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In Scotland we have a saying, "fallen off the back of a lorry (truck)", for when you go to a market and you see an expensive new product going cheap. Which has

In Scotland we have a saying, "fallen off the back of a lorry (truck)", for when you go to a market and you see an expensive new product going cheap. Which has most likely been stolen. Maybe we will start seeing "fallen off a ship" goods soon.

Netcob 5y ago
"Can I interest you in this RTX 3080 for an unbeatable $1000?" "That sounds too good to be true! Is that... saltwater corrosion?" "Dissolved salt is an electrolyte, which means it's good for electronics"
macmac 5y ago
Unfortunately not many goods survive the experience.
- Netcob 5y ago
  If it wasn't for this, where would beach-goers get their classic Garfield phones from?
DyslexicAtheist 5y ago
> In Scotland we have a saying, "fallen off the back of a lorry (truck)" Aye, I'll take it no questions asked if it's Ion bru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i5W5s7LiMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i5W5s7LiMk
- mnw21cam 5y ago
  Irn Bru. The drink that lists caffeine under "flavourings".
  - FridayoLeary 5y ago
    also, it looks more like the liquid they use in glow sticks then a soft drink. I'm not sure how they sneaked the food colouring past the regulators, maybe they gave them some whisky first...
    - o-__-o 5y ago
      Somebody never had Ecto Cooler as a kid, I see
the-dude 5y ago
In The Netherlands we have literaly the same saying, except, it is in Dutch :-)
FridayoLeary 5y ago
You missed the boat on that one. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/jan/22/pollution.transportintheuk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/jan/22/pollutio...
KineticLensman 5y ago
> In Scotland we have a saying Also in England. Coincidentally I'm reading a book about the British experience of World War 2 which suggests that the phrase came into widespread usage as a result of the wartime black market economy combined with a truly massive amount of stuff being moved around southern England in the logistics prep for the D-Day landings.
roelschroeven 5y ago
Here in Antwerp (Belgium), with a large port nearby and associated rich history of people loading and unloading all kinds of transport, both "van de camion gevallen" ("fallen off the truck")) and "van de boot gevallen" ("fallen off the boat" (because we often say "boat" when we know very well that large thing we're talking about is actually a ship) have been very common expressions for a long time. I've never heard someone say "fallen of the train" though.
agumonkey 5y ago
"tombé du camion" was a regular idiom around French housing projects. Any shady sale was basically assumed to be so.

Netcob 5y ago

"Can I interest you in this RTX 3080 for an unbeatable $1000?" "That sounds too good to be true! Is that... saltwater corrosion?" "Dissolved salt is an electrolyte, which means it's good for electronics"

macmac 5y ago

Unfortunately not many goods survive the experience.

Netcob 5y ago
If it wasn't for this, where would beach-goers get their classic Garfield phones from?

DyslexicAtheist 5y ago

> In Scotland we have a saying, "fallen off the back of a lorry (truck)" Aye, I'll take it no questions asked if it's Ion bru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i5W5s7LiMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i5W5s7LiMk

mnw21cam 5y ago
Irn Bru. The drink that lists caffeine under "flavourings".
- FridayoLeary 5y ago
  also, it looks more like the liquid they use in glow sticks then a soft drink. I'm not sure how they sneaked the food colouring past the regulators, maybe they gave them some whisky first...
  - o-__-o 5y ago
    Somebody never had Ecto Cooler as a kid, I see

the-dude 5y ago

In The Netherlands we have literaly the same saying, except, it is in Dutch :-)

FridayoLeary 5y ago

You missed the boat on that one. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/jan/22/pollution.transportintheuk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/jan/22/pollutio...

KineticLensman 5y ago

> In Scotland we have a saying Also in England. Coincidentally I'm reading a book about the British experience of World War 2 which suggests that the phrase came into widespread usage as a result of the wartime black market economy combined with a truly massive amount of stuff being moved around southern England in the logistics prep for the D-Day landings.

roelschroeven 5y ago

Here in Antwerp (Belgium), with a large port nearby and associated rich history of people loading and unloading all kinds of transport, both "van de camion gevallen" ("fallen off the truck")) and "van de boot gevallen" ("fallen off the boat" (because we often say "boat" when we know very well that large thing we're talking about is actually a ship) have been very common expressions for a long time. I've never heard someone say "fallen of the train" though.

agumonkey 5y ago

"tombé du camion" was a regular idiom around French housing projects. Any shady sale was basically assumed to be so.