h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Talking abouty borrowing reminds me of another episode from my past.
I was moving to smaller quarters and could not fit in a large Sofa.
A friend volunteered to keep it for me until I figured out what to do.
I had forgotton to deal with it for about six months.
I finally rang him up and his dad answered the phone and told me he had gone into the army.
But what happened to my sofa I asked.
We had 'goodwill industries'( a local charity) take it off our hands.
At least that solved the problem but they got to list it on their taxes as a donation I didn't and never got any compensation.

So are we looking for an island now

Bob, only if you want to. It's not strictly necessary, but you would get points for identifying the origin.


Geggs

Shagbark, I'll give you a DGI +1 for that memory, as your friend does seem to fit into the catergory of the type of person in question.


Geggs

Polynesian Islands I would guess including
Fiji
Cook Islands
Easter Island
Hawaii
Samoa

Am I close

The word "tingo" does indeed come from Easter Island. Have a +3 Bob!

So, tingo anyone? It does have a specific, but not ceremonial or custom-related, meaning.


Geggs

in cyprus if you arranged to buy a car off a main dealer, you would ask for a "gizzit", a hire car to use untill yours was delivered, at no charge to yourself

Easter Island as an origin is fair enough. It would have been really weird if it derived from Christmas Island.

We are well past all the klaxons now, by the way, so feel free to have a stab at the meaning of tingo.


Geggs

Here's a stab at it. Tingo: A hazard for those landlords renting furnished duplexes.
The renter moves out and takes everything with him (not informing anyone that he is doing so). The renter forfeits the security deposit but the landlord then has to replace everything that was taken.

No, that's not it. The same person is living at the same property before and after tingo.


Geggs

Oi ref post 10...
I thought it was a lexacon of some sort


Toujours Tingo: Extraordinary Words to Change…by Adam Jacot de Boinod.

On the shelf at Waterstones

Not exactly. He has used the word in the title of two of his books - the first being The Meaning Of Tingo - but that is not the definition of the word.


Geggs

snuff just pointing out that I was not off me trolly in post 10

Is it the borrower is a friend thus making not theft

Yes, the borrower is friend. DGI +1 there, I think.


Geggs

thanks

Knowing the answer I cannot take any active part except to say Mark 4:25

Coincidentally, Ms Stress reports:

One of her friends has family somewhat south of here. Said family made a room available to a Chch refugee couple, saw them settled in then went shopping for extra food...

Yes, that's right. Pretty much everything easily movable, gone.

Pebble - I heartily concur.


Geggs