- a life of indulgence spent in the pub

origins: 19th century | Skittles were actually a precursor to 9 pins and later 10 pin bowling as we know it today. There are examples throughout the mid 1800’s one of the first being from Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers,1837.

“Dammit Johnny, You are going to have to stop this ridiculous underground drunken panda wrestling and get a real job! Life isn’t all beer and skittles you know!”