tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473503291308010408.post5733137498287705051..comments2023-10-26T05:15:49.957-05:00Comments on Creep Scanner: Dawson-Barf Market: You're Ontae PlumsJerry Orbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265211462906733122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473503291308010408.post-41197261540565079602011-02-17T15:37:41.668-06:002011-02-17T15:37:41.668-06:00Thank you all for writing in and solving an issue ...Thank you all for writing in and solving an issue that has been puzzling me for a long time. Glad to see that others are in the same camp with me as to how great this band was.Jerry Orbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265211462906733122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473503291308010408.post-42673527328042486902011-02-15T04:46:54.956-06:002011-02-15T04:46:54.956-06:00sorry for lock of acknowledgement. Many many thank...sorry for lock of acknowledgement. Many many thanks for all. I see another scot has explained ontae' on to plums i.e. you will get nothing....again thanksabeattie23https://www.blogger.com/profile/01737064161476372743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473503291308010408.post-65655805371998090792011-02-14T15:32:37.179-06:002011-02-14T15:32:37.179-06:00Good call - love this album. Saw Dawson a couple ...Good call - love this album. Saw Dawson a couple of times when they played in our local here in Perth. Outstandingly good nights! Think Archbishop Kebab were on the same nights.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509786175302883486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473503291308010408.post-44750516575500094292011-02-14T05:47:59.158-06:002011-02-14T05:47:59.158-06:00fuckin great album maan, i've posted a few 7&#...fuckin great album maan, i've posted a few 7''/lps from the 90s scottish HC scene meself. laters. xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473503291308010408.post-35038452334545123442011-02-13T18:40:09.210-06:002011-02-13T18:40:09.210-06:00Ontae is Scottish vernacular for onto.
I'm g...Ontae is Scottish vernacular for onto.<br /><br />I'm guessing plums don't pay out well on fruit machines (I'm not the gambling type so can't comment with any personal experience) as the expression seemingly means you are on to a loser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473503291308010408.post-63955576759723985802011-02-13T18:30:20.702-06:002011-02-13T18:30:20.702-06:00Via theblackenedair.blogspot.com:
i'm pretty...Via theblackenedair.blogspot.com: <br /><br />i'm pretty sure it's rhodri marsden who tells the story that he was in a pub in, um, somewhere, playing a fruit machine, when a drunk scot watching him play uttered the immortal line "och man, you're ontae plums".<br /><br />Which still does NOT explain what 'ontae' means. Any Scots out there?Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822820465535539404noreply@blogger.com