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And flicking the Vee's, not the hippy style or victory style, or the Vee's are flicked knuckles away from the flickee. As you said. It is more acceptable than the bird, the meaning being less abrasive than the bird. Martin. |
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Here in the 60s-70s 2 Fingers was V for victory to you or for you Reverse it and you have the opposite
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04-25-2014, 05:04 PM | #43 |
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04-25-2014, 05:10 PM | #45 |
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I dont think this was a "normal" name in Germany, but I had a German national friend that used to call a car door a "Portal". Every time he refered to a door, he used that term.
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04-25-2014, 05:31 PM | #46 |
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Oh, and I can't imagine how two fingers accompanied by "Oop yours" can be less offensive than flipping the bird!
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I learned the "King's English" through many years of watching Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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04-25-2014, 06:52 PM | #48 |
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I loved that show and watched it every saturday night as a young teen in the 70's. I also have to admit at that time I watched it because every so often you might catch a breast shot in one of the skits... A bonus for a young teen boy in the 1970s. Lol.
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04-25-2014, 07:03 PM | #49 |
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When I began watching the show as a teen in the 1970s, the show appeared on the Public Broadcast System and was uncensored.
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04-25-2014, 07:24 PM | #50 |
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Ah, yes, those were the days... I watched Benny Hill religiously!
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04-25-2014, 07:29 PM | #51 |
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Yep, it was pbs on a UHF channel. And yep benny hill would give ya a gratutious boob shot every so often too.. lol
[2QUOTE=ford38v8;865510]Ah, yes, those were the days... I watched Benny Hill religiously! [/QUOTE] |
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Spent some time down under working for the Gubment. Drank a lot of beer with Aussies and Kiwis. Learned a lot of slang which I think I can't repeat here.........
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How about 9 of the last 50 Academy Awards for Best Picture, including one of my all-time favorites, The King's Speech, in 2011? As for the '...re' versus '...er' and '...our' versus '...or' spellings, just step over the 49th parallel into Canada. We do share nearly all the same automotive nomenclature, however. For those who think some of the British and/or Australian automotive terms are strange, how about our own silliness in evolved terms like "mast jacket" for steering column tube? Where is the yardarm and where are the sails on a car? Last edited by DavidG; 04-25-2014 at 09:09 PM. Reason: spelling |
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David and Martin, I'll bet you this: The Brits are too smart to film movies with Lucas Electrics in their cameras!
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Ask him also if he knows what MGB stands for? (No, not Morris Garage) it's Money Grabbing B##ch
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I heard that the first thing that Ford did when they bought Jaguar was to toss Lucas and buy Bosch (sp?).
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04-25-2014, 10:43 PM | #58 |
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How about "drop head coupe" ?
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UK Shooting Brake ? - USA/Aus/NZ Station Wagon.
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i like lucas electrics, they are great when you know how to make them work.
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