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Godot · 02-21-2004, 10:16 AM

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Originally posted by Boro Nut
Well let's put the story into a little historical persepctive. You are sitting in the maket square of Damascus minding your own business, wondering whether it's BC or AD now, when all of a sudden, a blind man staggers up and says "You'll never guess who I've just seen".

No. Me neither.

Boro Nut

Too bad I was deaf when he told me.

Doctor X · 02-21-2004, 03:21 PM

Prat--"a pregnant fish"

This was according to a British professor who admitted he was disappointed to know this. However, my OED [Cue Rule Britannia.--Ed.] gives the first definition as based on "prank" or a "trick." Here are the alternates

2. Buttocks--criminal slang
2a. Hip-Pocket--US criminal slang--Huh?
3. Dolt-fool-jerk

oh well . . . not as eggregious as it sounds.

--J.D.

Postcard73 · 02-23-2004, 11:26 AM

Off to humor.

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tracer · 02-23-2004, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by Doctor X
Prat--"a pregnant fish"

So that means the engines in a DC-9 jet airliner are actually made by "Pregnant Fish & Whitney"?

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02-21-2004, 03:21 PM	#12
Doctor X Banned Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 3,794	Prat--"a pregnant fish" This was according to a British professor who admitted he was disappointed to know this. However, my OED [Cue Rule Britannia.--Ed.] gives the first definition as based on "prank" or a "trick." Here are the alternates 2. Buttocks--criminal slang 2a. Hip-Pocket--US criminal slang--Huh? 3. Dolt-fool-jerk oh well . . . not as eggregious as it sounds. --J.D.

02-23-2004, 11:26 AM	#13
Postcard73 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Roanoke, VA. Posts: 2,198	Off to humor. Scott (Postcard73) BC&H Moderator

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