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Article #623664Re: Flying crisps (Was Re: The birth of BASIC)
From: J. Clarke
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 22:41
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 22:41
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On Fri, 08 Jun 2018 20:56:45 +0100, Elliott Roper <nos...@yrl.co.uk> wrote: >On 8 Jun 2018, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote >(in article<20180608133011.d714...@eircom.net>): > >> On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 08:06:36 +0100 >> AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote: >> >> > On 07/06/2018 21:43, Dennis Boone wrote: >> > > > That's quite a good one. I've been collecting these kinds of things >> > > > for years, since my father was American and my mother still lives >> > > > there (they emigrated 37 years ago) and we go there a lot. >> > > >> > > Co-worker of my wife, years ago, alarmed the hell out of a young >> > > American hospital patient when she went for a "torch". >> > >> > My colleague was seconded to Texas where he shocked the office by asking >> > if anyone could tell him where he could go to buy some fags. >> >> Good thing he wasn't asking where he could go and smoke one. > >Nice one. a.k.a you owe me keyboard I used to work in an office where there were many gay employees and a few British ones. This led to the occasional remark "I'm going to go out and suck a fag" which left visitors rather astounded. What it meant was that I'm going to go out and smoke a cigarette of course.
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