To create a foul odor, as if to ward off vampires and hobgoblins.
Making beans is instinctual, the maker has no choice in the matter.
Making beans is instinctual, the maker has no choice in the matter.
by auntanya July 22, 2009
by Sodnods June 29, 2020
It's a British sort of joke phrase such that when asked the reply or answer is:
Bean, bean, bean and a half, half a bean and a bean.
My father used to ask me this when I was young and it was told to me as,
"Two beans, a bean and a half, half a bean and a bean."
After looking at various sources trying to figure out why anyone started saying this at all, I came across many versions. They all seem to contain most of the following parts in some arrangement: two beans, a bean, bean and a half and half a bean. I decided on this version because if listen you can hear the rhythm like a poem.
"Bean, bean, bean and a half, half a bean and a bean."
Oddly about 1 in 5 of the answers didn't actually add up to 5 beans.
Bean, bean, bean and a half, half a bean and a bean.
My father used to ask me this when I was young and it was told to me as,
"Two beans, a bean and a half, half a bean and a bean."
After looking at various sources trying to figure out why anyone started saying this at all, I came across many versions. They all seem to contain most of the following parts in some arrangement: two beans, a bean, bean and a half and half a bean. I decided on this version because if listen you can hear the rhythm like a poem.
"Bean, bean, bean and a half, half a bean and a bean."
Oddly about 1 in 5 of the answers didn't actually add up to 5 beans.
The father turned to his little boy and asked, "How many beans make 5?" To which his son replied with great enthusiasm,
"Bean, bean, bean and a half, half a bean and a bean!"
"Bean, bean, bean and a half, half a bean and a bean!"
by S. Whiplash May 9, 2018
An old British expression, used in the context "he knows how many beans make five", meaning "he knows his stuff" or referring to one who's good at mathematical puzzlers. Derives from the days of the abacus, when the wooden beads (beans) were moved along in various increments.
by Arthur Bostrom October 27, 2003
British term. A shibboleth designed to establish whether a person had learned nonsense rhyme "one bean ,two bean,a bean and a half and half a bean" from his Nanny and thereby establish upper or upper middle class origins.
by Thorhalland August 29, 2008
Seedy sex game played in the bars of Pattaya, where a man guesses the age of a woman based on the view of her clitoris. Played as a best of 5.
by fen riss August 18, 2011