falling off bikes since 1975

A friend recently should have known better than to post this on a forum…

oh no - it’s the “of or relating to” thread
Posted by: [deleted]
Date: October 8, 2007 06:49PM

here’s my mental collection:

equine - horses
ovine - sheep
bovine - cattle
ranine - frogs (only learned from Jeeves and Wooster a few months ago)
vulpine - foxes
ursine - bears
porcine - pigs

can’t think of any more - what about deer and goats?

Of course he got some sensible answers, deer are cervine, goats are caprine (hence capricious).

But he also got some not so sensible answers.

Taking a copy of the thread, stripping it’s HTML tags, grepping for “ine” and sorting the results I present you the following definitions. Can you spot which are real? And if not do you get all the pop-culture references?

airline - of the ‘ead
alpine = alpacas
amphetamine - Pat McGinty, the Trip Dispenser
aquiline - eagles
aquiline - relating to eagles
asinine - ‘of arse’
asinine = inverse sine
augustine - after july, before september
avine - birds
bailtwine - State of the art Welsh gate hinges
baseline - “It was in”
bealoveandblowmine?
benjimine - loathing of odd wheels
binderTwine - farmers’ best belt.
blowmine?
bovine - cattle
brandywine…..relating to hobbits
breadline - bakers
bufine - Toads
caffeine -relating to greasy spoons
calomine - of/relating to lotion
canine - of/relating to bamboo
caprine - goats
carbine = potatoes, pasta and lard
cervine - deer (thanks Stu - the rest of you are obviously fucking idiots)
christine - the strawberry girl
clementine - nice weather we’re having
columbine - Duck!
combine - harvester
concubine…. Nose job
cosine - of/relating to lettuce
cosine - the adjacent relating to the hypotenuse :)
crimpolene - of or relating to crude automotive electrical connections
cuisine -relating to multiple questions
cunardline…..rich old biddies
cycloserine -relating to the feeling someone is way too close behind
dauphine - of or relating to dolphins
davidcarradine = relating to grasshoppers
deepspacenine - of star trek
divine - Hi-NRG sung by a fat bloke in drag
divine - of/relating to divvies
doubleyellowline - of or relating to receiving a red card
elephantine - elephants
endocrine - relating to unfortunate weight distribution on bicycles
entwine - penetrators
equine - horses
ermine - of/relating to indecision
ermine - weasels
ermine = ??? :-)
ermine relates to pimps.
feline - of/relating to iron
feline - relating to a hand up her jumper
freshpine = toilet cleaners
friendofmine = extended but ultimately unfunny anecdotes
grapevine … of/relating to gossipy fishwifies
hairline - hair travel
imagine - all the people, living life in peace
ironandwine - relating to fey US alt folk
jennuine - no faking
jolene - relating to Im begging of you please dont take my man
lacertine - lizards
landmine - ownership of grounds.
limacine - big cars
lupine
lutrine - otters
madeleine - missing
margerine = Homer’s wife
marine - mudguard loving trail bashers
marine = of/relating to your mother (Southern US)
meline - badgers
morphine - made of plasticine
murine - mice
mustwhine - people
mylene - of or relating to “oh, go on then, if you really want me”
northernline- relating to annoying delays on a journey home?
ovine - sheep
palpatine = fictional evil overlords
phenylalanine … of/relating to reading the ingredients list of soft drink products
piscine - fish
plannine - from outer space
plasticine - what morphs are made of
polythene - of or relating to parrots
porcine - pigs
quarantine … or/relating to the wearing of orang boiler suits in cuba
quinine - of gin and tonic
ravine … old clubbers
rodentine - mice and rats
saccharine - relating to sugar
saline - of/relating to discounted consumer goods
samurine - of things professionally northern
sanatogenfortifiedwine- relating to silly drinks handed out at the start of a singlespeed bicycle race…
serpentine - snakes
shoreline - what you need in Vancouver.
strigine - owls
supine -relating to cream of tomato
sweetchildomine - Relating to has-been rockers
sweetchildomine - of/relating to Guns N’ Roses
tambourine - folk music
tanline - non adventurous girl
thatsmine = cake
tiny Dynamine - relating to unintelligble lyrics by wasted Scotch artistes.
trampoline - of/relating to cheap cider
turbine - of/relating to sikhs
turpintine - of/relating to highwaymen
urine - of/relating to spoon benders
urine…taking the piss
ursine - bears
ursine - of/relating to bond girls
vaseline - of or relating to a flower display device
vulpine - foxes
whiteline - of or relating to Grandmaster Flash (aah, get higher baby)
wolverine - sideburns