Exegesis

Exgesis Selective


" A delightful 16th-century posset mill 25 miles from London." (Stage Direction)



Nothing On is set in "a delightful 16th-century posset mill2" that has been ... made of curdled milk, but it is uncertain what a posset mill might be. ...
http://www.nexthomegeneration.com/Noises_Off







" Great. Come on, then (starts upstairs) I've got to be in Basingstoke by four"(quote by Vicki)



Basingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, England. It lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon. It is 48 miles (77 km) southwest of London ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basingstoke







" I was having a little postprandial snooze at the back of the stall sa as to be ready for rehearsal." (quote by Selsdon)



Or fulfil the need for a post-prandial snooze. The more we become disconnected and disengaged from our real needs and values, the more worthless we feel.
http://www.dreamwork.org/index.php?s=true+purpose







" Why don't you sit down quietly upstairs and do all the company's VAT?"( quote by Loyd)



value-added tax n. ( Abbr. VAT ) A tax on the estimated market value added to a product or material at each stage of its manufacture or distribution.
http://www.answers.com/topic/value-added-tax







"Just go and hit the box-office manager with this, and you'll have finished off live theatre in Weston-Super-Mare."(quote by Loyd)



A relatively plain stretch of seafront until the early 19th century, when the town of Weston Super Mare was transformed into a popular seaside resort and tourist hotspot.
http://www.weston-super-mare.world-guides.com/

Town, North Someset unitary authority, historic county of Somerset.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/641157/Weston-super-Mare







" No bars, no burglar alarm. They ought to be prosecuted for incitment."(quote by burglar)



The mere advocacy of violence, however, is not regarded as incitement to imminent lawless action and does receive First Amendment protectionhttp://www.mttlr.org/volsix/Weissblum_art.html







" Only there does seem to be something of a hiatus between Freddie's exit and my entrance"(quote by Selsdon)



A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break: “We are likely to be disconcerted by.
http://www.answers.com/topic/hiatus







"Except when some stupid berk goes and starts talking about it. . ."(quote by Burglar)



The usage is dated to the 1930s. A shortened version of Berkeley Hunt, the hunt based at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. In Cockney rhyming slang hunt is made to rhyme with cunt giving the word berk its original meaning.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/berk

slang for an idot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berk







"W.C.? I'll fix it"( quote by Burglar)



WC or Wc commonly refers to a Water Closet (i.e. a flush toilet).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WC


water closet: a toilet in Britain
A flush toilet is a toilet that disposes of human waste by using water to flush it through a drainpipe to another location.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:w.c&ei=IDJjSqJt3IG2B7D_5P0P&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title







"We've only been on the road for a month! We've only got to Goole!(quote by Tim)



Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately 45 miles (72 km) inland on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goole







"Some of those OAPs out there haven't got long to go." (quote by Selsdon)



Accepted United Kingdom shortened form of Old Age Pensioner (OAP)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=OAP


an acronym for Old Age
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oap