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Post by Gregory Stevens on May 12, 2018 22:22:44 GMT
We all know the derogatory name of gas heads which we embraced.
It was common knowledge that the river next to AG was renowned for backing up the main Bristol sewer pipe and historically this was renowned to smell awfull.
My theory is that this is why old school gashesds called city she teds. Our ground smelled of gas, so we returned this insult referencing the whiff of sewage around their ground.
Can any old gasheads verify this?
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Post by mangogas15 on May 12, 2018 23:36:16 GMT
We all know the derogatory name of gas heads which we embraced. It was common knowledge that the river next to AG was renowned for backing up the main Bristol sewer pipe and historically this was renowned to smell awfull. My theory is that this is why old school gashesds called city she teds. Our ground smelled of gas, so we returned this insult referencing the whiff of sewage around their ground. Can any old gasheads verify this? Any old gasheads would verify it. S××t rhymes with Cit.....am i right? It may be as simple as that. Remember their real name BCFC1982...... |
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Post by Rex on May 13, 2018 5:19:00 GMT
We all know the derogatory name of gas heads which we embraced. It was common knowledge that the river next to AG was renowned for backing up the main Bristol sewer pipe and historically this was renowned to smell awfull. My theory is that this is why old school gashesds called city she teds. Our ground smelled of gas, so we returned this insult referencing the whiff of sewage around their ground. Can any old gasheads verify this? .....am i right? It may be as simple as that. Remember their real name BCFC1982...... That's pretty much how I remember it. Childish, but mildly amusing at the time  |
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Post by Gregory Stevens on May 13, 2018 7:05:59 GMT
Rhymes better with titty.
Titheads?
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2018 7:54:59 GMT
We all know the derogatory name of gas heads which we embraced. It was common knowledge that the river next to AG was renowned for backing up the main Bristol sewer pipe and historically this was renowned to smell awfull. My theory is that this is why old school gashesds called city she teds. Our ground smelled of gas, so we returned this insult referencing the whiff of sewage around their ground. Can any old gasheads verify this? You say that we all know the name of gas heads but I don't think that everyone realises what the word "head" meant in those days,it was a very derogatory term for someone with mental health issues the same as "window licker" or "ming mong" these days,none of which expressions I use. So the city lot were saying that breathing in the gas at Eastville had made you mentally ill thus a "gas head". I wonder if people would call themselves "gasmingmongs" or "gaswindowlickers" ? probably not. I suppose that "gas head" would only apply to people who went to Eastville before the gas stopped being made there in 72 or 73 ? didn't breathe it couldn't be effected.
Yes city and sh*tty rhyme but also as you say the Cut did used to stink and when we all used to walk to AG people used to say that the smell got worse the nearer we got to AG. Also the tannery of Thomas Ware is at the end of Coronation road and it smells pretty vile on occasion too. The word "sh*thead" is quite a common term of abuse anyway so it just seemed a good retaliation for the "gas head" jibe at the time.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on May 13, 2018 8:31:37 GMT
The birth of the term GasHead led to the reciprocal conception of Sh*tHead, circa mid 80s. At least, that was when I became aware of it as a teenager..
Turning up at Trashton in Gas ski hat in 1986/7 where I was told to f off gashead.....at the time I can't remember using the word s*head because it wasn't in use, when I kicked him in the goolies! (good old 80s word!)
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Post by biggsy on May 13, 2018 9:04:22 GMT
The word Sh1thead has been around for many years, (certainly before 1982!
It is a noun to describe (courtesy of Google) ,a dumbass,genuine moron,ignorant,narrow minded,unintelligent individual, Sound familiar?
so I dont think the stinking River Avon spawned '82s name
Whereas Gashead is described as a name given to followers of Bristol Rovers remembering their former Eastville ground adjacent to a large gasworks.
The joke is the dopey sods thought they were insulting us by dubbing us as Gasheads when it was actually the nicest and most respectful name anyone could call us!
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Post by eppinggas on May 13, 2018 9:52:57 GMT
We all know the derogatory name of gas heads which we embraced. It was common knowledge that the river next to AG was renowned for backing up the main Bristol sewer pipe and historically this was renowned to smell awfull. My theory is that this is why old school gashesds called city she teds. Our ground smelled of gas, so we returned this insult referencing the whiff of sewage around their ground. Can any old gasheads verify this? As it has now been suggested on the internet... I would suggest this has now become a fact. Whether or not it is actually true is irrelevant. sheetheads sheetheads sheetheads |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2018 13:16:12 GMT
s**t is probably the lowest and worst thing you could call anybody. If anybody knows of an even nastier word to call the Ted's then feel free to send your answer to Lee Johnson,the mirage, portishead.
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Post by badbloodash on May 13, 2018 16:28:47 GMT
We all know the derogatory name of gas heads which we embraced. It was common knowledge that the river next to AG was renowned for backing up the main Bristol sewer pipe and historically this was renowned to smell awfull. My theory is that this is why old school gashesds called city she teds. Our ground smelled of gas, so we returned this insult referencing the whiff of sewage around their ground. Can any old gasheads verify this? You say that we all know the name of gas heads but I don't think that everyone realises what the word "head" meant in those days,it was a very derogatory term for someone with mental health issues the same as "window licker" or "ming mong" these days,none of which expressions I use. So the city lot were saying that breathing in the gas at Eastville had made you mentally ill thus a "gas head". I wonder if people would call themselves "gasmingmongs" or "gaswindowlickers" ? probably not. I suppose that "gas head" would only apply to people who went to Eastville before the gas stopped being made there in 72 or 73 ? didn't breathe it couldn't be effected.
Yes city and sh*tty rhyme but also as you say the Cut did used to stink and when we all used to walk to AG people used to say that the smell got worse the nearer we got to AG. Also the tannery of Thomas Ware is at the end of Coronation road and it smells pretty vile on occasion too. The word "sh*thead" is quite a common term of abuse anyway so it just seemed a good retaliation for the "gas head" jibe at the time.
I left school in 1977 can remember couple of mates who were from knowle / bemmy we’re regulars in the venture I went over there to see them maybe a year later when I walked in was called a f**king gas head so sure it was about late seventies always remember calling them s**theads thought it was common in American films around then anyway as far as I’m concerned they are all c##ts |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 14:57:25 GMT
You say that we all know the name of gas heads but I don't think that everyone realises what the word "head" meant in those days,it was a very derogatory term for someone with mental health issues the same as "window licker" or "ming mong" these days,none of which expressions I use. So the city lot were saying that breathing in the gas at Eastville had made you mentally ill thus a "gas head". I wonder if people would call themselves "gasmingmongs" or "gaswindowlickers" ? probably not. I suppose that "gas head" would only apply to people who went to Eastville before the gas stopped being made there in 72 or 73 ? didn't breathe it couldn't be effected.
Yes city and sh*tty rhyme but also as you say the Cut did used to stink and when we all used to walk to AG people used to say that the smell got worse the nearer we got to AG. Also the tannery of Thomas Ware is at the end of Coronation road and it smells pretty vile on occasion too. The word "sh*thead" is quite a common term of abuse anyway so it just seemed a good retaliation for the "gas head" jibe at the time.
I left school in 1977 can remember couple of mates who were from knowle / bemmy we’re regulars in the venture I went over there to see them maybe a year later when I walked in was called a fing gas head so sure it was about late seventies always remember calling them s***heads thought it was common in American films around then anyway as far as I’m concerned they are all c##ts I definitely heard Gas Head in 1977,in the Wheatsheaf not at matches as Rovers weren't playing them much at that time Glos cup and AS cup only.
I remember a chant 'what do you think of city?sh!t,what do you think of sh!t ? city' this was around 77 or 78,I remember one lad having it tattooed down his arm, so Rovers were calling city "sh1t" then but I cant remember when I first heard "sh1thead" meaning city fans.
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Post by badbloodash on May 20, 2018 17:26:45 GMT
I left school in 1977 can remember couple of mates who were from knowle / bemmy we’re regulars in the venture I went over there to see them maybe a year later when I walked in was called a fing gas head so sure it was about late seventies always remember calling them s***heads thought it was common in American films around then anyway as far as I’m concerned they are all c##ts I definitely heard Gas Head in 1977,in the Wheatsheaf not at matches as Rovers weren't playing them much at that time Glos cup and AS cup only.
I remember a chant 'what do you think of city?sh!t,what do you think of sh!t ? city' this was around 77 or 78,I remember one lad having it tattooed down his arm, so Rovers were calling city "sh1t" then but I cant remember when I first heard "sh1thead" meaning city fans.
Reference to tattoo it was John Clark Fulton boy absolute loon funny because you were stood next to him in the annexe at the reunion day |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 19:12:11 GMT
s*** is probably the lowest and worst thing you could call anybody. If anybody knows of an even nastier word to call the Ted's then feel free to send your answer to Lee Johnson,the mirage, portishead. Hi Kegan, long time. So who do you have helping you with these posts now then? Yours, always, Shirley |
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