English Language - what "Does your head in" ??

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thirdcrank wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 6:42pm I don't know. What do you call a Ford van that's always breaking down?
GLORIA!

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Straight over my head, I fear.
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thirdcrank wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 5:35pm When I see a vehicle marked HORSES IN TRANSIT I have been known to remark "That's not a transit." (Cries of "frequently!")
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Exactly!
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thirdcrank wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 6:43pm Straight over my head, I fear.
Presumably something to do with this song:
https://youtu.be/VlWiQ69DGE0

But I'm not sure why Ford or always breaking down, so maybe it's not that at all.
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Jdsk wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 6:43pm
thirdcrank wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 6:42pm I don't know. What do you call a Ford van that's always breaking down?
GLORIA!

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Sic transit gloria mundi.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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Heavy Plant Crossing
Always makes me think of Triffids...

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Even though I understand the Latin, which is a phrase I often use when has-beens are on "celebrity" programmes, GLORIA in the context is over my head. It might as well be in excelsis deo.
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thirdcrank wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 9:29pm Even though I understand the Latin, which is a phrase I often use when has-beens are on "celebrity" programmes, GLORIA in the context is over my head. It might as well be in excelsis deo.
Sic becomes sick, thus sick transit Gloria..
Explaining always kills a joke.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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Mike Sales wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 9:31pm
thirdcrank wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 9:29pm Even though I understand the Latin, which is a phrase I often use when has-beens are on "celebrity" programmes, GLORIA in the context is over my head. It might as well be in excelsis deo.
Sic becomes sick, thus sick transit Gloria..
Explaining always kills a joke.
Well, I needed it explained but it's still funny. :D
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Mike Sales wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 9:31pm
thirdcrank wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 9:29pm Even though I understand the Latin, which is a phrase I often use when has-beens are on "celebrity" programmes, GLORIA in the context is over my head. It might as well be in excelsis deo.
Sic becomes sick, thus sick transit Gloria..
Explaining always kills a joke.
Right, I see. I might - and only might - have got there sooner without the mundi first time. Using this Billy Bunter Latin translation, I was trying to work out where "Monday" might fit in with a broken-down van.

(To get the explanation in immediately, Billy Bunter often translated Latin phonically eg et iam finis erat = the jam was eaten by a rat, or something like that. And that kills that one dead)
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Mike Sales wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 9:27pm Heavy Plant Crossing
Always makes me think of Triffids...
And in our family.

: - )

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Mike Sales wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 9:31pm
thirdcrank wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 9:29pm Even though I understand the Latin, which is a phrase I often use when has-beens are on "celebrity" programmes, GLORIA in the context is over my head. It might as well be in excelsis deo.
Sic becomes sick, thus sick transit Gloria..
Precisely.

What do you call a French Transit that never breaks down, and just lugs loads around reliably?

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Jdsk wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 10:25pm What do you call a French Transit that never breaks down, and just lugs loads around reliably?
'Fourgon conclusion' sprung to mind - but I'm not sure that really works ....?
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Ray wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 10:30pm
Jdsk wrote: 18 Oct 2021, 10:25pm What do you call a French Transit that never breaks down, and just lugs loads around reliably?
'Fourgon conclusion' sprung to mind - but I'm not sure that really works ....?
Not what I had in mind, but that had never occurred to me before.

Thankyou

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My first four-wheeled vehicle was a Renault Fourgon - as I must have posted before, bought in 1972 to avoid the tax on cars - unaffectionately known as the White Chugger. We wore out all the foregone conclusion humour back then. There's a pic of it on here somewhere.
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