Rude and disrespectful text messages

[claymore]

You may remember a few weeks ago I was taking some young friends sailing for a few days.
Well they had a spiffing time and I supplied plenty of pop and crisps and no-one was sick and in the mornings, the sune shone throughout and I made them cups of tea to drink before they got up. I even did the washing up.
One of them has taken to sending me very rude text messages on my mobile phone.
Do I read into this that they didn't really enjoy the weekend after all the effort I went to to keep them entertained? Does it mean that they consider me to be young at heart and wish me to be one of their gang, or is it simply a rather sad reflection on modern society?

PS - What is a tosser anyway?

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Claymore
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[Twister_Ken]

What is a tosser anyway?

Naval slang for someone who knows one end of a flag from another.

I believe your young friend may understand flags to be those things with which patios are paved. if you can toss those, you must be a very fit claymore indeed. OTOH, if he is of the Jockish persuasion, he may be referrring to caber tossers.

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[boatless]

If you'd met my Father in law....

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[Joe_Cole]

If it's a text message then it must be an abreviation. Something like "Terribly Old Sad Sailor, Early Riser"



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[jimi]

A I understand it a tosser is one in his salad days cutting the mustard with the cos .. hope that helps

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[VicS]

Didn't help me but I noticed in tonights News on tv that when Beckham was sent off for swearing in Spanish his lip movements clearly indicated that the Spanish for 'one who masturbates' is also w**k*r

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[ParaHandy]

well .. there's no gratitude, is there? the cups of tea were indeed welcome but i don't think you should hold that against us especially given the less than sunny disposition with which they were given eg 'gerra airse oot orra pit, ye clarty midden' is not normal breakfast discourse in polite company eg morningside and particularly having slaved over the 'stove' and generally assisted in and improved the fine sailing qualities of yer auld hulk ......

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[TrueBlue]

It may well be that the term 'tosser' is becoming a term of endearment amongst the young of age in the same was as those older might say 'silly old bugger' - meaning a 'delightful gentleman' with whom you may 'disagree'.

There's now so queer as folk.

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[bob_tyler]

Full naval term: Bunting Tosser or Bunts.

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[Kristal]

I get these all the time from my crew - they are particularly frequent at the moment having just sailed into the Thames, as said crewmember seemed particularly keen to navigate Knob Creek, to say nothing of the Cant.

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[BlueSkyNick]

So you won't be helping with our world record pancake, then ??!!

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[claymore]

Hmm - the usual suspects, I might have known!

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[BlueSkyNick]

I only sent it to Jimi, I didn't tell him to send it to you Mr Claymore. Honest, Sir!

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[BlueSkyNick]

How to kill a thread...

..... try making a joke, but reply to yourself instead of the intended forumite.

Its the heat, you know. Sod it, I'm off to the pub!

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[claymore]

I should have known.....far too inventive for the wee bugger

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