The "What I learned today" thread

Ah the old I was caught out being a thick so I'll pretend I was taking the piss excuse, very common on YBIG 

"Breastfeeding their shovels" is a reference to teams of outdoor male labourers, where at least one with shovel-handling duties is at rest, in an upright position with shovel against their chest. Mostly because other duties of the team are being performed including shovel-handling duties or it's a rest period after physical effort.

The passer-by observer, who may believe they represent a huge chunk of society, can put a value on this arbitary observation because the work itself is labour-intensive, presumed low-skilled, outdoors and in Public further devaluing the tasks.

The joke in 'breastfeeding their shovels' comes from altering the pre-dominant Gender from male to female, adding Parental Status.  Brendan Grace has used it, but he might have got it from North America.

After Labourer Foreman/Team Leader other society-trained jobs include Psychiatry/Psychoanalysis, Immigration Officer, Childcare and Welfare Officer.  Society knows already.  Many of the industries listed are happy for society to use industrial-jargon derogatorly, whether it's accurate or not (eg Mad, Crazy, Insane, Alien, WOP, Bogus-asylum seeker).  These industries could take back ownership of their own language if they wanted to.

hope this helps

He's usually part of whatever teams Alan Dowson is managing.3 or 4 clubs at this stage.

Someone gave him a dig at Woking match over the weekend.

As if those talentless f**ks could have come up with that! They butchered it too!