[iwanttogoback]

dame edna seems to have an inexhaustible supply of such expressions...

[Judi]

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

[YETI]

I like 'Rug-Muncher'

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

[iwanttogoback]

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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!

[YETI]

You started it, gutterbrain.

And a moderator, too.

Tsk, tsk ...

[iwanttogoback]

gutterbrain!

gutterbrain!

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

[priya]

Judi, 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!!!!!        

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?

Dr Funkenstein, on May 17 2007, 05:21 PM, said:

I like 'Rug-Muncher'

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

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

Now back to Billie

[YETI]

iwanttogoback, 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'.

[iwanttogoback]

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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!

[Judi]

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    

[iwanttogoback]

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.

[YETI]

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

I've led a sheltered, innocent life.

[iwanttogoback]

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I've led a sheltered, innocent life.

        

[jyotirmoy]

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.

[noflylist]

Nice cultural and linguistic journey, theIndiaTree!