FabSwingers.com forum: PORTLY....???

By *ifferent69 OP Man
over a year ago

BRIGHTON, UK

One for the ladies...

Now a colleague " mistakenly obviously " referred to me as PORTLY ..!! the other day .

Got me thinking.....now if you ladies were to see this on FAB as a description... would it be a Yes or No???

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

I don't really know. It makes me think of an elderly gentleman.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't really know. It makes me think of an elderly gentleman."

Well personally I'd be gutted if someone called me this

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"I don't really know. It makes me think of an elderly gentleman.

Well personally I'd be gutted if someone called me this

It reminds me of a tubby, barrel shaped man, in a t suit, holding a brandy.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

It's quite an old fashioned word and makes me think of elderly regency gentlemen with gout

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By *idsAndyMan
over a year ago

Worcestershire

I rather like the word

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Looking like a no mate lol

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"It's quite an old fashioned word and makes me think of elderly regency gentlemen with gout

Exactly. A character in a farcical stage play comes to mind.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"I don't really know. It makes me think of an elderly gentleman.

Well personally I'd be gutted if someone called me this

It reminds me of a tubby, barrel shaped man, in a t suit, holding a brandy."

That was a tw eed suit.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its barrel shaped isnt it?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"It's quite an old fashioned word and makes me think of elderly regency gentlemen with gout

Exactly. A character in a farcical stage play comes to mind."

With a weskit and a pocket watch, much moustachioed

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

^^ that was meant to be

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"It's quite an old fashioned word and makes me think of elderly regency gentlemen with gout

Exactly. A character in a farcical stage play comes to mind.

With a weskit and a pocket watch, much moustachioed

Yes!

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"It's quite an old fashioned word and makes me think of elderly regency gentlemen with gout

Exactly. A character in a farcical stage play comes to mind.

With a weskit and a pocket watch, much moustachioed

Yes!

Samuel Pickwick

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

would you look at home sat in the middle of a monopoly board?

Do you lust for a rotund chap of meaningful stature?

Get yourself to PortlyPortal.com for all your portly needs

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Maybe they were trying to be polite and not ask 'whose the fat bastard in the corner?'

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By *assie101Woman
over a year ago

Kent

Agreed. Portly to me suggests older. Not just in age. In lookout too.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"It's quite an old fashioned word and makes me think of elderly regency gentlemen with gout

Exactly. A character in a farcical stage play comes to mind.

With a weskit and a pocket watch, much moustachioed

Yes!

Samuel Pickwick

The embodiment of portly

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

From what I can see op you are nowhere near portly

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By *tinerant scribeMan
over a year ago

County Durham

Falstaff is portly. It's clearly a literary allusion.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They were trying to be nice, where if they was to be honest, you would of been called a fat bastard.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Puts me in mind of a character in a P.G. Wodehouse novel. I don't think it's a bad word though, does imply a bit of character and breeding.

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By *ifferent69 OP Man
over a year ago

BRIGHTON, UK

"From what I can see op you are nowhere near portly

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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago

Paisley

How were they mistaken? You’ve no recent pics for anyone to assess for themselves whether it was an accurate description or not.

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