[Osx-nutters] "As mad as cheese"

[Roger Howard]

On Tue, October 31, 2006 8:12 am, Google Kreme wrote:
> 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>

Ahhh, pear shaped = FUBAR