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If you require a refund or exchange for tickets purchased for the MEN Arena show on Saturday, June 12, please read the following information:

• Complete and unused tickets must be sent to F.A.O. The Box Office, Sports Network, Centurion House, Bircherley Green, Hertford, Herts SG14 1AP. Please note, we will deal with postal enquiries only.

The following information must be included:

• Do you require a refund or exchange to the rescheduled date, probably in Cardiff in July?

• Which official agent did you purchase your ticket from?

• Do you require a credit card refund? If so, please supply card details.

• Tickets must be complete and unused, or refunds/exchanges cannot be given.

• Unfortunately we cannot refund booking fees, premiums or any costs over and above the face value of the ticket submitted.

• Please allow up to 28 days for refunds/exchanges to be processed.

It is advisable to send tickets back recorded delivery as we cannot be responsible for tickets not received.

• If you have any further queries, please call 01992 550888.

Can't refund booking fees? I'd like Loynesy's expert view on this one.

I wonder how many of the 14000 (approx) will find out about this refund offer before Saturday?

As it happens, I think it's not a bad gesture.

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:Can't refund booking fees? I'd like Loynesy's expert view on this one.

got mine back from the initial postponement. which was lucky as it was 45 quid.

and just cos i found this out heres an interesting fact while we are talking about it

Did You Know?

In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of manure were common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by-product is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen. Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening. After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term 'Ship High In Transit" on them which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.

Thus evolved the term 'S.H.I.T." (Ship High In Transit) which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.

You probably didn't know the true history of this word.

Wow. You learn something every day.

Do you watch the discovery channel for hours on end during your spare time?

nope ships / vessels pretty integral part of the oil trade mate!

thougu i am a bit partial to touch of the discovery channnel! it was meerkat monday the other day, they are the funniest animals,l 2 hors of hilarity, I want one.

What has 16th century manure transportation got to do with oil trading?

We won't think any less of you for admitting you stumbled across this information.

You don't want a meerkat. Unless i'm mistaken they're part of the same family as ferrets and Stoats. Anyone who has ever tried to catch an escaped ferret will tell you that they are creatures that are best left alone.

well oil trading and trading in general has always had ties with shipping mate.......so we deal a lot with brokers and vessel owners so you get these useless bits of information from time to time. (i got sent it if thats what your after?)

so its by association very often a lot of tanker operations for example a company like Braemar has been involved in ships for centuries pre oil shipping, in fact if you go to capetown theres a plack there about howe they used to transport sugar in 1700's and often they would inevitably be shipwrecked etc etc and theres one of bramear's tea / sugar vessels that was commemorated there even though they now predominately ship oil, have a look if you ever go its on the Victoria and Albert dock in the heart of capetown

not supposed to use the term "lets get down to the nitty gritty" anymore - not PC. that comes from shipping too, apparently slaves would be transported over in the bottom of cargo ships and become both nitty (have nits) and gritty (as in being dirty). wealthy landowners would remove all of their cargo from the ships before "geting down to the nitty and the gritty".

blimey, dont suppose its not pc if it did happen mate, shouldnt worry not taken that way

Shit stems from Middle English "shiten," stems from Old English "scitan" all of which meant "to defecate"; shit is akin to Old High German scizan "to defecate" and probably to Old English sceadan "to separate." The word is known well before the 12th century.

JohnShep wrote:Shit stems from Middle English "shiten," stems from Old English "scitan" all of which meant "to defecate"; shit is akin to Old High German scizan "to defecate" and probably to Old English sceadan "to separate." The word is known well before the 12th century.

Exactly.

There seems to have been a whole wave of hoax explanations for the origins of swear words since the advent of the internet. "Fornication Under Consent of the King" is another one. Some are fairly believeable, but the bulk transportation of manure by ship is not.

I like these word and phrase origins. Am I right in thinking the term: "playing hookie" stems from Hook, the infamous philanderer at Rourke's Drift who won a VC?
I do know 'boycott', stems from Charles Boycott, a 19th century English landowner who Irish tenant farmers decided to cold shoulder completely. Boxing has brought so many phrases to the English language it's untrue. The politically-correct BBC still love the old 'on the ropes' phrase.

JohnShep wrote:Shit stems from Middle English "shiten," stems from Old English "scitan" all of which meant "to defecate"; shit is akin to Old High German scizan "to defecate" and probably to Old English sceadan "to separate." The word is known well before the 12th century.

really mnid if i use that to rebuff my false info supplier ?
still like the romatic notion of vessels carrying crap being responsible though.

How many phrases has the Simpson's introduced to the language? I found myself saying "Hi carumba" the other day (spelling).

dont have a cow bennie
in seriousness "doh" is now pretty universally recognised as a reaction these days isnt it.
I do it all the time.
that cos Im a f*ckwit haha

Anyone know the origin of fornicate? Me and me mate have been arguing for years about it. I'm pretty sure it comes from ' For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' (or something along those lines). It was a sign hung from the jail cells of rapists in years gone by.

Kevo wrote:Anyone know the origin of fornicate? Me and me mate have been arguing for years about it. I'm pretty sure it comes from ' For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' (or something along those lines). It was a sign hung from the jail cells of rapists in years gone by.

You and your mates sound like a scary bunch..

That's a myth too Kev.

Acronyms didn't start being used until the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century.

fornicate is avery old word that comes from one or a combination of the following: Middle Dutch fokken = "to thrust, copulate with"; Norwegian dialect fukka = "to copulate"; and Swedish dialect focka = "to strike, push, copulate" and fock = "penis".

Goddamit, that means my mate was right!! And yes Bennie we are a scary/boring bunch!

J wrote:

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:Can't refund booking fees? I'd like Loynesy's expert view on this one.

got mine back from the initial postponement. which was lucky as it was 45 quid.

and just cos i found this out heres an interesting fact while we are talking about it

Did You Know?

In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of manure were common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by-product is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen. Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening. After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term 'Ship High In Transit" on them which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.

Thus evolved the term 'S.H.I.T." (Ship High In Transit) which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.

You probably didn't know the true history of this word.

Interesting...!


I thought that was an official press release for a Spunks Natwok Night of World Chumpion SHIT Boxing !!.

SHIT ?..

Shitman Hatton intimidates Twat ?..

Dont ever call funboy friday and kenny the fly boring Kevo