@sir_arthur_strebe-grebling wrote:
I guess one man's 'foamer' is another man's passionate advocate.
I've seen plenty of foaming Scots in the last couple of weeks, those who think that Braveheart is a documentary therefore the English should pay for them to have free prescriptions, free old-age care and free university tuition.
Yes, there have been a few. Did you see Highlander on Question TIme a few weeks ago?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnm2N16GVCY
@rose2008-2008 wrote:What is a FOAMER???. Never heard of it!!.
Well, a "foamer" was originally used to describe a "railfan" (i.e Trainspotter). This is because they are often observed to become over-excited (or start 'foaming' at the mouth) when a train became visible - Exemplified rather splendidly by this 'foamer' - who I understand is no relation to Tom Hanks whatsoever >
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqvwnxgxazY
However, in recent years some commentators have noted that trains are not the only stimuli to trigger the 'foaming' phenomena. Similar outbursts of 'foaming' have often been observed when a copy of the DAILY MAIL is left in a golf or bowls club. Usually the foam factor can be predicated depending on the front page headline. Stories slanted towards a "illegel immigints cumming here for are benififts" (sic) are guaranteed a maximum foam output, whereas quotes from the Tax d̶o̶d̶g̶e̶r̶s̶ payers Alliance tend to produce sporadic dribbles.
@fallen-archie wrote:
Foamers get too passionate about certain topics according to some.
Maybe they do, maybe they don't. Everyone has something that floats their boat: trainspotting, football, cars, casual racism etc etc...
@*.*..lola..*.* wrote:I wonder if those who constantly foam about foamers (and Daily Mail readers), recognise the fact that they themselves could be classed as....um....well.....foamers basically LOL
Possibly, but I think we're talking quite different readings on the foamometer here. Plus, one key characteristic that Daily Afraid-linked foamerage seems to produce is the Flimsly Persecution Complex (let's call it FPC). Said FPC's tend to make claims such as "the English white middle classes" are "truly oppressed people", or "we're not allowed to talk about immigration"...despite endlessly talking about immigration. I dread to think of the foam output should FPC-foamers form an alliance with railfan-foamers at the Channel Tunnel.
