Potholing

As all drivers know, the term "potholing" has taken on a whole new meaning since winter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Despite chancellor George Osborne's pledge of an extra £100m to help local authorities with a black hole in funding, the "civil service potholing initiative", announced on Friday 1 April, is an attempt to clear the backlog of road repairs that councils say they are contending with. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It could have been worse: running wasn't as risky as potholing or white-water rafting. ❋ Unknown (2012)

A six-inch wide potholing ladder had been lowered, and I was instructed to wait until the dinghy was at its highest point on the swell, then to leap out of the boat and grab the ladder. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There are lots of things I would personally rather not do breastfeed someone else's child, let someone breastfeed mine, keep my placenta in the freezer, have my parents present while I give birth, eat frogs' legs or live oysters, go potholing... but moral judgments have no place in such decisions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm claustrophobic because I went potholing at the age of fifteen and while I was working along a vertical fissure they started blasting at a quarry less than a mile away. ❋ Rachel (2006)

'I've been in caves, I've done potholing, and climbing. ❋ McDermid, Val (1999)

Working in this way, the fragments often develop regular well-like depressions, the cavities of which work back under the cliffs, and by the undermining process deprive the face of the wall of its support, so that it tumbles in ruin to the base, there to supply more material for the potholing action. ❋ Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1873)

"We've been potholing and patching many of the streets, and that's really not the most appropriate way to maintain them," said Mohammed Nuru, acting director of the city's Department of Public Works. ❋ [email protected] (Stephanie Lee (2011)

In truth, she's more likely to find herself potholing or sea-kayaking than mastering double overhand knots, such is the gung-ho ethos of modern scouting. ❋ Judith Woods (2012)

It has long been viewed as the holy grail of British potholing but now the legendary Three Counties System of caves has finally been linked. ❋ Telegraph Staff (2011)

For some reason Heiney and co-presenter Melanie Sykes had been shot in extreme close-up, making them look as if they were presenting their nostrils for potholing purposes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

To seek shelter we decide to go potholing, Irish for spelunking, at the nearby Aillwee Cave, what they call a keyhole cave for the shape of its entrance, and the feeling you get of spying on another world. ❋ Richard Bangs (2012)

The region's stunning natural landscape makes it an ideal destination in which to go potholing, although if you prefer to see the scenery in natural daylight you may want to strap on your hiking boots and go for a walk. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Council failings led to schoolboy's potholing death, court told ❋ Unknown (2010)

Plant that is custom designed for potholing, vacuum excavation and for safe easy access to underground utilities, cleaning and resetting valve and meter boxes, and Exercising Utility ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dave [might be] [desperate] but he still wouldnt [resort] to potholing. ❋ Spudman1977 (2008)

"Man, [that girl] [ain't] [nothing] but a pothole." ❋ Vale4222 (2009)

"Sophie was quite surprised to hear that [Jonny] was [potholing] her friend in [the library] toilets" ❋ MaximillianPower (2015)

Hey [Ian]! [Watch out] for that [pothole]!!!! ❋ Jrellsz (2017)

"I went to the store for [rolling] [papers] and completely forgot why [I was there]." "Dude, you fell into a pothole..." ❋ Potholey (2009)

[yo bro], [go out] to the pothole and grab me [a joint] ❋ Hunterfly123456 (2009)

"Hey, are you going to Chris' party?" "[Depends]. Did he get any weed?" "Yeah, why?" "Then I don't think so. Chris can [be kind] of a [pothole] when he's high..." ❋ TehSloppyJoe (2010)

'Oh fuck, here comes that stupid pothole, [let's go] over there so he doesn't see us' 'Damn, [Ryan] is such a pothole, as soon as he walks up, everyone [leaves].' ❋ Stub004 (2004)

[martin] is [such a] [stupid] pothole ❋ Lindsay21221 (2007)

As I get [older] [I lose] my [words] to the pothole. ❋ Stillonline (2010)