Jack Brooks wrote:
>In that same vein, a former employer of my wife told us
about the time in
>his life that he was very unhappy with his job and dreaded
going into work.
>His British wife, here in the USA, would call out to him,
as she pulled away
>from the crowded bus stop where she had dropped him off
each morning, "Keep
>your pecker up", referring to his chin, not his, Ahem,
pecker.
And all this talk about peckers, rubbers and knockers (we
haven't had Bristols as yet, have we?) brings me to the
digestive area of this general thread.
What about that splendid English pudding (dessert) called
'Spotted Dick?'
Jonmac
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