jobs a good'un

Midland exclamation at an unexpectedly good outcome of a bad situation.

Forklift driver: "Yeah, I smashed a load of those boxes whan I put them on the pallet. Put loads of shrink wrap on, nobody noticed, jobs a good'un"

jobs a goodun

See jobs a good'un.

Only seen it in print once, in Time Out London, and thats how it was spelled.

dean measure

An underweight bag of weed. After a dealer in Tamworth named Dean, who regularly sold such bags.

"Thats an eighth, honest.."
"DEAN MEASURE"

the tube

The London Underground, the first such system in the world. Resembles (and smells like) a small train running in a sewer. Beloved of Ken Livingstone. Takes forever to get anywhere (if its running at all).

Londoner: "London's ace coz its got The Tube blah blah..."
Brummie: "Fuck that it takes half an hour to go a mile- I can go 120mph in my car..."

spaghetti junction

Junction 6 of the M6 in north Birmingham. Intersection of the M6, A38(M), A38, and A5127. Most complex junction in UK. Notorious for jams, busiest section of road in Europe.

"Theres a 20 mile tailback from spaghetti..."

midlands

By far the best part of England.

BBC midlands today

bjt

Fictional device invented to confuse electronics students.

Lawrence: This is how to bias a BJT blah...
Students: -Yawn-