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Kense

Kense Report 30 Dec 2018 08:10

I didn't know about that connection Allan. I thought I was making a simple homograph joke. Now I fear the coming of the RR finger.

Allan

Allan Report 29 Dec 2018 23:19

Is that the same as a lady of negotiable affections?

Good old Terry Pratchett (RIP)

Kense

Kense Report 29 Dec 2018 23:02

Seamstress is even posher.

Allan

Allan Report 29 Dec 2018 22:06

It's all in the mind, Caroline, and mine's like a pipe that carries faecal material

That's a posh way of saying sewer ;-) :-D

Caroline

Caroline Report 29 Dec 2018 22:01

But it's okay cos it's posh she said so......

Allan

Allan Report 29 Dec 2018 22:00

Mangoes, melons, mandarins, probably even coconuts....all euphemisms

There was, and probably still is, a rugby song titled 'By Their Fruits Shall Ye Know Them'

Not that I ever song it of course, just learnt the words :-D :-D :-D

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 29 Dec 2018 21:56

SHARRON! You used the 'M' word!!
Have you looked it up? It 'can' be quite rude you know.
How very dare you!! :-|

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Caroline

Caroline Report 29 Dec 2018 21:40

Not if you're a ghost......now stop nit picking....

Allan

Allan Report 29 Dec 2018 21:38

Well it's pretty hard to Google when you're dead :-(

Caroline

Caroline Report 29 Dec 2018 12:46

You live and Google don't you :-)

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 29 Dec 2018 12:41

I had to look up the origin of the word 'Booby' (guess who should be doing something constructive?) It's quite interesting:

booby (n.)
"stupid person," 1590s, from Spanish bobo "stupid person," also used of various ungainly seabirds, probably from Latin balbus "stammering," from an imitative root (see barbarian).

Specific sense "dunce in a school class" is by 1825. Booby prize "object of little value given to the loser of a game," is by 1883:

At the end of every session the dominie had the satirical custom of presenting his tawse [a corporal punishment implement used for educational discipline] as a "booby-prize" to some idle or stupid lout whom he picked out as meriting this distinction so that next time they met he might start fresh and fair with new pair for a new set of classes. [Ascott R. Hope, "Dumps," "Young England" magazine, 1883]

Booby trap is by 1850, originally a schoolboy prank; the more lethal sense developed during World War I. Booby-hatch "wooden framework used to cover the after-hatch on merchant vessels" is from 1840; as "insane asylum" by 1936.


Sharron

Sharron Report 29 Dec 2018 12:38

For those of use with a more intellectual bent (cough,cough), we mustn't forget Gaugin's 'Girl With Mangoes'.

That won't be RR'd because it's posh!

Mersey

Mersey Report 29 Dec 2018 12:38

You all make me giggle :-D :-D :-D :-D

Caroline

Caroline Report 29 Dec 2018 12:34

:-D :-D careful Maggie.....it's Saturday....in between holidays...some might be a tad fragile don't want to upset or anything.

Benny Hill now there's a blast from the past, can't say I really liked his shows I was young at the time.....but that wouldn't be allowed on now would it.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 29 Dec 2018 12:19

I had to 'Google' that, Caroline, in order to ensure I wouldn't be offended!! :-D

You mean the 'Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies', that was so 'offensive' it was a running joke on the programme - which was seen by millions.
Pleased to see it was sold at auction for £15,000, at (appropriately) that famous city of rhyming slang - Bristol!

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

* for the RR'r - A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, closely related to gannets, so as far as you're concerned, it's a lady with a couple of big birds, okay?
If you don't like the word - go and harass the ornithological society.

Madge

Madge Report 29 Dec 2018 12:14

Oh dear :-(

Caroline

Caroline Report 29 Dec 2018 12:06

If I remember correctly it was very offensive as I said on the previous page...literally at least have something to be offended about before you RR !!
It started with RR on other people last week with regards drones, non-offensive for sure then this week on the Allan holiday thread, offense was taken over the young lady with the lovely bunch of coconuts who had been mentioned numerous times before :-D :-D
If Mrs Whitehouse was alive she'd be beating the doors of Genes down to ensure such offensive material was stopped immediately.
Now for heaven's sake no one mention 'ello 'ello and a certain painting........ :-)

Madge

Madge Report 29 Dec 2018 11:04

What did you say Caroline?

Caroline

Caroline Report 29 Dec 2018 10:56

or maybe improve their timing as it's not getting dealt with until Monday :-D

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 29 Dec 2018 10:29

Or make a New Years resolution to go to the GP's to get something for that itchy finger :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D