[Heeplist] Uriah Heep Amsterdam

[Bob Winward]

Well I don't gamble and I cannot kick a football worth crap, so I guess I
would not be a punter!!  Lol!


On 12/11/13 12:15 PM, "Pete Wharton" <heeplistpete at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> A gambling man is another meaning, Bob. Commonly also used to refer to
> people who hand their money over for something they are going to get,
> generally in the future. So if you like they are like a gambler in that they
> have handed over money for something they might not get (for example, the
> gig gets cancelled, a company goes bust). It does tend to have a very
> demeaning overtone to it particularly when used by the potential providers.
> Consider the nuance of a band talking about the "fans" at a gig and the
> "punters" at a gig. Fans is good, punters is condescending.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Pete
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of
> Bob Winward
> Sent: 11 December 2013 12:55
> To: Igor Shveitser; Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Uriah Heep Amsterdam
> 
> Of course Russia had the bigger crowd!!
> 
> I have been wanting to ask this for awhile, what exactly is a punter?
> When you say punter, I immediately think of someone in National Football
> League in the USA who kicks the ball on Fourth Down after his team failed to
> get another first down.  The punter has the ball snapped to him and he kicks
> it downfield to the opposing team with the intent of driving it as far
> downfield as he can, so as to put the opposing team at a disadvantage.  A
> punter is a very special and talented player.  The only time they are not
> held in high regard is when the opposing team blocks the punt and gets the
> ball at a spot on the field close to the goal line.  So if there are
> 2000-2500 all in one spot, the NFL should have scouts there.  Good punters
> are hard to find!
> 
> 
> On 12/11/13 6:23 AM, "Igor Shveitser" <zlenko_iv at mail.ru> wrote:
> 
>>  Thanks Evert, but no surprise here at all: 2 months ago the setlist
>> for Moscow show was the same, only some of the songs were in different
>> order. But they can't change it all the time, can they? And crowd-wise
>> in our capital we had some  more punters in, 2000-2500, although the
>> place wasn't packed as well. :))))
> Cheers, Igor
> 
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