What exactly is a *******? We have old *******s, young *******s, good
*******s, bad *******s, silly *******s, smart *******s; hard *******s,weak
*******s, kind *******s, sadistic *******s, - the list is endless. In fact,
everyone in Oz is potentially some sort of *******. Mostly it's use is
intended to be non-offensive, even affectionate, though not always. There
was no mistaking the sentiment of a WW2 POW when he said,
"the Japs were *******s."
Sometimes it's the perfect word.
We've got a great tradition of playing practical jokes on our mates, the
more outlandish or dangerous the better. The standard response from the
victim is to yell "you *******, " often accompanied with the victim taking a
swing at the perpetrator, whereupon, both blokes will fall about laughing
until they can hardly draw breath.
Here's a picture that explains that better than I ever could.
Two blokes in a bomb disposal team, the one on the right is in the middle of
a deactivation.
The bloke behind him, well, ......... he's a *******!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32473839@N02

What do the following words describe?

1/. Cobbler

2/. Wobbly boots

3/. Canary

4/. Bikkies

5/. Poisoner

diggerop

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toobusy@themoment wrote:

What exactly is a *******? We have old *******s, young *******s, good
*******s, bad *******s, silly *******s, smart *******s; hard
*******s,weak
*******s, kind *******s, sadistic *******s, - the list is endless. In
fact,
everyone in Oz is potentially some sort of *******.

"All *******s are *******s, but some *******s is ********s*."
-- (Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent)


Heh. I like that. Pratchett too, - funny *******.

diggerop

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diggerop toobusy@themoment wrote:

What exactly is a *******? We have old *******s, young *******s, good
*******s, bad *******s, silly *******s, smart *******s; hard *******s,weak
*******s, kind *******s, sadistic *******s, - the list is endless. In fact,
everyone in Oz is potentially some sort of *******. Mostly it's use is
intended to be non-offensive, even affectionate, though not always. There
was no mistaking the sentiment of a WW2 POW when he said,
"the Japs were *******s."
Sometimes it's the perfect word.
We've got a great tradition of playing practical jokes on our mates, the
more outlandish or dangerous the better. The standard response from the
victim is to yell "you *******, " often accompanied with the victim taking a
swing at the perpetrator, whereupon, both blokes will fall about laughing
until they can hardly draw breath.
Here's a picture that explains that better than I ever could.
Two blokes in a bomb disposal team, the one on the right is in the middle of
a deactivation.
The bloke behind him, well, ......... he's a *******!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32473839@N02

What do the following words describe?

1/. Cobbler

a) Gymnapistes marmoratus.
b) a 'more polite' form of ********.
c) a difficult sheep to shear.
d) a craftsman whose children are typically unshod, per folklore.


2/. Wobbly boots

Someone who _did_ get Olivers at the rubbity-dub.

3/. Canary

One who once claimed residency at the crossbar motel.

4/. Bikkies

Expensive, when used with a dimensional qualifier prepended,
In the southern U.S., often found in the presense of red-eye gravy.

5/. Poisoner

The baitlayer -- makes the the babbler's brownie.

In song, he who made 'hot cross buns, all served up with sugar and glue.'