the stupidist thing known to man created by gym teachers (stupidest people known to man, other than the town dunce that is...) to tortue and embarass thier students.
NO, NO, PLEASE GOD, NO!
You're lucky if you haven't done this, and I'm assuming you haven't considering you've looked it up on here. It's a test in which people (usually students doing this for P.E.) running back and forth between two points 20m apart. Each run must be synchronized with a pre-recorded audio track which plays beeps (hence the name 'beep test') at regular intervals.
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing peecalculus.