[Osx-nutters] "As mad as cheese"

[Google Kreme]

On 31 Oct 2006, at 07:31 , Cyril wrote:
> On 31 oct. 06, at 15:18, Google Kreme wrote:
>> OK, there are some "British-isms" that I use on a daily or near- 
>> daily basis.
>>
>> Pear Shaped might be my favorite, and I am waging a one man  
>> campaign to force it into the daily lexicon of the US.
> uhm… maybe what I'm about to write will say too much about my mind- 
> set, but hey. Are you talking daily about breasts? I mean, that, or  
> the general figure of a lady is pretty much all I can think of  
> being pear-shaped.

Nope, not even close.  Quite close to as far opposite as you can get.

> What does it mean to you then?

"I was driving along the freeway at 75MPH, right at the speed limit.   
However, as I crossed a bridge, there was a small patch f black ice.   
At that point, as you  can imagine, everything went pear shaped."

or

Despite the bak robbers taking 6 weeks to plan their heist, there was  
no way of knowing that at the time they planned, 14 off-duty police  
officers would be in the bank.  As you can imagine, when they  
revealed their guns and ordered everyone to the ground, everything  
went pear shaped.

It means that something has gone wrong.  Usually HORRIBLY wrong.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pear_shaped>

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