FabSwingers.com forum: Bet you tin out..

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

Did anyone used to say

" what a tinner"

"I bet he tins out"

Where did it come from???

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

"Did anyone used to say

" what a tinner"

"I bet he tins out"

Where did it come from???"

Tinternet.

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

I've never heard that expression!

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

"I've never heard that expression!"

Me neither

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By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"I've never heard that expression!"

This!

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

"I've never heard that expression!"

Nor me.....

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

What does it mean OP

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

Tin foil is part of the paraphernalia for certain " chemical recreational activities"

A tinner or someone who is " tinned out" is therefore someone who is off their head, due to the above.

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

"Tin foil is part of the paraphernalia for certain " chemical recreational activities"

A tinner or someone who is " tinned out" is therefore someone who is off their head, due to the above.

ah ok...... bit like mad as a hatter......... because they went mad from using mercury in the process of making hats.......

True or Bluff?

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

"Did anyone used to say

" what a tinner"

"I bet he tins out"

Where did it come from???"

Tintin said it.

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

No i'm from the north and as a kid we used to say it to one another

Eg:

Friend one

"Eathys gonna do a wheelie of that ramp"

Friend two

"Bollocks he is...bet he tins out, he's always been a tinner"

???

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

T'int true

C...

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