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Default (2008-03-12) New survey on the RFC site: Asparagus and 'stinkypee'

blake murphy wrote:
> Adam Funk wrote:
> >blake murphy wrote:
> >> cecil adams spews:

>
> >> It is said that in a venerable British men's club there is a sign
> >> reading "DURING THE ASPARAGUS SEASON MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO
> >> RELIEVE THEMSELVES IN THE HATSTAND."

>
> >> ...i heard it as 'umbrella stand,' but who knows.

>
> >I'd like to see proof of that.

>
> >No, not proof of THAT --- just the sign.

>
> i'd like to think that brits are more cultured than to **** in the
> umbrella stand, but then i don't have proof of that, either.


If a McMick possessed culture he and his hooligans would know that
Brits refer to an umbrella as a *bumbershoot*. Of course our vulva-
faced McMick hides that butt ugli mug behind a widdle lacy parasol.
hehe


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