The sporting events gardeners participate in at the first sight of sunrise, tormenting local residents with their obnoxious, gas powered tools. These sporting events usually take place in apartment complexes, a couple days a week, beginning early in the morning and last the majority of the day.
The Gardening Olympics started at 6am this morning and went on well into the afternoon. Needless to say, I was unable to sleep in and now have a headache. I think today's events were rock mowing, sidewalk raking, and the power decibel endurance leaf blow. FML.
The act of urinating in bushes after dark. The phrase is attributable to the R.E.M. song of the same name, written after the band was driving in a van after a show in the early 1980's and directed the van's driver, drummer Bill Berry, to pull to the side of the road so that the other band members could engage in some "night gardening" on the roadside bushes.
The cops gave him a ticket because he was caughtgardening at night over off Broad Street.
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.