"Owain" wrote in message
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ARWadsworth wrote:
I assumed the implication that the child is a ******* was not a dig at a
lack of wedlock. It was a way to describe having to go to B&Q for a
child. My Grandad can be "an annoying old *******" when he phones to say
he is having trouble with the TV remote etc and he was born in wedlock.
The Natural Philosopher used the words "little *******".

I agree.

That is more like a term of endearment.

I wouldn't go *that* far in my assumptions :-)

What term would you use for your Grandad when you have to take him shopping
for electrical goods and he refuses everything from Germay and Japan and
wants to see the English stuff. Comet and Currys staff avoid him like the
plague and I am surprised he is not banned from either.

Adam