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stylinsam | 15:23 Wed 26th Apr 2006 | Animals & Nature
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what is a bidring.


i havnt got a clue someone at work has just said it.

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Ooohh you relly dont want to know what one of them is :-)
15:29 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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A bidring stems from the olde English �byde� meaning to adhere to and the norse �rynge� meaning circle, typically of councils/elders etc. One who follows the bidring or indeed byderynge is one that follows the advice of their elders. This has nothing to do with Emphysema or Polycistic ovaries of course. I am guessing that the person in your office has been to the pub at lunch.
15:42 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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come on its p*****g me off.
15:42 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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yes he has been to the pub for his lunch. thanks
15:43 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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Te He, I have no idea really. What context was it used in?
15:43 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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Mmmm why has this been moved to Animal and Nature, des ED know something we dont :-)
16:38 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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Yes she is.

Bidring is birdwatching in it's american form.
17:07 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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I thought you were humorous up to that point, Octavius. By the way, aren't you just one of the Gaius? (Soory)
18:29 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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If that dastardly demon A Bed hadn't moved this Q to the correct category I would have got away with my work of fiction above.

And as you ask, Gaius stems from the roman 'I am glad' so I guess therefore that I am.
10:39 Thu 27th Apr 2006
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"birding" is a form of birdwatching, concentrating on lists of species seen


But stylinsam asked about "A biDRing."


If this wasn't a typo maybe its something to do with auctions. "A ring" lets one member bid, then, having got it cheap holds a private auction and shares the profit. Illegal in UK I think

13:48 Thu 27th Apr 2006
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drat, foiled again.
14:01 Thu 27th Apr 2006
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it was definetly bidring not birdring


the sentance was something like this


"i saw the bidring over the other side" something like that anyway.

17:09 Thu 27th Apr 2006
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Was the context an auction then.


If the speaker was selling something he would have been annoyed at this ploy to keep the price down

19:58 Thu 27th Apr 2006
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its a group of people all bidding for the same item in order to inflate the final price
21:06 Thu 27th Apr 2006
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ok 'bidding ring'. More commonly known as 'shill bidding'.
12:04 Fri 28th Apr 2006

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