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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 22nd, 2008 8:39pm (Aug 22nd 2008)
     
    I thought it might be fun to have a place where people like me, who read merkin books occasionally without understanding them, could ask Them Over There what words mean. And vice versa. And Down Under and Up Over. I want to know what a 'duplex' is...anyone help, please? I know people live in it, but have no idea what it is.
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      CommentAuthorAce
    • CommentTimeAug 22nd, 2008 8:58pm (Aug 22nd 2008)
     
    WikipediaA duplex house is a dwelling comprised of two units, usually side-by-side, but sometimes on two different floors.

    Hopefully this helps you CC.;)
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      CommentAuthorJonny
    • CommentTimeAug 22nd, 2008 11:36pm (Aug 22nd 2008)
     
    And what he English equivalent of a "duplex"?
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      CommentAuthorKateb
    • CommentTimeAug 22nd, 2008 11:42pm (Aug 22nd 2008)
     
    semi-detatched?
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 23rd, 2008 2:07am (Aug 23rd 2008) edited
     
    Its "two" and "plex" - sharing a common wall, CC. They are almost always side-by-side. Yes, Kate - that's it: "semi-detached," although most people here wouldn't know what that was at all. If they are stacked, or if they are attached but more than two, they are usually called "townhouses." You might call the latter a "row house...?"
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 23rd, 2008 2:21am (Aug 23rd 2008)
     
    I thought the *Hencam Dictionary* was going to be all those peculiar things that newbies might not know about us. Well, lets say 'unique.'

    Like:

    Neil - If Hencam were earth itself, Neil would be God.

    Red - daughter of Neil and therefore a Goddess in her own right.

    Helen - well, you've heard of Troy, right?

    The Blanket - an object of love knitted by Kate during the months that she awaited the arrival of her first grandchild and our Hencam Baby.

    Caitlyn - our Hencam Baby.

    Kateb - Kate.

    Ollie - a woman.

    Mel - a mouse. Also *Melony.*

    Feli - a frog.

    CC - Chief Chicken, because its too long.

    Wazza - an actual police officer, so mind your manners.

    Innit - Mrs. Wazza

    RP - that which shall not be named.
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      CommentAuthornancy
    • CommentTimeAug 23rd, 2008 2:36am (Aug 23rd 2008)
     
    Ok this is my Expansion of Diane's list:

    RP= Runny Poo (aka the object(s) of Diane's affection)

    hencam ride= (now obsolete due to the multiple cameras) changing of camera angles

    confuzzled= Vicki's unique spin on "confused"

    egg call= the tremendously loud clucks of a chicken when she has laid an egg

    umm thats about all I can think of
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 23rd, 2008 3:16am (Aug 23rd 2008)
     
    Nancy mis-speaks regarding RP. ;) But, she's a Canadian, so we must forgive her...

    I'd forgotten about Riding the Cam - glad you noted that for posterity.
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      CommentAuthornancy
    • CommentTimeAug 23rd, 2008 5:02pm (Aug 23rd 2008)
     
    Diane is just appalled because I speak truth!!:turkeydance:
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 23rd, 2008 6:36pm (Aug 23rd 2008)
     
    So a duplex is what WE call a semi, which is what YOU call a lorry of some sort. A row house would be a 'terraced' house, as a town house usually has 3 or more floors.
    Nancy = Hencam reporter extraordinaire, watcher of hens' bums and The Voice Of Troooooth!! :)
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      CommentAuthornancy
    • CommentTimeAug 23rd, 2008 6:45pm (Aug 23rd 2008)
     
    I would just like to say I do NOT always look at the hens' behind feathers; they just happen to always flash their fluffy bums at the camera when I log on. :_pecking:
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 23rd, 2008 6:47pm (Aug 23rd 2008)
     
    Yeah, right....:)
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 12:10am (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    Uh huh, Nancy...

    A semi is a truck CC - an 18 wheeler.
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      CommentAuthornancy
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 2:10am (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    :mouse:Ah! Are you questioning my truthfulness?
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      CommentAuthorVicki
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 11:33am (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    Can I add one more thing to dianes list :

    Aloha :: my catchphrase used for saying hello and bye
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 6:34pm (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    After some extensive research, I have translated
    Jonny's post:
    Tushy = bum
    styrofoam = polystyrene
    biffy = outside bog
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 8:11pm (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    Posted By: chief chickenbiffy = outside bog


    We need one of those dictionaries that are a tri-country affair. Maybe even quad (depending on how inscrutable the Canadians become.)

    UK - outside bog
    OZ - biffy
    North Merika - ??
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 8:12pm (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    LOL - Nancy, I have no question about your truthfulness on that score. ;)
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 8:58pm (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    Jonny's a merkin!
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 9:19pm (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    I just ran across the post where he wrote that and realized that it was Jonny, not Trev (proving, once again that I shouldn't Skim the Cam...)

    Jonny is a Canuck though, not a Merkin. So, I'm thinking we need at least five definitions for each word in the dictionary: UK,OZ,CAN,US, and Other. (Other would include subsections within each of the main sections.)
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 9:23pm (Aug 24th 2008) edited
     
    Another section for the Dictionary:

    AVATARS

    Any avatar that shows an orange/red blur is likely a chicken.

    While/whilst cats and chickens predominate as avatars - make no meaning of this. These do not indicate oppositional groups, as might occur in other venues.

    CC's Avatar - her in her ... well, vehicle.

    Diane's Avatar - the face of a raccoon. So, what did you THINK it was? *Fingers steepled.*
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 9:25pm (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    Reading Jonny's comment in context, I'm guessing that:

    Biffy (Canada) = Out House (US)= Outside Bog (UK)
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 9:26pm (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    I didn't realise Jonny was a canoe, I thought he was a merkin...I thought I remembered him saying something about noo Yawk, but my memory is spectacularly poor at the moment...
    I thought your Avatar was a stylised tree...
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      CommentAuthorJonny
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 9:54pm (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    Hmmm.. don't remember mentioning New York...but my Dad was American (family goes back 300+ years).
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 9:58pm (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    But your ma's English. So there's hope for you...:D
    • CommentAuthorollie in UK
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 10:03pm (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    According to Darwin, my family goes right back to the swinging in trees type. Some of them still do.
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 24th, 2008 10:29pm (Aug 24th 2008)
     
    Noses run in our family...:sick:
    • CommentAuthorCake
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 12:00pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    Yes, I agree that the UK is an outside bog!!

    Last one out please flush the chain!!
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      CommentAuthorAce
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 12:15pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    :rolling:hehe
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 1:44pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    That must just be your bit of the UK Cake; I like my bit! :D
    Question: What's a saltine?
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      CommentAuthorAce
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 1:45pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    I have no idea!
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      CommentAuthorRed
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 2:10pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    Posted By: chief chickenAfter some extensive research, I have translated
    Jonny's post:
    Tushy = bum


    What the heck?! A tushy is a bum??
    But tushy pegs are teeth... :o

    Does anyone else call teeth tushy pegs, or is it just us? :confused:
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      CommentAuthornancy
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 3:51pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    Tushy is definitely a bum. For example: Penny has a very clean and fluffy tushy.
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 4:20pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    No, it's TOOFYpegs. Silly... :tooth:
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      CommentAuthorRed
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 4:43pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    Well we say tushy pegs...nobody else? Am i an outcats? :(
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      CommentAuthorRed
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 4:43pm (Aug 25th 2008) edited
     
    Posted By: RedWell we say tushy pegs...nobody else? Am i an outcats?"<img src=

    I mean 'outcast,' obviously :-\
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      CommentAuthorRed
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 4:46pm (Aug 25th 2008) edited
     
    Ahah! See, i'm NOT crazy!



    http://www.lexic.us/definition-of/tushyLiterary usage of Tushy

    Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

    1. The Complete Works of Joshuah Sylvester: For the First Time Collected and by Josuah Sylvester, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Odet de La Noue, Henry Smith (1880)

    "... ie curved sky. ,, 226, ' Tushes' = teeth—still used in our Nurseries or child-language, eg, tushy pegs or ..."
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      CommentAuthornancy
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 5:14pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    and the debate over tushy rages on....
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 5:29pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    The merkin use of 'tush' comes from the Jewish/Yiddish 'tuchus', I think. For bum!
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      CommentAuthornancy
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 7:05pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    I would just like to point out that I should not be the one deemed as the "obsessor over chicken bums" since Red seems to take tremendous delight in discussing "tushy".
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 8:56pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    Nice try, Nancy ;)

    I agree, CC: Tush doesn't have an English root here.
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      CommentAuthornancy
    • CommentTimeAug 25th, 2008 9:33pm (Aug 25th 2008)
     
    Darn it:confused:
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 26th, 2008 3:20am (Aug 26th 2008)
     
    Awww. :heart:
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 26th, 2008 1:31pm (Aug 26th 2008)
     
    SO WHAT'S A SALTINE?? I misread it as 'saltmine' to start with...:\
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      CommentAuthorAce
    • CommentTimeAug 26th, 2008 2:04pm (Aug 26th 2008)
     
    lol CC. :rolling:
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      CommentAuthornancy
    • CommentTimeAug 26th, 2008 5:27pm (Aug 26th 2008)
     
    isnt a saltine a king or some other lofty person?
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 26th, 2008 6:04pm (Aug 26th 2008)
     
    Soda cracker. Bland white cracker with salt on it.
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      CommentAuthornancy
    • CommentTimeAug 26th, 2008 6:27pm (Aug 26th 2008)
     
    oh...I guess I was WAYYYYY off:blahblahblah:
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 27th, 2008 12:11am (Aug 27th 2008)
     
    Ah....cheers, cherub. I must stop reading merkin books. I guess these things and am never right....:\
    What's a condo? And DON'T tell me it's a prophylactic with the end snipped off because I shan't believe you. I know people live in 'em.
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 27th, 2008 4:15am (Aug 27th 2008)
     
    A condominium is, basically, an apartment (a home within a larger building containing similar units) which is owned by an individual/family. So - it different from an apartment in terms of who owns the unit. Then an association (typically all the unit owners) govern the common areas of the building. They tend to be upscale dwellings and in urban areas.
    • CommentAuthorCake
    • CommentTimeAug 29th, 2008 5:21pm (Aug 29th 2008)
     
    Tussy Pegs!!
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 29th, 2008 5:35pm (Aug 29th 2008)
     
    Toofy pegs!:tooth:
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      CommentAuthorAce
    • CommentTimeAug 29th, 2008 7:04pm (Aug 29th 2008)
     
    Clothes pegs!!!!!:rolling:
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 29th, 2008 8:24pm (Aug 29th 2008)
     
    Clothes pins ;)
    • CommentAuthorollie in UK
    • CommentTimeAug 29th, 2008 9:29pm (Aug 29th 2008)
     
    Clothes pins are what I use to keep my knickers up when the elastic ain't what it should be.
    Now tell me you don't say knickers!
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 29th, 2008 10:35pm (Aug 29th 2008)
     
    They say pants. Or is that what they say when they mean trousers? Yes it is: I told you about the merkin businessman who horrified me by saying he was going to wear 'vest and pants' to the restaurant. I told my ma I didn't want to go...
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 30th, 2008 3:17am (Aug 30th 2008)
     
    US pants/slacks = UK trousers
    US underpants (see the logic?) = UK knickers
    US safety pins = UK clothes pins
    US clothes pins = UK clothes pegs (the things that keep laundry on the line.)
    • CommentAuthorollie in UK
    • CommentTimeAug 30th, 2008 9:46am (Aug 30th 2008)
     
    UK = Only ladies wear knickers. Men wear underpants.
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 30th, 2008 1:57pm (Aug 30th 2008)
     
    SOME men wear knickers...:shocked:
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      CommentAuthorAce
    • CommentTimeAug 30th, 2008 3:31pm (Aug 30th 2008)
     
    :rolling: SCARY!!!!!!!!!!
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      CommentAuthorVicki
    • CommentTimeAug 30th, 2008 3:57pm (Aug 30th 2008)
     
    I say saafety pins stilll hmm and why do merkins call crisps chips and chips french fries and french fries ... french ?!?
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      CommentAuthorAce
    • CommentTimeAug 30th, 2008 4:05pm (Aug 30th 2008)
     
    I call them safety pins.
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 30th, 2008 5:10pm (Aug 30th 2008)
     
    Would you use a safety pin to hold your pants up or hang them on the clothes line?

    If you want to determine the gender of one's underwear here I suppose you could say:

    Panties - for women
    Briefs/boxers - for men

    Although, as CC says, its not entirely definitive... ;)
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 30th, 2008 5:11pm (Aug 30th 2008)
     
    Knickers in the US are knee length (external) pants. I think. Lynn?
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      CommentAuthorVicki
    • CommentTimeAug 30th, 2008 5:12pm (Aug 30th 2008)
     
    ooohhhh that scares me
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 30th, 2008 6:03pm (Aug 30th 2008)
     
    Safety pins are for busted elastic and nappies.Unless you're Ace; she calls chips safety pins...:shocked:
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      CommentAuthorAce
    • CommentTimeAug 30th, 2008 7:36pm (Aug 30th 2008) edited
     
    lol CC.:rolling:
    • CommentAuthorCake
    • CommentTimeAug 31st, 2008 3:24pm (Aug 31st 2008)
     
    men should never wear knickers or if they do should never tell anyone!
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeAug 31st, 2008 8:08pm (Aug 31st 2008)
     
    Now Cake, you've never been such a Follower of The Rules before!
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeAug 31st, 2008 9:40pm (Aug 31st 2008)
     
    Absolutely; if it feels good do it. Eh, Wazza? :D
    • CommentAuthorCake
    • CommentTimeSep 2nd, 2008 12:58pm (Sep 2nd 2008)
     
    Oh give over, knickers are not for men. Thats just wrong. Wazza are you sure theres not a law against it?! Can you check? Knickers on men. You'll be wearing bras next for your moobs!!(man boobs)
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      CommentAuthorAce
    • CommentTimeSep 2nd, 2008 1:09pm (Sep 2nd 2008)
     
    :rollonfloorlaughing:
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeSep 2nd, 2008 4:18pm (Sep 2nd 2008)
     
    There's many a Tory MP that would say you're wrong about men not wearing knickers, Cake...don't you read the News of the World? :)
    • CommentAuthorCake
    • CommentTimeSep 3rd, 2008 12:57pm (Sep 3rd 2008)
     
    No, do tell CC. I get the Mail at the gym and thats it. dont watch news or owt, bit closer to an ostrich than a cake really. just stick my head in the sand
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      CommentAuthorRed
    • CommentTimeSep 4th, 2008 12:29pm (Sep 4th 2008)
     
    But girls wear boxers, and they are boys undies... :)
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      CommentAuthorAce
    • CommentTimeSep 4th, 2008 12:50pm (Sep 4th 2008)
     
    Yeah but they're 'specialy' designed for girls! :rolling:
    • CommentAuthorCake
    • CommentTimeSep 4th, 2008 12:56pm (Sep 4th 2008)
     
    And girls look bloody good in em. Well, i do anyway, ha ha. But boys in girls knicks is bad, unless of course the girl is in em too. oo err, missus. cake sniggers!
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      CommentAuthorRed
    • CommentTimeSep 4th, 2008 4:34pm (Sep 4th 2008) edited
     
    Okay, fair point, but some girls wear proper 'boy' boxers too because they say they are comfier. So why is "boys in girls knicks" bad?! People should be who they want to be, who they choose to be. Each to their own right? C'est la vie!
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeSep 4th, 2008 6:42pm (Sep 4th 2008)
     
    I always think boys get a rough deal on that; we wear their shirts/trousers/undies and it's cool. They wear ours and it's a scandal! :)
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      CommentAuthorRed
    • CommentTimeSep 4th, 2008 7:45pm (Sep 4th 2008)
     
    Yeah, that was the point i was trying to make CC. Thankyou! :bigsmile:
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeSep 6th, 2008 3:09am (Sep 6th 2008)
     
    When you sort through it, having an aversion to men doing "women" things is really about holding a low opinion of women. Women are seen as strong and adventurous if they do things that are considered to be in the realm of "men." But a man who wants to be like a woman? Horrors. The funny thing is - gay men get trashed for wanting to be women, when generally thats the last thing they want. :D Ah, what a tangled web...
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeSep 6th, 2008 5:02am (Sep 6th 2008)
     
    Yes, back to poor ole Elgar being ashamed to carry his violin case through the streets because it was a girlie's instrument!
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeSep 6th, 2008 6:35pm (Sep 6th 2008)
     
    Hello, Over There...can anyone tell me what 'parfait' ('parfay'?) is, please? I'm watching Shrek - again - and the donkey said 'There ain't nobody don't like parfait/parfay' and I dunno what it is. Something you eat/drink, presumably.
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      CommentAuthorJonny
    • CommentTimeSep 6th, 2008 6:48pm (Sep 6th 2008) edited
     
    Well, its a layered desert traditionally served in a tall glass to show all the layers.

    Its also the name of one of Dragon and Donkeys kids I believe.


    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    An American parfait is a dessert normally made by layering cream or ice cream or flavored gelatin dessert with other ingredients such as granola, nuts, yogurts, syrups, liqueurs, fresh fruit, or whipped topping. A parfait is normally made in a tall clear glass making all layers visible. The term parfait traditionally refers to an ice-cream treat similar to a sundae.

    The French term for parfait can refer to a frozen dessert made of egg, cream, and fruit puree.
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeSep 6th, 2008 9:18pm (Sep 6th 2008)
     
    It's a knickerbocker glory then! I've never worked out if 'There ain't nobody don't like parfait' means everybody DOES like it or everybody DOESN'T like it...
    Thank you, Jonny Boffin to the rescue once more!
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      CommentAuthorJonny
    • CommentTimeSep 6th, 2008 9:44pm (Sep 6th 2008)
     
    Posted By: chief chickenI've never worked out if 'There ain't nobody don't like parfait' means everybody DOES like it or everybody DOESN'T like it...


    That there means "There isn't anybody who doesn't like.."...
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      CommentAuthorKateb
    • CommentTimeSep 6th, 2008 9:45pm (Sep 6th 2008)
     
    If only I'd been here 3 hours ago I could've told you! It's one of Danny's favourite lines from Shrek and he quotes it frequently, so I had to google it a while ago. I suppose 'parfait' sounds better than knickerbocker glory in movie terms, but that's what it is!
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeSep 6th, 2008 10:13pm (Sep 6th 2008)
     
    Ah, but 'there isn't anybody' doesn't technically mean 'there isn't nobody'. If there isn't nobody, then there's somebody.
    I'm going to open a bottle of Pinot Grigio and lie down for a while now. Cheers, Ollie! :drinkparty:
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      CommentAuthorKateb
    • CommentTimeSep 6th, 2008 10:17pm (Sep 6th 2008) edited
     
    Surely "there isn't anybody" means there IS somebody. I'm with you CC - on the reasoning, not the alcohol!
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      CommentAuthorJonny
    • CommentTimeSep 7th, 2008 12:41am (Sep 7th 2008)
     
    Hrmmm... OK how about a paraphrase:

    There isn't a soul on Earth that does not like parfait [according to Donkey].

    Meaning everybody likes parfait...arrgh double negatives.
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeSep 7th, 2008 2:51am (Sep 7th 2008)
     
    I'm with Jonny - its a double negative, in bad English.

    Parfait - that's a 1950s desert isn't it?
    • CommentAuthorhqtrev
    • CommentTimeSep 19th, 2008 2:23pm (Sep 19th 2008)
     
    All I am worried about is that someone keeps calling someone else a "merkin"..... has anyone googled that one ?
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      CommentAuthorAce
    • CommentTimeSep 19th, 2008 3:15pm (Sep 19th 2008)
     
    I've googled it and thats GROSS!!!!!:fierce:
    • CommentAuthorollie in UK
    • CommentTimeSep 19th, 2008 4:56pm (Sep 19th 2008)
     
    That's why we use it!!!
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      CommentAuthorchief chicken
    • CommentTimeSep 19th, 2008 7:22pm (Sep 19th 2008)
     
    ...and the merkins don't mind; we told 'em what it meant! Anyway, Bush (:rolling: ) is always saying 'Mah fellow merkins...'
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      CommentAuthorVicki
    • CommentTimeSep 19th, 2008 9:16pm (Sep 19th 2008)
     
    eurgh i didnt know that thanks trev mehh
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      CommentAuthorKateb
    • CommentTimeSep 19th, 2008 10:32pm (Sep 19th 2008)
     
    Tis said in jest!
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      CommentAuthorDianeonWhidbey
    • CommentTimeSep 20th, 2008 7:41am (Sep 20th 2008)
     
    Totally man. ;)
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      CommentAuthorRed
    • CommentTimeSep 24th, 2008 10:00am (Sep 24th 2008)
     
    Trev....why?? I was innocent & happy, and now...
    • CommentAuthorhqtrev
    • CommentTimeSep 24th, 2008 10:18am (Sep 24th 2008)
     
    LOL, sorry Red, the last thing I wanted was to disrupt innocence.

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