Damper Or Dampener?

Often misquoted.

Also serves as a reminder of this year's Operation Treacle.

“We don’t want to put a dampener on people having fun but we are cracking down on offending behaviour.”

Operation Treacle

I wouldn't have been certain whether it was damper or dampener, Dostaf.

Damper:

1. One that deadens, restrains, or depresses: Rain put a damper on our picnic plans.

I thought dampener would make sense, too, as in 'raining on someone's parade' or ' on someone's bonfire'.

Google helped me with my pedantry, Jo Anne.

I mentally questioned it a while back. I'd have gone for the dampen, as in wet, option too.

Is a shock absorber rain assisted

Occasionally.

But does not assist special brew

I always thought it was Mrs Maguire who did it on the bonfire jo anne.

Special brew needs damping.

Similar phrase any IAHHM fans will be familiar with is:



"I'll settle his ash!"

See 00:15

I didn't know who it was, Ayrefield.

"Emergency services are pulling out all the stops to ensure the Halloween and Bonfire Night celebrations are not blighted by rocketing levels of anti-social behaviour.

Operation Treacle ... will once again run over the next few weeks to raise awareness of the consequences of causing trouble.

... the campaign aims to crack down on a range of anti-social and criminal activities, from throwing fireworks to knocking on the doors of vulnerable people while trick or treating to making hoax calls.

Operation Treacle has led to significant reductions in bonfire-related nuisance behaviour in Wigan over the past five years.

The campaign is also supported by www.safe4autumn.com, a website encouraging young people to get involved in positive activities and attend organised firework displays.

Organisations across Wigan, including the council, WLCT and the Nowt2Do project based in Tyldesley will put on a range of activities for young people, many of them free.

For more information visit www.wigan.gov.uk/safe4autumn and on the Linc Website

We've had a few eggs thrown at our house recently. The youngsters seemed to be having a cracking time - we just hope the same won't be said of our windows.

I'm going to be contradictory in terms and mention the fact that 'Mischief Night' didn't get a mention.

One of my annual bugbears.

We don't have it, so don't promote it.

2011

I had a moan in 2008 too.

EDIT

And 2009

I have solved to problem of trick or treaters for my elderly neighbours, I have splattered the words, 'MURDERING SCUM' on their door.



I have made toffee onions for all!

Quite right

toffee onions - Trick or Weep

with tobascco ?

Oh you push the damper in. And you pull the damper out. Damned silly song that punkah wallah sings, keeps Sarn't Major sahib awake all bleedin' night, Hrrrrgghhhhhhcchhllhrtt!

Some happy clappy chappies, isn't it.

Been trying to find the film with Tommy Trinder in it singing that song to some french kids in a wartime film.

Found it.

The Foreman Went To France

I just love that library!

A welsh conection too!

'A welsh conection too!'

Bonus.

Indeed, boyo!

I can't find any other mention of 'settling someone's ash'.

Could you check the library, Mester?

It may be in the Welsh section.

Windsor Stickback Settle Ash

Don't leave outside around bommy night or you may have to settle for ash.

Gerroff!

Phrase must be a one off. Or peculiar to one person familiar to the writers.

settle someone's hash

Ooooohhhh that looks like an American interpretation.

Hash?

Like lobbies. Don't tell Peawapp.

Hatchet?

Ooops, wrong thread

settle someone's hash


informal deal with someone in a forceful and decisive manner: the coal merchant tried to foist boiler-nuts on us but I soon settled his hash

Here


I bet that dampened his spirits. Foisting his boiler-nuts on people; the very idea.

J1
Words of the song (concerning the old fire oven ranges)

"You push the damper in, you pull the damper out, but the smoke goes up the chimney just the same"

Indeed it is ©art©.

Apologies my disappearance last night, having problems with my internet at the moment. So if I go missing again you know why.

Carpet fitting is it mester?

No it's bloody not, you know all!

I'm going to stop posting about my mishaps on here.

I just happened to remember the Stanley knife communications incident, mester.

Posted by: joseph 1 (17586)

It usually is four strips to a roll depending on wall height and the pattern on the paper.

Reet am off to trim a carpet catch you later.

Replied: 20th Sep 2009 at 14:27



And then it all went quiet.

Aye, me too!

Apologies for putting dampener's on this very well thought out thread.

See above ^^^^

From here

Go on laugh about my mishap. The germans have a word for that you know.

So I was told. (I knew already though)

It's the one aboud digging a hole I have trouble with.

Schlimmersberg, or similar.

No not schlimmbesserung, mester. The other one 'schadenfreude'.

I knew shadenfreude. It's 'Schlimmbesserung' that the great one taught me.

"Schlimmersberg"

Come to me in private and I shall take you in my German mouth. Alles klar?

^^^^

Before he got cut off.

Gerroff!

An earlier example

It needed an airing!

Cop this earlier one.

The good old days

That was a fun read.

Before they all left.

On't coche.

Yes.

Not a damper van?

G R O A N

Dampf

Dostafs drawers?

Nice Sentinel.

Some are super.

Evenin' Mache.