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Gooner 26 Feb 7:08am, 26 Feb 2025 23,190 posts	Quote Pin Gooner Jason1969 wrote:Nonce is an acronym for not of normal criminal element Not true I'm afraid. Likely a backronym made up within the last couple of decades where the word itself was already in use. Also, not the first one as it was first claimed to be 'not on normal communal exercise'.
Nellers 26 Feb 7:11am, 26 Feb 2025 44,763 posts	Quote Pin Nellers I'd heard the Communal Exercise one years ago but only in a piece saying that it wasn't true because it long predated that suggestion. No idea what the true origin is.
Diogenes 26 Feb 7:14am, 26 Feb 2025 90,897 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes It was the sort of person who would say “hey nonny nonny no” and similar.
GordonG 27 Feb 8:52am, 27 Feb 2025 10,801 posts	Quote Pin GordonG Just how much of a mess your keyboard gets in when you cough with a mouthful of porridge...
Hills of Death (HOD) 27 Feb 10:47pm, 27 Feb 2025 37,442 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) Rugby player Thom Evans is Chris Evans cousin (not Captain America)
macca 53 28 Feb 8:54am, 28 Feb 2025 33,292 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 I knew that - he said (several times) on his R2(?) breakfast show that he was going to support him over the next weekend.
Mushroom 28 Feb 5:43pm, 28 Feb 2025 3,578 posts	Quote Pin Mushroom That the TdF is coming back to the UK in 2027.. bbc.co.uk
NDWDave 1 Mar 2:35pm, 1 Mar 2025 20,874 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave Peppa and George Pig are going to get a sibling
Neal 1 Mar 3:17pm, 1 Mar 2025 311 posts	Quote Pin Neal How well Jolene works played at 33rpm: https://youtu.be/doz1QJ7LwjA
Eynsham Red 1 Mar 4:10pm, 1 Mar 2025 11,817 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red I was having an afternoon snooze when a pigeon flew into the patio door and woke me up.