masonic regalia

[june06]

Not sure which section to ask this question in. When my Father in law died my husband inherited his masonic paraphenalia. Most of it was obvious but one item has intrigued us over the years. It may or may not be of masonic origin. It is a tie pin, gold coloured, it has a black rectangle on it with the letters YDGBSOYA on it in gold letters. Any ideas?

[Whickerman]

Any chance it's actually YCDBSOYA?

[Buenchico]

Quote:
"I saw a bloke with a Tie Pin with those letters on it
Translated it means You Don’t get Business Sitting On Your Ass"

Source:
http://www.michellema...n-internet-marketing/

;-)

Chris

[mike11111]

How old is it? I should know about these things but both your and Whickerman's acronyms have me beat. It's obviously not an esoteric word but an acronym, though I have not been a member of every masonic order.

[Whickerman]

that's where I was heading - it's a commonly used masonic/shiner saying

[Whickerman]

oops - I mean the version I know is You Don't Do Business etc...

[Whickerman]

Can't, not don't. I'm useless tonight

[mike11111]

Brill, Chris, saves me digging out my esoteric books to no avail. Obviously it has nothing to do with masonry, more one of these lunchtime business men's clubs.

[Buenchico]

Thank you for that, Mike.

I'll forgive you for referring to those letters as an 'acronym', even though it most definitely isn't (unless you can pronounce it, of course!)
;-)

[Whickerman]

actually it's quite common tie pin in Masonic circles but you're right, it's not a masonic thing exclusively.

http://www.google.ie/...1&fp=dcd1d7e0b4d6c379

[june06]

Hi Mike 11111, I don't go along with the business mans lunch thing, not my father in laws style, not sure how old it is but he's been dead for about twenty years

[mike11111]

Just to clarify, although I can criticise Freemasonry till the cows come home, having been a member since my student days, that badge has no masonic significance whatsoever, and anyone wearing it in a lodge would be asked by someone who divined its meaning to leave on the spot. I don't know how far you are going back, but certainly 50 years ago you would find men who were members of many organisations simultaneously. Thus it was not uncommon to find a man who was a mason, buffalo, round table/rotary, as well as other smaller "benevolent" societies who have disappeared off the radar since.

[mike11111]

Wrist suitably slapped re acronym.

[mike11111]

Actually, my apology re acronym was rather hasty. As a student of Welsh I CAN pronounce it. Just have to find now on which particular mountainside that elusive breed of sheep lives.

[june06]

no whickerman its definately YDGBSOYA

[Buenchico]

LOL @ Mike!

[mike11111]

Obviously a local variant, June. You Don't Get Business Sitting On Your Arse!

[jomifl]

'you do get buggered showing off your arse'

[ludwig]

Do you jomifl? I bet you won't be doing that again in a hurry then. :o)

[chakka35]

Good job this is AB, mike11111, and not a phone-in, otherwise I reckon you'd have trouble pronouncing that in Welsh, even as the joke you intended it to be.