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Cloth eared nincompoop!

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ok, here's a challenge.....

only open to non brits...

whats does "cloth eared nincompoop" mean?
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tas wrote:only open to non brits...
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Thats not fair, you may as well be asking what a ruddy-numpty is as well !! :twisted:
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No idea apart from those words appearing on the Tubular Bells album sleeve.
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Well in that context I'd guess it means a musical philistine?
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LMan / Remix64 wrote:Well in that context I'd guess it means a musical philistine?
It's probably someone who doesn't listen ("cloth-eared") and is stupid.
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Driller wrote:
LMan / Remix64 wrote:Well in that context I'd guess it means a musical philistine?
It's probably someone who doesn't listen ("cloth-eared") and is stupid.
Bang on Cloth eared nincompoop! ;)

*only open to non brits :lol:

Although Lman actually has it in this meaning of the musical way, so Markus is actually more close to the truth..

Congrats Markus
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tas wrote:
Driller wrote:
LMan / Remix64 wrote:Well in that context I'd guess it means a musical philistine?
It's probably someone who doesn't listen ("cloth-eared") and is stupid.
Bang on Cloth eared nincompoop! ;)

*only open to non brits :lol:

Although Lman actually has it in this meaning of the musical way, so Markus is actually more close to the truth..

Congrats Markus
oops :( sorry *hides*
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