Wanker
Aug 12th 2009 | 9:14 am
#31
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Re: Wanker
My 9 yr old daughter growing up in Italy knows what it means after this conversation we had in the car last year ...........
I didn't know it then but now thanks to her, I know that I swear under my breath when driving and that kids have MASSIVE ears.
Italian driver cuts me up on roundabout and makes me brake hard and swerve.
I say - very quietly - "you pr*ck !"
Daugther says, "Mummy - what does pr*ck mean?"
I reply, 'It's a naughty English word that Mummy just used to describe that stupid man that nearly made Mummy crash the car."
Daughter says,
"It's okay Mummy - I was only wondering you know because you usually say Wanker!"
I didn't know it then but now thanks to her, I know that I swear under my breath when driving and that kids have MASSIVE ears.
Italian driver cuts me up on roundabout and makes me brake hard and swerve.
I say - very quietly - "you pr*ck !"
Daugther says, "Mummy - what does pr*ck mean?"
I reply, 'It's a naughty English word that Mummy just used to describe that stupid man that nearly made Mummy crash the car."
Daughter says,
"It's okay Mummy - I was only wondering you know because you usually say Wanker!"
Aug 12th 2009 | 9:35 am
#32
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From: Toasty in Texas
Re: Wanker
My 9 yr old daughter growing up in Italy knows what it means after this conversation we had in the car last year ...........
I didn't know it then but now thanks to her, I know that I swear under my breath when driving and that kids have MASSIVE ears.
Italian driver cuts me up on roundabout and makes me brake hard and swerve.
I say - very quietly - "you pr*ck !"
Daugther says, "Mummy - what does pr*ck mean?"
I reply, 'It's a naughty English word that Mummy just used to describe that stupid man that nearly made Mummy crash the car."
Daughter says,
"It's okay Mummy - I was only wondering you know because you usually say Wanker!"
I didn't know it then but now thanks to her, I know that I swear under my breath when driving and that kids have MASSIVE ears.
Italian driver cuts me up on roundabout and makes me brake hard and swerve.
I say - very quietly - "you pr*ck !"
Daugther says, "Mummy - what does pr*ck mean?"
I reply, 'It's a naughty English word that Mummy just used to describe that stupid man that nearly made Mummy crash the car."
Daughter says,
"It's okay Mummy - I was only wondering you know because you usually say Wanker!"
It's been known to slip out at ackward moments.
Aug 12th 2009 | 11:56 am
#34
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Re: Wanker
My 9 yr old daughter growing up in Italy knows what it means after this conversation we had in the car last year ...........
I didn't know it then but now thanks to her, I know that I swear under my breath when driving and that kids have MASSIVE ears.
Italian driver cuts me up on roundabout and makes me brake hard and swerve.
I say - very quietly - "you pr*ck !"
Daugther says, "Mummy - what does pr*ck mean?"
I reply, 'It's a naughty English word that Mummy just used to describe that stupid man that nearly made Mummy crash the car."
Daughter says,
"It's okay Mummy - I was only wondering you know because you usually say Wanker!"
I didn't know it then but now thanks to her, I know that I swear under my breath when driving and that kids have MASSIVE ears.
Italian driver cuts me up on roundabout and makes me brake hard and swerve.
I say - very quietly - "you pr*ck !"
Daugther says, "Mummy - what does pr*ck mean?"
I reply, 'It's a naughty English word that Mummy just used to describe that stupid man that nearly made Mummy crash the car."
Daughter says,
"It's okay Mummy - I was only wondering you know because you usually say Wanker!"
Aug 13th 2009 | 5:10 am
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Re: Wanker
Shortly after we moved here we learned that my sons elementary school girls volleyball team was called 'The Shaggers'
Aug 13th 2009 | 5:32 am
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Aug 13th 2009 | 7:51 am
#38
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Re: Wanker
RAY!
My dad has that on vinyl.
Classic.
My dad has that on vinyl.
Classic.
Aug 14th 2009 | 2:59 am
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Re: Wanker
But it's not George Formby. It's Ivor Biggun, also known as Doc Cox from That's Life.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/..._b_148x220.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/..._b_148x220.jpg
Aug 14th 2009 | 3:00 am
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Re: Wanker
My wifes favorite swear word is Bastard.
And when I say something is "Bollocks" She replys, It's not "BollLOX" she can't pronounce it right so the argument normally turns into me laughing at her.
Never heard any Yank say wanker before, I've shouted it at a few of them while driving so maybe it will spread.
And when I say something is "Bollocks" She replys, It's not "BollLOX" she can't pronounce it right so the argument normally turns into me laughing at her.
Never heard any Yank say wanker before, I've shouted it at a few of them while driving so maybe it will spread.
Aug 14th 2009 | 9:59 am
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it's 'The winkers song (misprint)'
