Yes.Looks like a kava kave that could hold most of the regular members of kavaforums... potential indeed, let's have a whip round!
Looks like a kava kave that could hold most of the regular members of kavaforums... potential indeed, let's have a whip round!
WTH is the origin of that idiom? "If you don't help raise money for George's breast reduction surgery, we will whip you." Is that what is implied?Cambridge English Dictionary said:
I'm not sure to be honest where it comes from but that's not the implication. It's used most frequently when you're in the bar and there is a big group of lads. They'll all put £30 in a pint jug and that's the drinks fund for the night.WTH is the origin of that idiom? "If you don't help raise money for George's breast reduction surgery, we will whip you." Is that what is implied?
I see. Maybe it's more like "Whip that wallet out of your pocket!", like when you are in a pub and a big group of lads all whip it out.I'm not sure to be honest where it comes from but that's not the implication. It's used most frequently when you're in the bar and there is a big group of lads. They'll all put £30 in a pint jug and that's the drinks fund for the night.
I am sorry but I am still confused. All it says about why it is called a whip round is
I guess I lack imagination. The quote below that one suggests that the shilling given for more wine was itself like a "whip", in the sense of something painful that must be endured (if one wanted more wine). The quote above that one seems to suggest that those who want more wine in the officers' mess hall should be whipped, or they are whipped if they don't pay their shilling. But aren't the officers the whippers, not the whippees?It doesn't take much imagination to see how the process became known as a 'whip round'.
Still not clear. Did it used to have to do with whipping? Could officers on a ship whip those of lower rank, or get whipped by the Captain? Or did they mean it in a jocular fashion?You would just say... Look at the size of George's mama's, we should have a whip round to help him get them sorted out. Then all his friends would chip in whatever sum and he could go and get the surgery done. If one of them decided they didn't like George anymore or actually preferred him with big breasts then they could just say no thanks and not contribute. That wouldn't lead to them being whipped. I hope this clears it up? ;-)
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I will be generous and assume the kava was to blame.
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