This week's House Magazine has an advert in it for something called a "Growler". Apparently it is a giant sized hip flask. When I was at school a "Growler" was, er, something else... But best not go there.
For the curious visit www.growlerflask.co.uk
Surely you could only mean that a growler was [and is] a small iceberg ;-)
ReplyDeleteis this is related to your recent Meatloaf post?
ReplyDeleteBut one could go here!!!!!
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In Cumbria, a beef pie is sometimes known as a beef growler. Am I making things worse or better?
ReplyDeleteRS
If we all had to think of one person who is this blog's "Growler" my guess is that one name would top the poll.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's not Chris Paul.
A growler is surely a very large Iceberg, said to have got its name from the noise it makes as it travels around the North Atlantic.
ReplyDeleteBoats could hear it and hopefully take avoiding action in the dark.
Similar to the Icelandic banking system then.
RS - you're not making things worse - a beef growler is a delicious meal. So are beef flaps.
ReplyDeleteIain,
ReplyDeleteInteresting link....
If you click on the "artistic" tab, you're taken to some pictures that are...how can I say?...a bit Theo Spark...
It's another name for pork pie for some Yorkshirefolk. I wonder if William Hague has ever eaten a growler...
ReplyDeleteAre you sure you dont mean old boiler?
ReplyDeleteAnd I always thought that a 'Growler' was a four wheeler - or perhaps that does not help either.
ReplyDeleteBloody hell - that thing looks like something the cautious carry petrol in!
ReplyDeleteVerity, is there something cryptic we should read into your culrenary tastes?
verity said...
ReplyDelete- "you're not making things worse - a beef growler is a delicious meal. So are beef flaps."
It is probably best that I don't comment on the revolting image that this conjures up.
I thought they were icebergs that sat under the water level?
ReplyDeleteAdrian Yalland - "your culrenary tastes" - what is this new word culrenary? Do you mean 'culinary'? If you're going to use big words, then learn how to spell them!
ReplyDeleteAs for what you can deduce from my comment, do I really have to make it any clearer what it's meant to mean? I just cannot believe the low sophistication of the people who frequent this blog.
verity said...
ReplyDelete"If you're going to use big words, then learn how to spell them!"
You are probably make more spelling mistakes than anyone else on this blog and then claim that they are typos.
"I just cannot believe the low sophistication of the people who frequent this blog."
You are a prime example.
whether or not a Growler is a beef pie or an iceberg, you've got to admit that this is a fantastic concept for the "back pocket"! Mr. Brown could probably use one right about now !!
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