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William Dalrymple

Started by tstan, May 11 2006 03:05 PM

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#21 iwanttogoback

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Posted 17 May 2007 - 04:11 PM

dame edna seems to have an inexhaustible supply of such expressions...:)
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Posted 17 May 2007 - 08:44 PM

I'll have you know that Shirt Lifting and Pillow Biting have got absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Jumper Touching!!!!! :D O_O :D O_O :D
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Posted 17 May 2007 - 08:51 PM

I like 'Rug-Muncher'

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyhow ... That William Dalrymple's good, isn't he? :D

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Posted 18 May 2007 - 11:20 AM

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I'll have you know that Shirt Lifting and Pillow Biting have got absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Jumper Touching

as an australian i am bound to confess that i know all manner of filthy expressions. it was just that items of clothing are mentioned in jumper touching (which is a lovely expression i've never heard before but will definitely use) and shirt lifter, which is one i may have used occasionally.

at least i didn't lower the tone of the conversation as far as the doc!
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Posted 18 May 2007 - 04:39 PM

You started it, gutterbrain. :party:

And a moderator, too.

Tsk, tsk ... :blush:

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Posted 18 May 2007 - 06:22 PM

gutterbrain!

gutterbrain!

if you were australian i'd think you were flirting! :party: :blush: :)
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Posted 18 May 2007 - 08:28 PM

View PostJudi, on May 17 2007, 05:14 PM, said:

I'll have you know that Shirt Lifting and Pillow Biting have got absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Jumper Touching!!!!! :blush: :) :party:
:) C'mon Judi, even a PM with an explanation will put my mind at ease as far as Jumper Toucher is concerned, or is it self-explanatory? :)


View PostDr Funkenstein, on May 17 2007, 05:21 PM, said:

I like 'Rug-Muncher'

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyhow ... That William Dalrymple's good, isn't he? ;)

:P - I'll have to get confirmation from another Tree Monkey on this one because I don't want everyone thinking I'm another gutterbrain :P

Now back to Billie :)
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Posted 20 May 2007 - 01:02 AM

View Postiwanttogoback, on May 18 2007, 06:22 PM, said:

gutterbrain!

gutterbrain!

if you were australian i'd think you were flirting! ;) ;) ;)


I am.

Here in Cornwall, that's known as 'seduction'. ;)

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Posted 20 May 2007 - 07:40 AM

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C'mon Judi, even a PM with an explanation

on its way. as the resident aussie mod i obviously know what all these expressions mean!
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Posted 21 May 2007 - 01:09 AM

A Jumper Toucher - for those unfamiliar with the expression - is someone who is impressed by celebrity, and likes to have some connection with a celebrity e.g football fans, who stretch out to touch the jumpers of their footballing heroes as they walk out of the tunnel. ;)

Now get iwanto and Dr Funk to explain their delightful expressions ;) ;)
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Posted 21 May 2007 - 04:26 PM

shirt lifting, something practised by males who share the love that dare not speak its name! if it helps, imagine that the shirt lifter is a male standing behind another male...

i'll leave the doc, silver tongued smoothy that he is, to explain rug muncher. ;) ;) ;)
just is.

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Posted 22 May 2007 - 03:41 PM

I don't know what 'rug-muncher' means.

I've led a sheltered, innocent life. :angry2:

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Posted 22 May 2007 - 03:49 PM

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I've led a sheltered, innocent life.
:) :yahoo: :angry2:
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Posted 09 January 2010 - 10:16 AM

Today I got my birthday gift from my daughter, Nine Lives by Dalrymple. I am yet to finish Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh which I may do this week end.

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Posted 09 January 2010 - 10:57 PM

Nice cultural and linguistic journey, theIndiaTree!
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