a house) toys and a 1984 almanak-style book for 20p. I also traded a pack of mouldy cigarrettes for a Thundercats figure.

boot sale by Kung-Fu Jesus May 8, 2004

quarter 

(V.) To spare the life of an conquered foe.

Do not grant enemy troops quarter.

quarter by Kung-Fu Jesus May 8, 2004

bottomless pit 

(n.) A situation of eternal decay.

Spains' )then the worlds' richest country) economy fell into a bottomless pit at the end of the sixteenth century, from which it never fully recovered.

bottomless pit by Kung-Fu Jesus May 8, 2004