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Low definition: Brannigan
Am being made to work for a living today. So to stop me writing about pigeons, and following the popularity of the last question of the week last week, here is this week's weak question of the week.
I'll give you a clue. It's a definition question. What is a 'Brannigan'? Is it:
1) A term used to refer to a man with the astounding ability to defy the process of natural selection by keeping his gene pool overflowing with cheap nasty lager. Named after Kev Brannigan, a Reading man infamous for his discovery of the practice of perpetual binge drinking (binge drinking without the interruption of breaks, except an occasional brief pavement coma). Also notable for his shameless drunken groping of women and spectacular public vomiting displays. As such, he was also an inspiration for the name of a salubrious chain of nightime entertainment venues. Allegedly.
2) A traditional heavy drinking vessel, used for consuming vast quantities of ale and then clubbing a potential sexual partner over the head so you could carry them off home. The origin of the northern expression for coming-to in a strange bed with a throbbing head and a new rash: 'Bloody 'eck, I've been right brannigan'd'.
3) A rare word, now falling out of usage, which refers to a drinking bout, spree or binge. It was made popular as a result of Heathcliff's heart-rending parting speech to Cathy in Wuthering Heights, 'Excuse me m'dear, but I shan't be in for supper this evening as I'm off out on a prolonged brannigan with the boys'.
Discuss.
Comments
Screw the brannigan, I wanna read about pigeons!
Posted by: pixeldiva at December 17, 2004 05:47 PM
Trust you to make a mockery of my educational quiz. If you pay attention once in a while you might just learn something, young lady. Anyway, writing about pigeons will make me seem oddly strange and extrememly mentally unstable. Really.
Posted by: adhoc at December 17, 2004 08:27 PM
Well they were going to figure that out anyway, sooner or later... ;)
Posted by: pix at December 17, 2004 11:17 PM
For the record, the answer is C. Well at least the first sentence of C. Educational this be.
Posted by: adhoc at January 5, 2005 01:35 PM