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  1. Hui, #DasLumpenpack Konzert. Selten habe ich mich derart fehl am Platze gefühlt. Durchschnitt halb so alt als wie ich, und hunderte die den Innenraum der #GrosseFreiheit36 zu einer Hüpfburg umfunktioniert haben. Inkl. Circle Pit und allem. Ich wurde ordentlich durch den Innenraum gespült und stand letztlich ganz woanders als zu Beginn.

    Witzig war's trotzdem. Muss ich nur nicht häufiger haben. Dann lieber was ruhiges, gesittetes, meinem Alter entsprechendes.

    Wie #Soen nächsten Sonntag zb.

  2. Heute vor 111 Jahren - Ein neuer Mann bringt frischen Wind und gibt Anlass zu grossen Hoffnungen beim #FCBasel ⚽️ #FCBasel1893 #heufritz

  3. I don't get how people manage to come up with songs for this week's #TuneTuesday theme #SongsFromHome. I grew up in small towns, and that's where I live.

    I guess what I *can* do is think of something geographically "nearby", and that's "typical" for this region.

    And I'm immediately thinking of two songs. Both German 😂

    #HansAlbers - Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins

    youtube.com/watch?v=ojvyG8gOOz

    Obvious choice - Former red-light district, now party location. You might not be aware, but every time I use the hashtags #DocksHamburg, #MojoClub, #Headcrash, #GrosseFreiheit36, #Molotow, #GruenspanHamburg - That's where I am.

  4. Aserbaidschan: Kaukasus, große Kulturen am Rande Europas, Teil 3

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    Wir nähern uns am 28.05.2018 der georgisch-aserbaidschanischen Grenze und merken sehr bald, dass es einen riesigen Unterschied zwischen Armenien und

    #Aserbaidschan #ReiseBerichte #Aserbaidschan #Baku #Bergkarabach #Feuertempel #Gobustan #Islam #Kaukasus #Khan #Kish #Reisebericht #Schki #Teppichmuseum #Visum

  5. Aserbaidschan: Kaukasus, große Kulturen am Rande Europas, Teil 3

    reisefreak.de/aserbaidschan-ka

    Aserbaidschan
    Einreise
    Wir nähern uns am 28.05.2018 der georgisch-aserbaidschanischen Grenze und merken sehr bald, dass es einen riesigen Unterschied zwischen Armenien und

    #Aserbaidschan #ReiseBerichte #Aserbaidschan #Baku #Bergkarabach #Feuertempel #Gobustan #Islam #Kaukasus #Khan #Kish #Reisebericht #Schki #Teppichmuseum #Visum

  6. FLAG. A groat. CANT.--The flag of defiance, or bloody flag is out; signifying the man is drunk, and alluding to the redness of his face. SEA PHRASE.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  7. MEDLAR. A fruit, vulgarly called an open arse; of which it is more truly than delicately said, that it is never ripe till it is as rotten as a t--d, and then it is not worth a f--t.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  8. FRENCHIFIED. Infected with the venereal disease. The mort is Frenchified: the wench is infected.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  9. BROTHER STARLING. One who lies with the same woman, that is, builds in the same nest.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  10. FLICKING. Cutting. Flick me some panam and caffan; cut me some bread and cheese. Flick the peter; cut off the cloak-bag, or portmanteau.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  11. LAND LOPERS, or LAND LUBBERS. Vagabonds lurking about the country who subsist by pilfering.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  12. FOXING A BOOT. Mending the foot by capping it.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  13. Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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  14. CAPPING VERSES. Repeating Latin Verses in turn, beginning with the letter with which the last speaker left off.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  15. LOW TIDE, or LOW WATER. When there is no money in a man's pocket.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  16. JURY MAST. A JOURNIERE mast; i.e. a mast for the day or occasion.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  17. LAGE OF DUDS. A buck of linen.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  18. HUNTING. Drawing in unwary persons to play or game. CANT.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  19. To FLARE. To blaze, shine or glare.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  20. NAILED. Secured, fixed. He offered me a decus, and I nailed him; he offered me a crown, and I struck or fixed him.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  21. GREENHORN. A novice on the town, an undebauched young fellow, just initiated into the society of bucks and bloods.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  22. CLEAR. Very drunk. The cull is clear, let's bite him; the fellow is very drunk, let's cheat him. CANT.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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  23. FLUSH IN THE POCKET. Full of money. The cull is flush in the fob. The fellow is full of money.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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