Pom
Dec 6th 2006, 6:19 am
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Pom
It turns out I have learned to my surprise the oragins of (POM). I was chatting with an Australian friend and he told me that he was always told that POM is short for POME hich means Prisoner Of Mother England, so no need to get too upset because most Austrailans are related to POMs.
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Dec 6th 2006, 7:24 am
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Re: Pom
no shit?
Dec 6th 2006, 7:26 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by renth
no shit?
Dec 6th 2006, 7:29 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by renth
no shit?
Yeah thanks I was really getting into this thread.
Dec 6th 2006, 7:59 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by rossifumi
Yeah thanks I was really getting into this thread.
Dec 6th 2006, 8:01 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Its an original topic, we haven't discussed it for a couple of hours at elast
Dec 6th 2006, 8:10 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by rossifumi
Bring back the banana threads.
Dec 6th 2006, 8:12 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by gedge
can you make a suit out of bananas?
Oh hold on, some may not bother wearing thongs.
Dec 6th 2006, 8:20 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by rossifumi
No, only thongs from the skins.
Dec 6th 2006, 8:27 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by rossifumi
No, only thongs from the skins.
Oh hold on, some may not bother wearing thongs.
Oh hold on, some may not bother wearing thongs.
What like this
As for not wearing them, well that depends if they fit or not
Dec 6th 2006, 8:29 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by GreenTea
It turns out I have learned to my surprise the oragins of (POM). I was chatting with an Australian friend and he told me that he was always told that POM is short for POME hich means Prisoner Of Mother England, so no need to get too upset because most Austrailans are related to POMs.
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Dec 6th 2006, 8:30 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by gedge
sounds like an accident waiting to happen
"going to slip one in"
came from
Dec 6th 2006, 8:33 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by steve`o
is that where the phase
"going to slip one in"
came from
"going to slip one in"
came from
Dec 6th 2006, 8:35 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by renth
no shit?
Green Tea. I can only assume that you either a) live on a totally deserted island; b) have a life so not here very much; or c) winding us up
Dec 6th 2006, 8:35 am
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Re: Pom
Originally Posted by gedge
this is heading for another one of those words that mean one thing in the Uk and another in Oz threads