Current Live Stoners Gossip June/July/August 2017

[Dr Fluff]

Awesome....was hoping for an ounce and a bit dry from the last auto i took down Awhite widow CBD, and i got 41 grams even. Lots of buzz in tincture from that, and hopefully lots of pain relief!! Not bad at all for a mere 8 hours of direct light!!
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Great result!:smoking:

 

[Rebel]

nice one rebel
bit of a strange topic, it all started because someone from the Uk mentioned a Quid which is slang for a pound (£)

I always wondered what quid was! Lol when I heard it in Iron Maidens' Charlotte the Harlot. Lol

Well actually it was 22 Acacia Avenue... Lol part 2 of the Harlot series lmao!

 

[Dr Fluff]

hmm, now how did he do that?

Awesome pic by archie if it aint photoshop then is one clever photographer!
I love the Christmas mug too, proof that a mug isn't just for Christmas!

 

[epenguin]

Some terms for UK currency. Italics are cockney terms

1 Pound..........quid / nicker. Alan Wicker

£5.............Fiver / Lady Godiva

£10...........tenner / Ayrton Senna

£25............Score / Bobby Moore

£25.......Pony ?

£100.......Ton

£500............Monkey ?

 

[Dr Fluff]

I always wondered what quid was! Lol when I heard it in Iron Maidens' Charlotte the Harlot. Lol

Well actually it was 22 Acacia Avenue... Lol part 2 of the Harlot series lmao!

@Rebel

Rebel i had go check your badges and you don't have the AFN Iron Maiden badge!!!
showing your knowledge of Maiden like that, you surely should have the Maiden badge, especially as you probably made it.

For some reason my "You arty are AFN's original all star" badge has disappeared! I was so proud of that too any chance you could sort me out with another?

As for the word Quid meaning a British pound there is quite a few reasons floating around so take your pick from this list.


Why do we refer to a pound as a 'quid'?

• Brewster's suggests it comes from 'quid pro quo', an equivalent amount for something, and also suggests that it originally referred to a sovereign.

• It's short for "quid pro quo".

• One upon a time Gaelic-speaking Irishmen in the British Army would refer to "my money" as "mo chuid": "cuid"(pronounced, very roughly, "quid") being an omnibus Gaelic word for "thing", "piece", "possessesion", "collection", "money" (as in this case) - or even "a bout of sexual intercourse"! English soldiers adopted the reference to what they heard as "quid", to mean the pound.
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• Perhaps as in quid pro quo. Just as notes offer the statement "promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum" thereby indicating that they are not really worth anything except that they may be "cashed" in, then the quid comes from this idea of a like for like exchange? But I am guessing.
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• Quid Pro Quo - a thing exchanged for something else.
  
  
• When the American west was being opening up, all trading was by barter rather than money. Seeking for a common unit of exchange plugs of (chewing) tobacco called a QUID gradually gained poularity. Etymology of this is thought to be "cud" (as in "chewing"). Don't know how quids came back to UK though - so maybe just a coincidence.
  
  
• I have no way of backing this up, but I was once told that it comes from the QUID in the term 'liquid assets'.
  
  
• In Irish "mo chuid" means roughly "my portion" and is still very much used to talk of one's own portion of countable nouns: - mo chuid airgid = my (portion of) money, mo chuid eadaigh = my (portion of) clothes, mo chuid bia = my (portion of) food.
  
  
• In ancient Britain, a common form of currency was squid. Over time the pronunciation changed slightly to which reflects the current spelling 'quid'
  
  
• The paper for Bank of England notes came from Quidhampton and good notes were know as Quidhampton Notes, hence "Quids"
  
  
• A radio 4 quiz, broadcast around 18th Aug. 2011 said 'quid' originated as a word made up as a bet - to prove it could be done - by someone working in the city, saying it would be all round the city in 24 hours. He won. I don't know if it's true though.
  
  
• My guess is that "quid" is derived from "quintal" which stands for 100 base units. Because, 1 quid = 100 pence.
  
  
• Quote="Because, 1 quid = 100 pence." Well, it won't be that because "quid" has been in use since before decimalisation. In those days 1 pound = 20 shillings and one shilling = 12 pennies. So, one quid was 240 pennies.
  
  
• The British word "Quid" originated from the American Colonies (circa-1700's) when the descendants of the original Scots-Irish colonists returned to the seas as Marines for what was to become the U.S. Navy. These Marines (fighting Sailors) were known as "Squids..." (I, myself, was a "Squid" in the latter 1900's). When ousted from the colonies, the British soldiers and sailors returned home. Out of respect for the "Squids" (the descendants of the original Scots-Irish settlers of the American Colonies), prior to reaching Britain the British Soldiers and Sailors swore an oath that, because they got their "S" (then commonly known as "ass" or "arse") kicked by the Scots-Irish "Squids" of the Colonies, they vowed to never again utter the word "Squid." So they dropped the "S" and became forever known as "Quid."
  
  

 

[Dr Fluff]

Some terms for UK currency. Italics are cockney terms

1 Pound..........quid / nicker. Alan Wicker

£5.............Fiver / Lady Godiva

£10...........tenner / Ayrton Senna

£25............Score / Bobby Moore

£25.......Pony ?

£100.......Ton

£500............Monkey ?

All that talk of money woke you up my fine feathered friend
good to see you bro:smoking:

 

[St. Tom]

Some terms for UK currency. Italics are cockney terms

1 Pound..........quid / nicker. Alan Wicker

£5.............Fiver / Lady Godiva

£10...........tenner / Ayrton Senna

£25............Score / Bobby Moore

£25.......Pony ?

£100.......Ton

£500............Monkey ?

also a score is 20 quid i beleave it is in the north anyway and a bit hi to you epenquin

 

[AnonymousGrower2]

also a score is 20 quid i beleave it is in the north anyway and a bit hi to you epenquin

In the north 20 quids a deal bag lol.......deal bags the currency.....like bitcoin for geordies[emoji111]

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[St. Tom]

In the north 20 quids a deal bag lol.......deal bags the currency.....like bitcoin for geordies[emoji111]

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its all about 20 pound deals in lpool glad i dont have to buy any more street deals ditch the dealer

 

[Deadlyeight]

joints are sometimes called pies ex; "so we are going to bake a pie, come on" .. ahah always referring to the bakery in some sort.