He said he would show me the world...

[Maz]

I've just bought a box of raisin Poppets from the vending machine. There's a quote on the back of it:

"He said he would show me the world...but all I got was a backy and a Mr.Whippy"

Is that a famous quote or something? From a film maybe?

The answer's not even given on the box! How very dare they leave me in suspense!

 

[ChrisKH]

What's a 'backy'?

 

[domtyler]

Oh dear, you really have been living under a stone Maz!!

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Oh dear, you really have been living under a stone Maz!!

Maz, this translates as, "You've not been living as depraved a life as I have."

 

[Maz]

Oh dear, you really have been living under a stone Maz!!

You don't know either. That makes 2 of us.

 

[domtyler]

You don't know either. That makes 2 of us.

You got me sussed!

 

[Haitch]

The same question is asked here.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

You got me sussed!

You mean it's not a reference to some disgusting sexual practice?

 

[Maz]

The same question is asked here.

Looks like they're as stumped as I am.

 

[Cyclista]

When I was a nipper growing up in Scotland a 'Backy' was giving one of your mates a lift on the back of your bike, feet on the stays, holding on to your shoulders.

 

[Fnaar]

When I was a nipper growing up in Scotland a 'Backy' was giving one of your mates a lift on the back of your bike, feet on the stays, holding on to your shoulders.

Whjen I was a young man I had fantasies about Mrs Scroggins, feet on my shoulders, me holding onto her stays...

 

[iacula]

I was brought up in Glasgow, I confirm the suggested meaning of "backy", by Cyclista there from the 1960's. Also was Mr Whippy a Scottish Ice Cream van outfit or does everybody recognise it?

 

[Fnaar]

I was brought up in Glasgow, I confirm the suggested meaning of "backy", by Cyclista there from the 1960's. Also was Mr Whippy a Scottish Ice Cream van outfit or does everybody recognise it?

Yeah Mr Whippy was round our way (I was a southerner in them days). We also called it a backy, the thing on the bike. Perhaps my parents were lying, and really we lived in Scotland.. I always wondered why there were so many ginger people around, and half the men wore skirts...

 

[iacula]

I guess ginger people like Scotsmen get everywhere.

 

[Fnaar]

I guess ginger people like Scotsmen get everywhere.

And Mr Whippy too!