A feaw teasers here....................
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 11:00:42 +1100 (EST) homestay@infolearn.com.au (Syl's
Sydney Homestay) writes:
>>Wally Hall of the Jensen list posted a detailed account of Agincourt
>and the
>>V sign. If I'd saved it I'd post it and then everyone would know
>everything
Ive been British all my life and used the gesture often - if i ever knew
what it meant ive forgotten.........now i HAVE to know..C'mon - somebody,
please!!
>Michael
>I don't want to get into it on this list but the generally unprintable
>word
>is not recorded as having its derivation from 'plucking'.
This one I do know - "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" - basically coveting
your neighbours wife - it got you hung or burned or whatever was the
vogue dismemberment of the day - not much in the "free love " stakes
back then!!!
mike robson
69 roadster (I mean built in 1969, ahem...)
70 BGT
72 roadster
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