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Post by haulierp on Aug 5, 2016 14:44:56 GMT
Its a strange name for a burger place,don't you think ? No beef related connections spring to mind, 'tis true, but then there's none with McDonalds either. Yeah but McDonalds were the actual name of a burger restaurant that a guy named Ray Kroc visited one day and was so impressed he bought and franchised the company.Therefore there is a story there.Byron I think just sounds like the name put forward by some advertising agency,sorry I am too disinterested and lazy to Google it.  |
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Post by PaulG2 on Aug 5, 2016 16:54:50 GMT
No beef related connections spring to mind, 'tis true, but then there's none with McDonalds either. Yeah but McDonalds were the actual name of a burger restaurant that a guy named Ray Kroc visited one day and was so impressed he bought and franchised the company.Therefore there is a story there.Byron I think just sounds like the name put forward by some advertising agency,sorry I am too disinterested and lazy to Google it. Perhaps Lord Byron used to hang out with the Earl of Sandwich?  I'll get my coat..... |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Aug 5, 2016 17:18:20 GMT
Never heard of them until you posted this Paul, but long may these sting ops continue I have never been in one either Peter.You see all these Fancy Burger places and think to yourself why ? its only a burger on a bun,how many variations can you have to justify these extortionate prices. I've never been to Byron Burgers but I did go to the burger restaurant by Gas Street visitor moorings earlier this year and although it was about twice the price of a burger meal in McDonalds, you really couldn't compare the two. |
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Post by twbm2 on Aug 5, 2016 23:07:37 GMT
Yeah but McDonalds were the actual name of a burger restaurant that a guy named Ray Kroc visited one day and was so impressed he bought and franchised the company.Therefore there is a story there.Byron I think just sounds like the name put forward by some advertising agency,sorry I am too disinterested and lazy to Google it. Perhaps Lord Byron used to hang out with the Earl of Sandwich? I'll get my coat..... You'll have to lettuce think about that. |
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 6, 2016 11:51:54 GMT
Byron burgers make you vomit,
They're made of Wallace and Gromit.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 6, 2016 11:54:07 GMT
I went in a 5 Guys once, £7 for a burger, on its own, I didn't stop. That's a 'queer' price. Haha! Geddit???!! |
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Post by twbm2 on Aug 6, 2016 11:57:46 GMT
I went in a 5 Guys once, £7 for a burger, on its own, I didn't stop. That's a 'queer' price. Haha! Geddit???!! So how are things in the 70's? FFS. |
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Post by JohnV on Aug 6, 2016 12:12:59 GMT
That's a 'queer' price. Haha! Geddit???!! So how are things in the 70's? FFS. The 70's ? I remember the 70's we all had a great time, Happy and gay |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Aug 6, 2016 19:56:39 GMT
That's a 'queer' price. Haha! Geddit???!! So how are things in the 70's? FFS. Sometimes words were in existence before the Politically Correct Brigade pounced on them and decided on our behalf that they were no longer fit to be spoken...  |
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Post by twbm2 on Aug 7, 2016 9:38:04 GMT
But sometimes the opposite, with words like 'gay' being hijacked and causing tittering and sniggers if you use it in it's original English meaning. All about the positive or negative connotations I suppose, 'queer' more negative.
I can't remember which Burger Chain took, er, pride in the availability of benders in it's establishments but suspect it was an American one. It just wouldn't have been British for the staff to point out the colloquial use - they probably had a good laugh about about whilst having a fag behind the premises.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Aug 7, 2016 14:29:10 GMT
I can't remember which Burger Chain took, er, pride in the availability of benders in it's establishments but suspect it was an American one. It just wouldn't have been British for the staff to point out the colloquial use - they probably had a good laugh about about whilst having a fag behind the premises. Actually, no, it was that most British of burger chains, Wimpy. |
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Post by haulierp on Aug 7, 2016 15:15:12 GMT
I can't remember which Burger Chain took, er, pride in the availability of benders in it's establishments but suspect it was an American one. It just wouldn't have been British for the staff to point out the colloquial use - they probably had a good laugh about about whilst having a fag behind the premises. Actually, no, it was that most British of burger chains, Wimpy. I,ll have a shake with the large Bender please |
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Post by PaulG2 on Aug 7, 2016 15:32:45 GMT
But sometimes the opposite, with words like 'gay' being hijacked and causing tittering and sniggers if you use it in it's original English meaning. All about the positive or negative connotations I suppose, 'queer' more negative. I can't remember which Burger Chain took, er, pride in the availability of benders in it's establishments but suspect it was an American one. It just wouldn't have been British for the staff to point out the colloquial use - they probably had a good laugh about about whilst having a fag behind the premises. Funny how a bit of water changes the language so. Although "queer" had a bad connotation back when I was a lad, it has recently been commandeered by the LGBT (now also known as LGBTQ) groups as a self-imposed description just like gay. When you think about it, taking the pejoratives away from the haters must cause those haters all kinds of well deserved angst. Oh, and over here, "...having a fag behind the premises." would translate to something like "shagging a bender out back". |
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Post by haulierp on Aug 7, 2016 15:41:02 GMT
But sometimes the opposite, with words like 'gay' being hijacked and causing tittering and sniggers if you use it in it's original English meaning. All about the positive or negative connotations I suppose, 'queer' more negative. I can't remember which Burger Chain took, er, pride in the availability of benders in it's establishments but suspect it was an American one. It just wouldn't have been British for the staff to point out the colloquial use - they probably had a good laugh about about whilst having a fag behind the premises. Funny how a bit of water changes the language so. Although "queer" had a bad connotation back when I was a lad, it has recently been commandeered by the LGBT (now also known as LGBTQ) groups as a self-imposed description just like gay. When you think about it, taking the pejoratives away from the haters must cause those haters all kinds of well deserved angst. Oh, and over here, "...having a fag behind the premises." would translate to something like "shagging a bender out back". You raise an interesting point there about taking the pejoratives away from the haters,can I ask a stupid question,why do you suppose the Black Community haven't done similar |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Aug 7, 2016 15:48:34 GMT
Oh, and over here, "...having a fag behind the premises." would translate to something like "shagging a bender out back". Yes, in the UK, a "fag" is a cigarette and a "faggot" is a ball of minced pork in gravy. I'd say a fair proportion of British people are aware that both of these words are used as derogatory terms for homosexuals in the US, but neither word is ever understood to mean anything other than cigarette or meatball in the UK. |
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