stilts

[judypark]

I belong to another forum and we have had a rather eccentric member use this as a final statement. Has anybody come across this term? I have trawled acronym sites, but with no luck. Can anybody shed any light. This member well may be sufferering from of a bi-polar condition so it may well be a word that they have just latched upon.

[Peter Pedant]

ask him if it is a reference to

IF I have seen further than others it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants - Isaac newton

In reality Newton meant this ironically
but I have neva found out what the irony was

The straight unironic interpretation is that he is referring to the work of Galileo - rolling spheres down slopes thereby 'slowing' gravity

just a suggestion

[Quizmonster]

I remember once seeing in a bathroom a small replica of Rodin's Thinker. On it was the legend, "Some times I like to sit and think; some times I like to sit." The eccentric wouldn't have been thinking the rest of you were talking...well, for want of a better word...nonsense, would he/she?

[heathfield]

I once knew someone who would end any conversation with the word 'tubes'. Maybe it's him, and he's become fed up with 'tubes', and chosen another word instead?

[judypark]

Thankyou for your suggestions. Concerning the Newton quote, I read that he was referring to the fact that it was through the knowledge of previous scientists that he was able to make his discoveries.

[sarah_louise]

Why do you think someone with Bi-Polar disorder would end a sentence with an odd word ?
I am intrigued ?

[VS Prasad]

Adjustable extensions worn on the shoes to enable reaching higher than normal areas.

http://www.contractorreferral.com/glossary/ind ex.php?letter=S&limit_index=1200

Usually refering to long skiny legs. Legs without any shape or colour - jus long bone with some skin resembling stilts.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term =stilts

This could be the slang for your legs. What have you
written to invite this word?

[judypark]

Thanks for all your suggestions, to answer your question Sarah Louise, it was the content of the posting that made me consider that the person was sufferring a bi- polar condition, as an RMN I'm familiar with this pattern of communication. I think I have identified the origin though. In the middle ages, when the gentry had to walk through sewage covered streets, they would call out "Stilts" to their servants so they could literally rise above the filth.