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This comes from [Keith Richards' autobiography](https://www.keithrichards.com/life https://www.keithrichards.com/life), apparently. Here's the full passage: "M
by Schiphol 5y ago
This comes from [Keith Richards' autobiography](https://www.keithrichards.com/life https://www.keithrichards.com/life), apparently. Here's the full passage:
"Mick and I weren’t on great terms at the time, but I said, c’mon, let’s go out. And I lent him the jacket I got married in. We got back to the hotel about five in the morning and Mick called up Charlie. I said, don’t call him, not at this hour. But he did, and said, ‘Where’s my drummer?’ No answer. He puts the phone down. Mick and I were still sitting there, pretty pissed – give Mick a couple of glasses, he’s gone – when, about twenty minutes later, there was a knock at the door. There was Charlie Watts, Savile Row suit, perfectly dressed, tie, shaved, the whole fucking bit. I could smell the cologne! I opened the door and he didn’t even look at me, he walked straight past me, got hold of Mick and said, ‘Never call me your drummer again.’ Then he hauled him up by the lapels of my jacket and gave him a right hook."
- 8bitsrule 5y agoWell. That answers the question, who breaks a butterfly on a wheel, then.
- the-dude 5y agoFor non native speakers ( like myself ), pissed probably means (very) drunk in this context.
- ch4s3 5y agoIn British and Australian English, yes. We don't say it in the US.
- wyclif 5y agoWe do say it, but it doesn't mean drunk, it means angry as in "pissed off."
- bregma 5y agoThat's interesting. Where I grew up in Canada, "being pissed" could mean either very drunk (piss drunk) or very angry (pissed off) and you need to rely on context to disambiguate. On the other hand, the British phrase "taking the piss" would mean obtaining a urine sample and it's just downright confusing.
- mmmpop 5y agoIn America, "piss drunk" has a place but "being pissed" means exclusively "to be angry"... at least in every part I've ever been. I can't speak for upper New England, perhaps they'd take exception.
- FillardMillmore 5y agoFrom upper New England, been here my whole life - can confirm "Being pissed" always means being angry.
- edoceo 5y agoIt's called "wicked drunk" down east. "wicked pissed" is very angry.
- Folcon 5y ago"taking the piss" can also mean taking a situation too far / making fun of someone =)... Lots of Britishisms require context to disambiguate.
- mdp2021 5y ago> the British phrase "taking the piss" It's an extreme for "irony" - dissimulation (so extreme that I should add a /J). In other regions it would be "to fuck with someone". I never understood the exact source of the expression. It could have been the mockery of stealing urine from the poor (who could actually sell it - I believe for example it is still used in tanneries around the world).