[Dixielandjazz] Re: Happy Every Day -- and the Holy-daze, too

[Patrick Cooke]

>Rugby, which more or less is what you
>call football, is played by men with funny shaped balls,  >What do you
think this all means?<<<
>>
Do you have trouble finding enough men with funny shaped balls to make up a
team?
  Pat Cooke

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ivor Jones" <banjones@oninet.pt>
To: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard@hotmail.com>
Cc: "DJML" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Happy Every Day -- and the Holy-daze, too


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard@hotmail.com>
>
> >
> > FOOTBALL
> > (Brit) a game with a round ball played in your
> knickers................wrong, see below
> > (Yank) a game with an oblong ball played with heavy padding and helmets
> >
> > KNICKERS
> > (Brit) underwear.......only ladies.
> > (Yank) trousers which buckle at the knee often worn by golfers
> >
> > KNOCK UP
> > (Brit) call someone on the telephone...........This is completely wrong
!
> .
> > (Yank) Impregnate a close friend (at least at the time)
>
> Aside. There is another meaning in England of the above expression..Some
45
> years ago when I was at Wembley practising for the World Table Tennis
> Championships, the American team showed (but of course they played
> 'PING-PONG') and I politely asked a very tasty America lady, Sharon
Koehnke,
> if she would like a 'knock up' , meaning practice, whereupon Marty
Riesman,
> a male member of the team, offered to re-arrange my features. I thought at
> the time that this was jealousy ...the real reason was explained later.
>
> >
> > SORRY
> > (Brit) a word to use when you accidentally bump into someone
> > (Yank) a feeling of regret when you find you've actually hurt someone
> >
> My dear William most of your list is a load of old COBBLERS, this is
Cockney
> rhyming-slang (cobbler's awls). .
>
> A few more differences
>
> Hockey is played mostly by girls in England, Rounders...you call it
> Baseball, is only played by girls.....Rugby, which more or less is what
you
> call football, is played by men with funny shaped balls, and is in most
> countries played without any significant padding while in America 'played
> with heavy padding and helmets' ... and painted faces, make-up, or
> cosmetics....take your pick. What do you think this all means?
>
> No offence intended, and in the best possible taste.
>
> Ivor Jones
> >
>
>
>
>
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