Help needed with colloquialisms

[WongoTheSane]

Hi all,

I'm watching the series now from abroad, and, not being a native speaker, I need some help understanding a few things.

This is about s01e01.

About 9 minutes in, the whole family is gathered, Lip and Steve are trying to piss each other off, Veronica is applying bandages on Steve and Kev enters.

Kev : Hey, I thought you were fetching an Indian home.
Veronica : I couldn't be arsed so I found a tax payer.

My question is : what does Kev's sentence mean? In what sense is "Indian" used?

Later on, 29 minutes in, Lip and Ian are discussing Ian's homosexuality. Ian lists whats he's bought Kash:

- Two Man United tee-shirts, home and away, limited edition Beckham shin pads for Christmas.

My question : what does "home and away" mean in this context?

Yet later, 45 minutes in, Lip and Ian are again discussing homosexuality but this time, the gritty details. Lip says:

- And actually... up the ****? Cos... Look, I'm not taking the piss. I've come through a toilet roll. And that's just one finger. Barely up the ring. Screamed the house down! Do you get used to that? Can you?

While I get the general feeling, I don't understand exactly "I've come through a toilet roll. And that's just one finger. Barely up the ring". Has he wanked through a toilet roll? If he has, I don't see the connection with either the finger or anal sex. Could anyone shed some light on this?

I love the series and I'll probably have more questions as I go along. Thanks in advance to whomever can help me with this!

[Perdita]

Can't help with all but some questions. I think the Indian referred to is a meal.
Home and away football shirts refer to two different shirts worn for games played at home and when the team go to the other team's ground. Don't know about the toilet roll thing. :o

[Siobhan]

Yet later, 45 minutes in, Lip and Ian are again discussing homosexuality but this time, the gritty details. Lip says:

- And actually... up the ****? Cos... Look, I'm not taking the piss. I've come through a toilet roll. And that's just one finger. Barely up the ring. Screamed the house down! Do you get used to that? Can you?



taking the piss: it not joking..
I've come through a toilet roll and the is just one finger. barely up the ring: he was wiping his ass and his finger came through the toilet paper and up his ass. (so it was an accident but he can't understand how his friend can enjoy anal sex)

[WongoTheSane]

Wow, thanks both for your incredibly fast and helpful answers. I'll be working on ep2 tonight and tomorrow, so I'll probably have more questions coming your way. Again, thanks!!

[Perdita]

Wow, thanks both for your incredibly fast and helpful answers. I'll be working on ep2 tonight and tomorrow, so I'll probably have more questions coming your way. Again, thanks!!

You are welcome! :)

[WongoTheSane]

Here are two questions regarding the second ep of season 1.

First of all, should I open a new thread for each ep, knowing that I'll probably have a few questions about every episode? Or should I just keep all questions in a single thread ? (in case the answer is the latter, I've kept this thread name as general as possible).

Question 1:
27 minutes in, Frank is back from France and he talks with Debs. Trying to be an adventurous and knowledgeable father, he pretends he has been on the Eiffel Tower. The dialog goes:

Debs - Did you see Paris?
Frank - Yeah.
D - The Eiffel Tower?
F - Christ, yeah! But, you know, you can see right across France from the top. Yeah, but l didn't stay up too long. Don't know what French birds are into, but they're looking at me like, ''Hey, l am 'aving zis guy.'' lt got a bit unnerving so l legged it back down.

The question is: are the birds rethorical or not? I can't decide whether he's talking about actual birds flying around the top trying to **** on him, or, for instance, french girls ("birds") eyeing him admiringly (because he's trying to sound attractive in the eyes of his daughter).

Question 2:
40 minutes in, Sheila and Frank are about to have their first intimate moment. Frank has just taken a bath, he drops his towel inadvertently, and Sheila is fascinated by his "soldier". She compliments him, he offers a feel, saying "It's OK, sweetheart, take your time". She starts to kneel down in front of him, the camera switches to his face, his eyes are closed expectantly, there is mist all around, and suddenly Sheila slaps a towel over his face from behind and says:

"Not looking after each other at all!"

He then says "oh it's a bit tight, that Sheila. Hang on, I can't see a thing", to which Sheila answer "if I'm embarrassing myself, I'm doing it right" (then they proceed to what is arguably one of the funniest moments ever).

The question is: what does she mean by "Not looking after each other at all!"? I gather she's already into role play, but I don't understand why or who should be looking after each other. Or is she role-playing the vengeance she'd like to exact on her ex-husband?

Any opinion would help. Thanks in advance!

[Abigail]

Q1. Some men refer to women as Birds so in this case he probably does mean girls.

Q2. I don't understand that either.

You might want to keep them all in the same thread then there won't be lots of thread on the same subject :)

[Katy]

in manchester your bird is your girlfriend. I not sure on the second one either, i ll have to watch it again to find out.

[Jojo]

Merging to keep in same thread :)