Cannot Retrieve Thread

[thegaff]

Can anyone point me to the thread which was started last week by a poster called "Golden Messenger" and was entitled "You won't beleive your ears" or something along those lines.

I found the thread very entertaining but now I am unable to find it. It seems to have disappeared. Can anyone help me?

[The Good Michael]

Probably deleted because he was insane.

Mike

[halomanuk]

Yep it's been deleted it seems,along with his whole account.
Gone back to ga-ga land methinks...

[thegaff]

I thought so. Thanks for the quick reply. I'll never forget some of his quotes. "Why do you all enjoy visiting a website about a serial killer" leading him to conclude that we all had serial killer instincts. Therefore anyone interested in crime (police officers included) must be criminals. Class!

[halomanuk]

Yep,the guy was a plonker,but it didn't help some people believing what he was typing and encouraging him - just shows how gullible some people are even in these times.

[thegaff]

I didn't realise that whole threads were deleted. Is this normal practice anyone know or was it in order to protect the individual concerned?

[Ally]

What I find interesting is a brand new poster coming on right off the bat starting a thread that is completely devoted to a poster who was just banned.

[halomanuk]

Tell it like it is Ally my sweet...

[smezenen]

THEGAFF,
Which definition of Gaff are you intending with your screen name?

AS A NOUN:
1. A large iron hook attached to a pole or handle and used to land large fish.
2. A spar attached to the mast and used to extend the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
3.
a. A sharp metal spur or spike fastened to the leg of a gamecock.
b. A climbing hook used by telephone and electric line workers.

AS SLANG:
4. A trick or gimmick, especially one used in a swindle or to rig a game.
5. Harshness of treatment; abuse.
6. Transgender devise worn to hide male genitals.

AS A VERB:
7. To hook or land (a fish) using a gaff.
8. To equip (a gamecock) with a gaff.

Or is there another meaning im not aware of?

[Mike Covell]

6. Transgender devise worn to hide male genitals.

Really?

How about Gaff, as in, "Everyone round to my gaff"

[smezenen]

Really?

Yes really

[thegaff]

THEGAFF,

Or is there another meaning im not aware of?

Actually yes Smezenen, to make a gaff (verb) is also to make a pig's ear of something. Maybe your Collins needs updating.

When I chose the name, a few years ago now, it was meant to be short for thegaffer.

Ally: I totally agree

[Limehouse]

Isn't gaff also a slang word for your place of residence - i.e. come and stay at my gaff?

[Archaic]

Hi, I think it's the word "gaffe" that means "to make a big mistake, embarrass oneself, or totally blow it."

(I'm going to run away from this thread now because I agree with Ally; it smells kinda fishy.)

Have fun! Archaic

[smezenen]

Actually yes Smezenen, to make a gaff (verb) is also to make a pig's ear of something. Maybe your Collins needs updating.

When I chose the name, a few years ago now, it was meant to be short for thegaffer.

Ally: I totally agree

Sorry I didnt use Collins, I used Merriam-Webster's for the main definitions then added the slang terms I knew.

So you are using the shortened version of The Gaffer as in "to do a bad job of something" that is my understandign of the slang of "to make a pigs ear" of something. is that correct?

I also understand the british slang term Gaffer means boss or old man aslo.
Here on the west coast of America the term would mean you are the head of the electrical and lighting department for a film production crew.