Epicentre

[Bob8]

It is driving me to distraction.

Epi- means surface. So, the epicentre is the location on the surface of an event occuring above or below that point.

And, as for "global pandemic'! What has become of Radio 4.

[wilsontown]

Indeed - the epicentre of an earthquake being the point on the Earth's surface closest to the hypocentre or focus of the earthquake.

Most of the time in the papers you will see the hypocentre incorrectly labelled as the epicentre, but given all the other stuff they get wrong that's fairly trivial.

[Dave T]

Christ. We need to get out don't we? 

[Bob8]

4 minutes ago, Dave T said:

Christ. We need to get out don't we? 

We need to burn down BBC Radio 4! We must form a Skype-based, socially distanced, angry mob!

[Dave T]

10 minutes ago, Bob8 said:

We need to burn down BBC Radio 4! We must form a Skype-based, socially distanced, angry mob!

I'd love to mate, but I dont *think* we are allowed to drive... 

[Shadow]

13 minutes ago, Dave T said:

I'd love to mate, but I dont *think* we are allowed to drive... 

Depends if you were told by "A" spokesman or "The" spokesman.

 

[Padge]

1 hour ago, Bob8 said:

It is driving me to distraction.

Epi- means surface. So, the epicentre is the location on the surface of an event occuring above or below that point.

And, as for "global pandemic'! What has become of Radio 4.

Don't get me started on pin number.

 

[doc]

1 hour ago, Dave T said:

Christ. We need to get out don't we? 

Yes, but when?

[Saintslass]

51 minutes ago, Shadow said:

Depends if you were told by "A" spokesman or "The" spokesman.

 

You would be witty if you didn't have to keep relying on taking the pee out of me for your laughs.  Anyone can do that pet.  

[Shadow]

10 minutes ago, Saintslass said:

You would be witty if you didn't have to keep relying on taking the pee out of me for your laughs.  Anyone can do that pet.  

You make it so easy and I can’t resist an open goal

[Shadow]

18 minutes ago, Padge said:

Don't get me started on pin number.

 

And the biggest supermarket chain in the country is “Tesco” NOT “Tesco’s”

[Bleep1673]

47 minutes ago, Padge said:

Don't get me started on pin number.

 

Or PIP Payment.

[JohnM]

Or pre-order.... 

Or u-turn... 

Or Wi-Fi.. 

Or road tax.. 

 

 

[Copa]

3 hours ago, JohnM said:

Or pre-order.... 

Or u-turn... 

Or Wi-Fi.. 

Or road tax.. 

 

 

U-turn is a particular type of turn so I can understand ...

*** segue ****

if you want to freak out on the road.. go to Melbourne and you’ll learn about hook turns. I fear the day I use one of those intersections in Melbourne. People from interstate can be seen on the footpath just watching it in action.

This is a Melbourne hook turn sign.

 

 

[Shadow]

I think we can agree these examples are all very unique.

[Shadow]

I literally explode when someone says “slightly unique”

[gingerjon]

8 hours ago, Shadow said:

And the biggest supermarket chain in the country is “Tesco” NOT “Tesco’s”

What's the plural of Lego, eh?

[Bob8]

10 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

What's the plural of Lego, eh?

Le’ go’ er

[JohnM]

3 hours ago, Copa said:

U-turn is a particular type of turn so I can understand ...

*** segue ****

if you want to freak out on the road.. go to Melbourne and you’ll learn about hook turns. I fear the day I use one of those intersections in Melbourne. People from interstate can be seen on the footpath just watching it in action.

This is a Melbourne hook turn sign.

 

 

U turn being the current media favourite for any change in direction, however slight the deviation.

[longboard]

7 hours ago, JohnM said:

Or pre-order.... 

Or u-turn... 

Or Wi-Fi.. 

Or road tax.. 

 

 

Forward planning. 

[Shadow]

1 hour ago, Bob8 said:

Le’ go’ er

Did your wife tell you that or are you making it up?

[longboard]

11 hours ago, Padge said:

Don't get me started on pin number.

 

I once heard a functionary refer to a, "Personal identification PIN number." 

 

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

2 hours ago, gingerjon said:

What's the plural of Lego, eh?

Verbs don't have a plural......

 

[longboard]

13 hours ago, Bob8 said:

It is driving me to distraction.

Epi- means surface. So, the epicentre is the location on the surface of an event occuring above or below that point.

And, as for "global pandemic'! What has become of Radio 4.

I can defiantly say that Radio 4 journalists should of done a better job in understanding the pandemic word. I aren't being a pedent, or clever, or anything like.

[Shadow]

39 minutes ago, longboard said:

I can defiantly say that Radio 4 journalists should of done a better job in understanding the pandemic word. I aren't being a pedent, or clever, or anything like.

To all intensive purposes that's just an example of self depreciating humour, just to be pacific.