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Posted by smoothy (U4912281) on Monday, 31st July 2006
I love the message boards. Quite frankly they are more entertaining than the episodes these days.
The only frustrating thing for a relative newcomer to the website, like me, is the use of anacronyms. These really stump me.
The latest one is IMO. I've tried hard to work it out but it's got me beat.
Can you help me please?
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:57:31 GMT, In reply to: Alijay1
IMO = In My Opinion
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
HTH = Hope That Helps
HTH
, in reply to message 2.
Posted by jenny comelately (U2264457) on Tuesday, 1st August 2006
There's some wonderful stuff in FAQs and Info (just to the left of this screen) and then go in to Message Board FAQs. Some of them aren't used much these days but still worth reading about.
I wish the Bolovians and Worats would return.....
afaik: As far as I know.
Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:09:34 GMT, In reply to: jennycomelately
I wish the Bolovians and Worats would return.....Â
Jenny, Sysiphus the Worat roams around nipping ankles and causing general mayhem over at my place.
Peet, I'm not a fan of acronyms myself. Also, it is surprising how many people who post IMHO, seem to be the very opposite of 'H'. Me, well, I wouldn't be so disingenuous.....
Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:05:54 GMT, In reply to: cat_lady
Cat, it's been pointed out to me that it can also mean "In My Honest Opinion"...
, in reply to message 3.
Posted by everylittlebreeze (U2227525) on Tuesday, 1st August 2006
Jenny, you may be pleased to learn the worats have made a cameo appearance in The Bull (see thread entitled "Could you check something for me".
, in reply to message 8.
Posted by Thorkjell Tushersson, Gentleman Cat (U3698615) on Tuesday, 1st August 2006
Worats were unfortunately decimated during a recent outbreak in cat threads. They provide endless hours of fun, are easy to catch and release and reasonably tasty, but they have to be eaten tail first.
BTW, can someone tell me where 'you are Joe Bloggs and I claim my £5' originates from?
Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:56:37 GMT, In reply to: TushersCat
Some newspaper in the 1960s had a reporter who would wander along Blackpool beachfront; if a reader spotted him, they approached and said "You are ... and I claim my £5" at which point he gave them a crisp fiver and took their photo to put in the paper. Some details may be inaccurate, but in general that's the story.
, in reply to message 10.
Posted by Thorkjell Tushersson, Gentleman Cat (U3698615) on Tuesday, 1st August 2006
What? That's it? No interestingly convoluted mustard tale? Not even remotely relative to Ambridge or the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú?
Harumph.
(Strides off stage left with tail held high)
wasn't it Lobby Lobb, the newspaper reporter?
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Posted by Reggie Trentham (U2746099) on Tuesday, 1st August 2006
I think it was Lobby Ludd in the Daily Mirror (or possibly Express) in the 1930s.
Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:43:58 GMT, In reply to: RosieT in message 12
RosieT : sorry to be pedantic but it was actually Lobby Ludd who strolled around seaside towns waiting to be accosted by a passerby demanding £5 for recognising him.
Ah! Thanks, Poll and Regggie, I am obviously too young to remember Lobby. :+)
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Posted by everylittlebreeze (U2227525) on Wednesday, 2nd August 2006
I thought it was Chalky White. My father was once accosted in this fashion at the seaside, and was mortified.
Peet, then 'In My Honest Opinion' is even worse than the faux 'humble'. That makes the assumption that others' opinions are neither there own, nor well thought-out, nor, er, honest. D'Oh!!
, in reply to message 17.
Posted by posh_scouse_pinnedwithpride (U2514024) on Wednesday, 2nd August 2006
IMHO, IMHBCO is rather superior.
I Moslty Hate Oysters
Lobby Ludd was the original and Chalky White his successor in the Mirror in the 60s. I can remember his picture in the paper with a wide-brimmed hat and most of his face covered with a fan of (I presume) £1 notes.
, in reply to message 20.
Posted by Thorkjell Tushersson, Gentleman Cat (U3698615) on Wednesday, 2nd August 2006
IMNSHO= In my not so humble opinion.
I have personally never understood the point of humility, and I've yet to meet the cat who did.
I was sure it was the News Chronicle.
The News Chronicle closed in 1960.
In 1938 The Daily Mirror used an agent named "Lobby Ludd" to stroll around pre-announced seaside resorts. If you recognised him from his published photo and wanted to win the money (5 or 10 pounds, which was a good amount of money at the time) you had to approach the person, carrying a copy of the newspaper, and say to him "You are Mr. Lobby Ludd, I claim the [Prize]." The British Westminster Gazette (from 1927) and News Chronicle (mid-1930s) are believed to have used the same promotion. The phrase moved into common parlance as a phrase to indicate recognition.
And it goes back even further than this. Graham Greene used it in 'Brighton Rock' - worth a read if you haven't!!
I think "Brighton Rock" was first published in 1938.
I'm so glad I read to the end before mentioning Brighton Rock. As I scrolled past the comments, I thought "someone's going to mention BR" and eventually someone did. Well done!
Now, who in Ambridge would remember Lobby Ludd, or Brighton Rock?
Thank you, ringbark.
Only person I can think of is Marjorie Antrobus - and maybe not even her. Possibly the Vicar??
, in reply to message 27.
Posted by BarwickGreen (U3938454) on Tuesday, 14th November 2006
If my failing memory does not deceive me, Lobby Lud was represented in "Brighton Rock" by a character called Kolley Kibber, who was murdered during the story. My grandfather worked in Fleet Street in the thirties, and I remember him saying that Lobby, Lud (Lud short for Ludgate) was the cable address for the Daily Mirror. No relevance to the Archers, of course, unless the Echo should revive the competition: "You are Haydon Barrow, and I claim the Borchester Echo Prize!" Nice.
, in reply to message 29.
Posted by Rose Sal Volatile Parade (U4705648) on Tuesday, 14th November 2006
Oh! oh! - My Dad actaully did it on Brighton prom in the 1960s I suppose it must have been. He tapped the man on the shoulder and said the piece and got the money! It was very exciting - (in the telling, I wasn't there.)I know he set out deliberately with a copy of the paper to try and spot him though, it wasn't just accidental.
My Mum won £10 once for the slogan 'toast toppers are the tops'.
So that makes them a very clever pair, I think.
Am I off topic now? Sorry.
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