Magnet or Maggots?

[Linz]

I'm sure we've had this before but I can't find it.

Simple vote... is it gallon of Magnet or gallon of maggots?

 

[Eskimo]

Its definitely Magnet

 

[mattbianco1]

why do we even need to ask?

And are the two that have already chosen maggots taking the p*ss?

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Surely the more controversial part is whether it's 'come fill' or 'come thrill'

New poll please, and a vote for come thrill for me.













only joking.

 

[SwissBlade]

Maggots maggots maggots

 

[LouTheBlade]

Magnet and i've tested the theory by drinking my body weight of the stuff before many a kick off :lol:

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Don't that give you maggots?

 

[Bladesway]

There was a poll done recently that only 20% of people can hear the distinction between the word Maggots and Magnet. Seems they are the ones voting correctly here.

 

[Linz]

Surely if the majority are singing "magnet" though, by default, it is "magnet" that you hear?

 

[DazBlade88]

It's magnet.

Gallon of Magnet - Drinking.
Packet of Woodbines - Smoking.
Night out in Sheffield - Involves drinking and smoking, and often a takeaway like a greasy chip butty.

And it's come FILL me again, because they're filling up our senses...

Although, I'm surprised nobody has complained because we're supposed to be a family club!

 

[Linz]

I'm not au fait with fishing terminology, but would you really order maggots using a measurement more commonly used for liquid?

 

[LouTheBlade]

I'm not au fait with fishing terminology, but would you really order maggots using a measurement more commonly used for liquid?

:lol: you would think so wouldn't you.............

"Shop-keep! A gallon of your finest maggots please!"

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Used to bought by the pint when I were a lad.

 

[LouTheBlade]

Used to bought by the pint when I were a lad.

Really?! I will take your word for it. Sounds silly though. Shows what I know about fishing

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

There used to be a reservoir on Foxhill Rd where Baxter Rd is now and me and my mates would often go and buy ½ a pint of maggots for an afternoons fishing during the school hols.

We didn’t have licenses them days, just legged it if any one official looking came.

 

[Casper]

Its definitely magnet. God know where the term 'maggots' came from. I remember when the ditty was in it embryonic stage. We played Lincoln away twice in a week or so - 82/83?? I remember a small group of lads just by me were singing the tune but the words were.... "like a night out in Woodhouse...."

 

[gregblade]

maggots are still sold in 1/2 pints and pints. I fish regularly.

To me the lyrics have always been magnet and fill......

 

[happyhippy]

Maggots maggots maggots

Badger badger badger





Maggots, by the way

 

[Linz]

maggots are still sold in 1/2 pints and pints. I fish regularly.

Gallons though?

 

[AlienWoodward]

What a Question ...
Out of interest has anyone ever drank a gallon of Magnet ?
I managed it three fridays on the trot in the late 80s and that was enough for me.
Saturday mornings sat on the loo with my head in the sink.
Anyone else been there
Mind you the best pint ever was Wards,my god that curled the nostrils the next day :thumbup:

 

[Casper]

What a Question ...
Out of interest has anyone ever drank a gallon of Magnet ?
I managed it three fridays on the trot in the late 80s and that was enough for me.
Saturday mornings sat on the loo with my head in the sink.
Anyone else been there
Mind you the best pint ever was Wards,my god that curled the nostrils the next day :thumbup:

Had a gallon and a quarter last Saturday night

Must admit though it doesnt go down as easily as it used to. I blame it on all these hairy fairy bottles of stuff - yer ok the alcohol content is high but 2 swigs and its gone. Difficult to keep up with the rounds when you are on pints of magnet lol.

 

[sitwell]

Young lad behind me sings Magners ;-(

 

[happyhippy]

What a Question ...
Out of interest has anyone ever drank a gallon of Magnet ?
I managed it three fridays on the trot in the late 80s and that was enough for me.
Saturday mornings sat on the loo with my head in the sink.
Anyone else been there

Often, but only because I'd been stuck in a Smith's house, and the only other options were dreadful lager, dreadful cider, or bloody John Smith's.

The least of several evils. I often found Magnet wasn't kept properly, and was very cloying after the first couple. It's truly terrible on keg as well.

Mind you the best pint ever was Wards,my god that curled the nostrils the next day :thumbup:

Amen to the nose curling, brother I really miss a proper pint of Ward's, as I've said on here before. It was one of those "Love/Hate" things, like Marmite, but I was firmly in the "Love" camp.

There will never be as malty a beer again.

 

[s10blade]

I don't know the answer but I'm sure I've seen it on a TV screen somewhere..

 

[BladesCal]

:hello: Definitely Magnets. And yes, the correct measurement is gallons...this really does have to be somebody taking the piss, yeah?
Love the song, though. Gets the blood pumping!:drunk: :thumbup:

 

[TonyAgana]

I'm not going to vote on this one.

To me, it's become a traditional folk song and traditional folk songs should be the property of folk. Sing what you want!

However, the argument "it can't be maggots because a gallon of maggots doesn't make sense" is something I can't get on with, for reasons stated by the local fishermen above, and "the song is about a night out in Sheffield" doesn't either. It's not. It's a list of things to do in Sheffield, including fishing/drinking, shit fags, snuff and a night out.

For the record, I sing Magnet (but I'd never question anyone for singing Maggots) and fill (because at that point it reverts to John Denver's lyrics and there's no point in changing it to "thrill", in my opinion).

Thanks, now.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Agree it's Magnet, just trying to explain that maggots were bought by the pint when I were a lad.

 

[essex blade]

nuff said !!

 

[JJ Sefton]

For the record, I sing Magnet (but I'd never question anyone for singing Maggots) and fill (because at that point it reverts to John Denver's lyrics and there's no point in changing it to "thrill", in my opinion).

Exactly. The line "Come fill me again" in Annie's Song is relating directly to the earlier line "You fill up my senses". If you sing "Come thrill me again" youve broken the link with the songs first line and, thus, lost the balance of the piece.

 

[beightonblade]

fookin hell what next ? ...............

do the Blades play in red n white ?