Delve
One who is physically and/or mentally inept.
It took me years to make the connection between calling someone a Delve in a stupid voice whilst violently slapping the back of my hand/head and Swanwick Delves, a school for the mentally handicapped a few miles away. Div.
It took me years to make the connection between calling someone a Delve in a stupid voice whilst violently slapping the back of my hand/head and Swanwick Delves, a school for the mentally handicapped a few miles away. Div.
written by Ch*is *amb*rt, approved by Susan
Why do they give 'special' schools such names? Our local one was called, for about two years, Ruggets. They probably changed the name when they heard hundreds of kids calling each other Ruggets in playgrounds all over the area. Of course if you were called a Rugget, the only acceptable recourse was calling them a Rugget reject.
written by excluded pupil, approved by Susan
The names of special schools make for strangely credible christian names; For instance, Carlton Digby, Beck Meadows, and at a push, Swanwick Delves.
Anyone would think that the founders of these mong sanctuaries are trying to give normal schoolkids insult ammunition.
Hazel Hurst is a good one for ladies who "might be better off with a more vocational education".
Anyone would think that the founders of these mong sanctuaries are trying to give normal schoolkids insult ammunition.
Hazel Hurst is a good one for ladies who "might be better off with a more vocational education".
written by an*nymou* user, approved by Log
Our local equivalent was the Mendip Hospital, closed in 1991 and since turned into upmarket (well upmarket for rural Somerset, anyway) homes.
I was delighted when on a recent return visit to my old school, I heard kids still abusing each other with the phrase \'You\'re a Mendip, you are! MMMnnnrrrr!\' complete with the universal tongue-pushed-in-lower-lip and finger rotating signage used to denote lack of mental capacity.
When I asked them what the phrase meant, they didn\'t know. I enlightened them as to it\'s origins, but they didn\'t seem to care. Still, glad to know the phrase has outlived it\'s alma mater!
I was delighted when on a recent return visit to my old school, I heard kids still abusing each other with the phrase \'You\'re a Mendip, you are! MMMnnnrrrr!\' complete with the universal tongue-pushed-in-lower-lip and finger rotating signage used to denote lack of mental capacity.
When I asked them what the phrase meant, they didn\'t know. I enlightened them as to it\'s origins, but they didn\'t seem to care. Still, glad to know the phrase has outlived it\'s alma mater!
written by an*nym*us us*r, left hanging by Log