I was lucky enough to be invited along to a Lawn Meet today, big thanks again...
English as tuppence,
Changing yet changeless as canal water,
Nestling in green nowhere, armoured and effete,
Feudal, still-reactionary Rawlinson End....

stale definition 1
Having lost freshness; made musty, dry, bad, etc. by having been kept too long;
Having lost originality or newness; lacking in interest through familiarity or overuse;
Out of condition, ineffective, enervated, bored, etc. from either too much or too little activity
LAW having lost legal force or effect through lack of use or action, as a claim or lien
stale definition 2
To urinate: said as of horses and cattle