Thursday, December 06, 2007

Guttler

A guttler is someone who eats like a glutton. Sadly, I have had some guttler moments in my time. The invented meanings were fantastic. I actually found it almost impossible to choose three. The only way I managed to do it was to take away the pressure and think, oh well, it's only a game. After all that, the winner by a nose (or was it a sniff of caffeine?) was Scallywagger. Great work!

20 comments:

Thinks! said...

Methinks a guttler is a large overweight manservant who was probably mostly employed for forcing a pathway for his lordship through the crowds at manoral parties or balls. A thinner butler who could not make a gathering move apart for such purpose would have given rise to the derivative of 'gutless'.
"The guttler led the royal party safely through the masses to the rostrum."

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Sandra Dodd said...

a bellylaugh

Maalie said...

A guttler is the name given to a person who gets too drunk on a Saturday night and ends up in the gutter. The cause of much much complaint and anguish from neighbours of pubs: "There was another bloomin' guttler outside this morning, I couldn't even get my car out - had to call the police".

Sara said...

A guttler was a 17th century street cleaner who had the unpleasant job of clearing away the vast quantities of noxious waste known as guttle that emanated from horse drawn traffic and chamberpots etc.

Anonymous said...

A guttler is a maid who yanks the straps of a corset till the lady's waist is perfectly cinched.

Anonymous said...

A guttler is a big fat , and I mean super fat, waiter or waitress. They got that name from the little boy named Bobby. You guessed it he was only three and he was at a restruant with his mom and the butler as they were called in this perticular place was super fat. By accedent little bobby called him the 'guttler' and it stuck ever since . But of coarse it went for all really fat 'butlers'.But on thing is important, they are only in Argentina!

Sorry about all the 'fats' but I cant think of any other words to use.

Anonymous said...

A guttler is someone who guttles your gutters, i.e. he climbs up on your roof and clears your gutters of leaves, birds nests and debris.

The Encourager said...

The guttler is a poultry worker who guts turkeys in preparation for delivery to local markets.

Katt said...

A guttler is the guy or gal that is responsible for getting your bowling ball out of the gutter when you didnt throw it hard enough and it gets stuck.

lorenzothellama said...

A guttler is a German word meaning a person who stuffs the gunge into that great big German saugsages and twists the ends.

Lorenzo.

sandy shoes said...

A guttler is a short, choppy helicopter flight between offshore oil rigs.

Anonymous said...

Simple! Guttler is a glutton

Anonymous said...

Guttler-
The bagpipe, though its origins are shrouded in mystery, is first mentioned by Aristophanes (Athenian Poet) in about 400 B.C... He pokes fun at the Guttlers (pipers) of Thebes in a poem. The pipes were not always the glamorous instrument, placed on the pedestal of the musical pantheon, as they are today. They used to gather about as much respect as a Kazoo. They could be created by anyone that had livestock; not by master craftsmen.
A piper would make his own pipe or guttler. It was created from the stomachs (bag) and femur bones (pipes) of usually cows, sheep, or goats. It was a messy instrument. The improper cleaning of the stomach provided a “gut shower” for the piper and the initial sound was phlegmy and guttural. The nature, materials, and uncomfortable first “song” of the instrument got it the name Guttler. The name Guttler also became synonymous with the “piper” who plays the Guttler.
When going to war, the Greek hoplites would often want to be behind the Guttler because the “exhaust” from the pipes would give them a fierce, bloody look for battle and the “music” was often unsettling for the adversary.

Thesaurus Rex said...

Dear Scallywagger, lay off the caffiene.
A guttler is a gopher or go-between used by members of the gutter press when they do not wish to be seen in dreadful places like Stringfellows or Elton John gigs.

Anonymous said...

Dear Thesaurus rex
not caffiene, but cocoa pebbles, with chocolate milk:)

Anonymous said...

A guttler is someone in a singing group who is supposed to harmonize, but sings way too loudly and off key. A guttler makes it nearly impossible for the person assigned the melody to be heard.

Anonymous said...

Guttler is the familiar name for Iberia's version of Bigfoot, Sasquatch, the Abominable Snowman, Yeti, and your dad before his morning shower.

He has never been observed scientifically, leading to widespread doubt in his very existence. But challenge someone who has personally seen one, you're bound for an earful, or much much more.

He's hairy all over, especially his ears and nostrils. He apparently has giant feet, as evidenced by footprints the size of tennis rackets. The noise he makes is an awful lot like that of a rutting eland (look it up) and has been described as "unforgettable in a horrible terrible very very bad very bloody bad way."

Joao Pantoja, Guttler chaser and romance novel writer, has collected the World's most extensive gallery of Guttler artifacts and lore. Not least among these are several tufts of waxy hair, a corprolite, and a melon half eaten by something officials have called "toothy."

Believers are holding their second annual Guttler Fest on the new year in Helsinki. Finnish SWAT and riot police have been training for the event, as some nonbelievers have vowed to protest and subvert the celebration.

But if you want to see him for yourself, just say "Up Guttler!" three times in a loud voice. Make sure you have an open escape route, then look behind you, and get ready to run.


He's named Guttler because he smells like bagpipes.

Anonymous said...

A guttler is a scientific jar of human gut. Scientists use this to study the elements of the body . Or should I say, used to use it, now they've left no part of the body to discover. They've found it all! The spine, the lungs, the femur in the leg, you name it they've found it .

cyberbanite said...

A guttler is a belt expander.

Elissa said...

Guttler:common knowledge in families of eight or more children, the guttler is the child, generaly 5th or later in the line up, who is so often ignored, he's not concerned about taking chances disobeying the rules of the house. He is the "chosen one" at age 10, to short-sheet mom and dad's bed just before they return home from a New year's Eve bash. He sneaks in and switches alarm codes of dad's business, even though it was his brother's idea to commit the crime. He takes out the priceless, antique sports car for a late night test drive without permission, and upon his return, his fater, senile by now (eight kids) just looks at his guttler child and asks, " Hey, did you at least put some gas in the tank?"