Anyone missing a shovel? (let's call a spade a shovel)

Jesus Wept

Found a shovel around the side passage (easy now) of the house this evening.
I suppose some kids must of thrown it over the wall.


Description:

It's about 3 foot high, consisting of a combination of metal (type unknown) and wood (type unknown), it's well used but in good nick.

DonJose

Sounds like somebody was planning on breaking into your house!!!

Jesus Wept

DonJose wrote: »

Sounds like somebody was planning on breaking into your house!!!

Were they planning on digging underneath the house and comming up through the floorboards??

FunkZ

The-Rigger wrote: »

Were they planning on digging underneath the house and comming up through the floorboards??

Probably, that's the way the inner city Turkish gangs do it these days.

Kold

It's mine. Can I have it back?

Slidey

christy moore is branching out, in fact that is what the handle is made of

Jesus Wept

Kold wrote: »

It's mine. Can I have it back?

Can you describe it?

Peared

That sounds very very very like a shovel I lost whilst wall climbing recently.

Kold

The-Rigger wrote: »

Can you describe it?

It's about 3 foot high, consisting of a combination of metal and wood, it's well used but in good nick....

Gimme.

Jesus Wept

Kold wrote: »

It's about 3 foot high, consisting of a combination of metal and wood, it's well used but in good nick....

Gimme.

No, that was just an elaborate ruse to flush out thieving bastards like yourself!

Good day sir. :mad:

Peared

By process of elimination... the shovel be mine.

shinny

Was it anything like this?.....

The Shovel

Jesus Wept

shinny wrote: »

Was it anything like this?.....

The Shovel

Nay.

Peared wrote: »

By process of elimination... the shovel be mine.

The shovel in question is firmly planted in the ground, and inscribed on the side read the words:

'"Who so pulleth out this shovel of this ground is rightwise king born of Ireland."

Peared

Make up your mind now boy, is it a spade or a shovel?

I havent come all this way to be quibbling over a mere spade.

shinny

The-Rigger wrote: »

Nay.

Good, you can sleep easy tonight so

Jesus Wept

Peared wrote: »

Make up your mind now boy, is it a spade or a shovel?

I havent come all this way to be quibbling over a mere spade.

What is the difference between a spade and a shovel? I am trying to find the answer.

shinny wrote: »

Good, you can sleep easy tonight so

I wonder what happens in that movie? :eek:

shinny

The-Rigger wrote: »

I wonder what happens in that movie? :eek:

I dunno, but it all started out with a shovel at the side of the house :eek:;)

Adyx

The-Rigger wrote: »

I wonder what happens in that movie?

At a guess, I'm gonna say Two Girls, One Cup but on a larger scale!:eek:

Peared

Well to use very technical language and an explanation that comes from years of study of the dark art of shovelry, the differences are as follows

A shovel Used by workmen and the like, long handle, occasional use for bashing undesirables on the head.

A spade
Something kiddies use on the beach. Plastic usually.

Being a woman of some standing I would not be seen on the street mit spade. A shovel on the other hand would lend me an air of gravitas and casual cool.

BrandonBlock

DonJose wrote: »

Sounds like somebody was planning on breaking into your house!!!

I was actually thinkin the exact same thing reading this. A few years ago someone broke into our house 1 night we were all out, they left a shovel out the back garden against the wall. The gardai took it away anyway.

The-Rigger wrote:

Were they planning on digging underneath the house and comming up through the floorboards??

A lot of doors and windows can be forced open using shovels, also handy as a weapon if they are interrupted. I ehhhh.. read that somewhere..

Jesus Wept

Peared wrote: »

Well to use very technical language and an explanation that comes from years of study of the dark art of shovelry, the differences are as follows

A shovel Used by workmen and the like, long handle, occasional use for bashing undesirables on the head.

A spade
Something kiddies use on the beach. Plastic usually.

Indeed. Google would disagree with your definitions of a spade.

Peared wrote: »

Being a woman of some standing I would not be seen on the street mit spade. A shovel on the other hand would lend me an air of gravitas and casual cool.

I don't doubt it.

randylonghorn

Peared wrote: »

Well to use very technical language and an explanation that comes from years of study of the dark art of shovelry, the differences are as follows

A shovel Used by workmen and the like, long handle, occasional use for bashing undesirables on the head.

A spade
Something kiddies use on the beach. Plastic usually.

Being a woman of some standing I would not be seen on the street mit spade. A shovel on the other hand would lend me an air of gravitas and casual cool.

No no no no no!

Jeez, bloody Dubs, do yiz know anything?!!

A spade is designed for digging, a shovel on the other hand is more suitable for moving sand / loose earth etc. from one place to the other.

Ruu_Old

You call that a knife? THIS is a knife!

Jesus Wept

Ruu wrote: »

You call that a knife? THIS is a knife!

That's not a knife, this is a knife!

Peared

randylonghorn wrote: »

No no no no no!

Jeez, bloody Dubs, do yiz know anything?!!

A spade is designed for digging, a shovel on the other hand is more suitable for moving sand / loose earth etc. from one place to the other.

Im a Dub?

And..

But.. but.. but..

"Dont forget your shovel if you want to go to work"

Its a proper song.

Work=digging.

Therefore Im right.

randylonghorn

Peared wrote: »

"Dont forget your shovel if you want to go to work"

Its a proper song.

Work=digging.

Therefore Im right.

Well, I may have misguessed on Dublin, but with that kind of logic, you are definitely a woman!

Jesus Wept

Why does a shovel look more like spade and yet a spade doesn't look like a spade.

Peared

Yess! Theres no fighting girllogic.

So, I win.

I will be expecting Mr Rigger on his trusty steed before daybreak to deliver said shovel.

Peared

Also, we are always encouraged to call a spade a spade.

If they were one and the same surely we would be calling a spade a shovel.

Jesus Wept

Peared wrote: »

Yess! Theres no fighting girllogic.

So, I win.

I will be expecting Mr Rigger on his trusty steed before daybreak to deliver said shovel.

Please see this post:

The-Rigger wrote:

The shovel in question is firmly planted in the ground, and inscribed on the side read the words:

'"Who so pulleth out this shovel of this ground is rightwise king born of Ireland."

Peared wrote: »

Also, we are always encouraged to call a spade a spade.

If they were one and the same surely we would be calling a spade a shovel.

Well that's what I'm saying from now on.

Well c'mon, let's call a spade a shovel.

Peared

Goddamn "memory".

randylonghorn

Peared wrote: »

Also, we are always encouraged to call a spade a spade.

If they were one and the same surely we would be calling a spade a shovel.

But ... but ... but ... I didn't say they were the same! :eek:

I illustrated / explained the difference between them!

Peared wrote: »

Yess! Theres no fighting girllogic..

That bit I agree with you on!

Peared wrote: »

I will be expecting Mr Rigger on his Shetland ponybefore daybreak to deliver said shovel.

FYP

The-Rigger wrote: »

Why does a shovel look more like spade and yet a spade doesn't look like a spade.

True enough! In the suits originally, the Spade represented the military (and is meant to represent the head of a ceremonial spear) while agriculture was represented by the Club (leaf). The names we use have changed a lot over the years.

Jesus Wept

randylonghorn wrote: »

True enough! In the suits originally, the Spade represented the military (and is meant to represent the head of a ceremonial spear) while agriculture was represented by the Club (leaf). The names we use have changed a lot over the years.

So let's call a spade a shovel Randy.

Nowadays you call spades shovels.

randylonghorn

The-Rigger wrote: »

So let's call a spade a shovel Randy.

Nowadays you call spades shovels.

Lol ... night, Rig, before my head explode likes the sides of the page when you post pics!

What do you call a spade with a broken handle?


is it a "spa" or a "de"

Yesterday I had three spades, now I have two! I'll keep them in the shed together, with a bit of luck they'll make another one for me.

Matt Holck

The tines on the tip of my knife
scratch the skin of the earth
openning a sore I can push the blade into
lifting soil across its width.

The point searches the dirt beneath.
The fork catches roots between.
With a twist and gentle pulling,
I bring the stock up to me.

HAPPYGIRL

Its really traumatic but my shovel was stolen. because of the seriousness of the crime an identikit artist worked hard to recreat a likeless. please riggs if this is my shovel reunite us.

shovel.gif

Jesus Wept

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

Its really traumatic but my shovel was stolen. because of the seriousness of the crime an identikit artist worked hard to recreat a likeless. please riggs if this is my shovel reunite us.

shovel.gif

Similar, but not quite.

Good try!

The-Rigger you should change your name to The-Digger.... starting this thread


The-Digger

Ghost Train

Are you sure it wasn't just a big spoon

Kold

I find the name of this thread quite racist.

Kold

Kold wrote: »

I find the name of this thread quite racist.

Do your packs of playing cards have only three suits!!!