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A man's penis is not something you dispose like mac and cheese leftovers.I know women who wouldn't agree with you!
(In fact, I've met one or two who would rather dispose of all of them ...)
Things that you probably didn't know - thread.
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classic33
Leg End Member
SlaithwaiteIt's probably the only town in the country where people argue about the pronunciation.
Drop the o from south
And the w. Strangely the local BBC news have started calling it South-well.
Over The Hill
Guru
- Location
- Ridden off into the sunset
Nelson is supposed to have said "Kiss me Hardy" as his final utterance before he died.
That is a bit of an odd thing to say and it would make much more sense for him to say "Kismit Hardy". It would be very apt to say it was fate when you had just copped some lead.
But the word kismit had not at that time come into use. So he is back to kissing Hardy.
That is a bit of an odd thing to say and it would make much more sense for him to say "Kismit Hardy". It would be very apt to say it was fate when you had just copped some lead.
But the word kismit had not at that time come into use. So he is back to kissing Hardy.
JtB
Prepare a way for the Lord
- Location
- North Hampshire
In Spanish the word for "wifes" and "handcuffs" is the same (esposas).
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
- Location
- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
In my pre-GPS days, I was attempting to find my way back from Holme Moss via Slaithwaite. I wasn't sure where I was so I asked a local if we were in 'Slay-th-wait'. He refused to acknowledge that such a place even existed and he had lived in the area since he were a lad. I was puzzled ... I spelt it out - S.l.a.i.t.h.w.a.i.t.e. "Slough-it, lad, it's called Slough-it" (Rhyming with plough-it!) I think the younger generation now pronounce it 'Slath-wait'.
And Barnoldswick is pronounced 'Barlick' by the locals, but AFAIK they don't argue about it!
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
In London, the locals call it "Laaaaandaaaaan" 
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
If you are in Tewkesbury, the locals say summat like Chucksbry.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Babies can't put their arms over their head to touch the opposite ear*
*until their arms get long enough/unless they were fathered by an orang-utan
*until their arms get long enough/unless they were fathered by an orang-utan
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
Staines used to be in Surrey, then they moved to Middlesex, then they changed the name to Staines-upon-Thames. The locals call it Shitehole.
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
In London, the locals call it "Laaaaandaaaaan"
Well, I seem to have opened up a can of worms.
For the record; historically, residents of the town always pronounced it Shrowsbury and only outsiders said Shrewsbury, however these days a large number in the town say "Shrew" based on the supreme logical argument "it's spelt Shrew, innit".
If you want to pass yourself off as a local, call it Salop.
classic33
Leg End Member
Well, I seem to have stirred up a can of worms.
Sowerby Bridge, Mytholmroyd
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
There used to be a story that some guys at Siemens, based nearby, would answer the phone "Siemens, Staines.''
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
And the similar story of the company Otis, the lift / elevator installers based in Reading.
