[Dixielandjazz] Dhulali / Deolali / Doolally Tap

[Dick Baker]

At 12:57 PM 5/4/2005, Jerry Gordon wrote:
>From: Jerry Gordon <jerrygordon at juno.com>
>
>On Wed, 4 May 2005 12:32:55 +0100 "PATRICK LADD" <pj.ladd at btinternet.com>
>writes:
> >  ...
> > Wendy promptly went Dhulali, chased off and managed to get
> > a
> > picture of herself with the guy.
> > ...
>
>
>Dhulali??

An old Indian Army (i.e., the British Army in India) expression meaning to 
go bonkers with boredom, which happened often at the army post at 
Deolali.  See http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-doo1.htm
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