Seems the word “fag” means a cigarette in merry old England. Who knew?
My friend and fellow blogger Brendan turned me on to a raucous (though fortunately not coprophagous, despite the unsettling title) blog from across the pond, and after posting only two small comments, I have been overwhelmed with praise!
This cannot be a good thing: the ego boost fleeting, the addiction to praise driving me to ever higher cleverness, til last I am reduced to the base status of pontificating pundit. I can even now hear the sirens singing...
How I Got Married
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My wife Sandy was born and raised on the south side of DeKalb, Il, two
hours due west of Chicago. My family moved to the north side of DeKalb in
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2 comments:
Re. cigarettes - indeed. Whenever drinking in pubs with American chums I have to be careful to distinguish between the English and Snoop Dogg senses of "I'm gonna smoke a fag".
We also had a commercial for a vacuum cleaner which wouldn't be appropriate across the pond - the tagline was "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux".
It has been two months since your last post. Some of us are dying to comment.
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