I'm getting old.....

[tractor]

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Finger, but close.

phalanx [ˈfælæŋks]
n pl phalanxes, phalanges [fæˈlændʒiːz]
1. (Military) an ancient Greek and Macedonian battle formation of hoplites presenting long spears from behind a wall of overlapping shields
2. any closely ranked unit or mass of people the police formed a phalanx to protect the embassy
3. a number of people united for a common purpose
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Fourierism) a group of approximately 1800 persons forming a commune in which all property is collectively owned
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy any of the bones of the fingers or toes Related adj phalangeal
6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany
a. a bundle of stamens, joined together by their stalks (filaments)
b. a form of vegetative spread in which the advance is on a broad front, as in the common reed. Compare guerrilla
[via Latin from Greek: infantry formation in close ranks, bone of finger or toe]


HTH

Although bones in the foot are usually called tarsal and metatarsal, ask Mr W Rooney, he has a habit of bending them until they break.

This thead is beginning to remind me of Friends and Phoebe Phalange SFW

[Troll]

don't know if it is the yanks moosing up our language again as I always knew it as a body of men ....

but there is also this definition:

phalanx (flngks)
Plural phalanges (f-lnjz)
Any of the small bones of the fingers or toes in humans or the digits of many other vertebrates.

[tractor]

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I'm confused, am I dick for the gag about single mums or for calling the police because a child was in danger.

Neither.

Because you're a tight fisted, tax dodging, money grabbing b'stard who buys his cut price wine at the service station and is too tight to buy the kid a packet of fags! Whatever were you thinking?

[OwlHoot]

Because you're a tight fisted, tax dodging, money grabbing b'stard who buys his cut price wine at the service station and is too tight to buy the kid a packet of fags! Whatever were you thinking?

Hang on that's me!

The only difference is I'm not tight-fisted (if only!), and I would have bought the kid some fags - You're never too young to start

[tractor]

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Hang on that's me!

The only difference is I'm not tight-fisted (if only!), and I would have bought the kid some fags - You're never too young to start

Sorry, I think I meant tight phalanged!

[MaryPoppins]

This is general. If you can't take it don't give it.

And elk are not moose. Granted they are close to moose but they are a different species in the deer family.

To which I can only add deery, deery me.

Cheers for the lesson, knobrot.

[MaryPoppins]

I took it as banter. Still, no harm in negging eek anyway.

Aye. Gentile, given I've been upfront about my situation, I realise I'm fair game

[Cliphead]

Aye. Gentile, given I've been upfront about my situation, I realise I'm fair game

What situation?

[MaryPoppins]

What situation?

I was referencing Gentile's post above, which was referencing eek's pop at me for being a slutty single mother.

[Cliphead]

I was referencing Gentile's post above, which was referencing eek's pop at me for being a slutty single mother.

What? FFS.

Eek, don't be a dick.