Comments on: Sblood Spaniard you get no wall here

By: El Ciruco

El Ciruco — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:40:22 +0000

I give it a couple of weeks before they can resume the old custom.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:10:30 +0000

Taking the wall in Iceland used to be a sign of economic shame:

When the fishing was bad men sneaked along walls and wanted not to be seen. When the fishing was good they walked in the middle of the street.

Once everyone else - total pollocks, the post calls them - was driving SUVs it suppose it became the only sensible thing to do.

By: kalebeul » Taking the centre line

kalebeul » Taking the centre line — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:47:31 +0000

[...] the centre line is the modern, motoring equivalent of taking the wall: Archie’s driving habit was unique, He drove 35 mph an hour, whether on a gravel road, or the [...]

By: kalebeul » The RAE takes the wall and then goes and loses the bugger

kalebeul » The RAE takes the wall and then goes and loses the bugger — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:17:32 +0000

[...] thanks to Javier for introducing me to the Cantabrian Quixote, which devotes a whole chapter to a duel resulting from a disagreement about who should dexar la [...]

By: Javier

Javier — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:25:21 +0000

It is more like “ceder la acera”.

I think you will like this:
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZsQNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA43&dq=cedio+acera&lr=&as_brr=1

By: Colin Davies

Colin Davies — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:34 +0000

When I was a kid/youth, no man would ever contemplate doing anything but allowing a woman to walk on the inside. Though I never knew this was to ensure that men took actual shit as well as verbal shit.