On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:17:35 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:
Gunner wrote:
raden wrote:

Here in the US it is called a crew cut too. Back in the 50's there was
a singin8 group called "The Crew Cuts"

We used to call it a "bog brush" at school

why would anyone want to brush a swamp?

"bog" being a UK slang expression for toilet ;-)

I seem to recall a similar shared "Whut the hell...?" between the UK
term 'Bum Bag' = USA term 'Fanny Pack' Going either way it could be
considered an insult if one was looking for a reason to be insulted.

-- Bruce --