Difficult crew morale question re England/South Africa

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I am planning a transatlantic trip in the near future and need advice regarding one particular member of the crew who hails from another country other than England. South Africa, actually. I am wondering if anyone has any hints or tips on how to cheer him up when his team lose at rugby? Obviously, as an English person I am fine about winning/losing either way in the final, cos after all, we won it last time so it'll be rather bad mannered to hog the trophy time after time and we ought to let someone else have it for a while, and RSA seems like a nice choice cos they've not even won the soccer world cup like England and Argentina. Hopefully the very sporrting Argies and then the nice polite English might let him have his day in the sun, so to speak. All thoughts and ideas gratefully received.
 
Just rip the p*ss out of him when they lose, much more fun, he's more used to that anyway.
They are used to losing, just think back to the boer war, at least we are not going to put him in a concentration camp like last time and he'd do the same to you anyway!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Uhm, I rather think he's referring to *us* having invented them about 35 - 40 years before Uncle Adolf took up the idea /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Anyway, just instruct the other crew not ever, under any circumstances to use the words spider, rock, back, hairy or yarpie in any combination and all should be well
 
concentration camp origins

ah, don't thjink it is true that brits invented contration camps. An earlier use was by the spanish in Cuba, hauling all the civilian population off the land to stop them supporting guerillas. And, very pleasingly somehow, the spanish commander reponnasible had German ancestry.

Isn't this fun?! Oh and i was in Venice the other day which again reminds me of Ghettos. There used to be a printing works in Venice owned by a Mr Ghetto, see, and when all the Jews were confined to that area it was known as "the ghetto" and hence all such areas took the same name.

This raises the marvellous possibility of having your name preserved for posterity, along the lines of Gordon Bennett or indeed. less attractively, Mr Ghetto. Perhaps "Raewald" could refer to fabulous hangover? Or it could be the exclamation one makes at the urinal partway through a long session in the pub. Or is it that already?
 
Re: concentration camp origins

Ah, the 'Raedwald tangle' has already passed into common usage in the ports and harbours of the South coast - and it's a knot that starts out as a Clove Hitch, includes a half Carrick Bend, and changes back to a Sheet Bend at the end. With an extra Granny Knot included for safety. Best untied with a sharp knife.
 
Re: concentration camp origins

Umm. I like the idea of the eponymous Mr Getto, but the term originates from a word meaning "gated area". That was a part of the city where the Jews went at the end of the working day, and then they shut a gate behind them, so they had all their family and religious life within one single area.
 
Re: concentration camp origins

ok, i used poetic licence (ie made up) re the Mr Ghetto bit, but it was definitely a geographical district of Venice, yes? So surely -but for this historical happenstance- it *could* have been the Warsaw Hampstead Garden Surburb?
 
Oiy! I was refering to the camps we put the unfortunate boers in during the boer war! and well you know it!
 
There's your answer !

Radweld-When hope eternal springs a leak,Radweld can mend a broken heart..

Might need to administer it discretely though in the mid-night coffee brew up.
 
Hah. Heard them all before.

We Wuffingas are nothing if not thick skinned - well, if you've got relatives called Worpwald and Sigeberht you have to be. And never mind King Anna. Or his peculiar hobbies. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I think that it is you sir, and the rest of your crew, that should be rehearsing how to bow down at his feet and pipe him on board.
 
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