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texasboy:
;D For our USA members.
U.S Marine
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The train was quite crowded, so a U. S. Marine walked the entire length looking for a seat, but the only seat left was taken by a well dressed, middle-aged, French woman's poodle.
The war-weary Marine asked, "Ma'am, may I have that seat?"
The French woman just sniffed and said to no one in particular, "Americans are so rude. My little Fifi is using that seat."
The Marine walked the entire train again, but the only seat left was under that dog.
"Please, ma'am. May I sit down? I'm very tired."
She snorted, "Not only are you Americans rude, you are also arrogant!"
This time the Marine didn't say a word; he just picked up the little dog, tossed it out the train window, and sat down.
The woman shrieked, "Someone must defend my honour! Put this American in his place!"
An English gentleman sitting nearby spoke up, "Sir, you Americans seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing: you hold the fork in the wrong hand; you drive your cars on the wrong side of the road; and now, sir, you seem to have thrown the wrong bitch out....
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billyfridge:
Another good one Tex...LOL
MinLo:
:D :D :D
good one tex!
texasboy:
;D ;D And Billy thought that "knickers" were part of the female attire.lol Did you wear yours as a youngster Billy?
"Knickers," however, is definitely an American invention. It's actually short for "knickerbockers," which takes a bit of explaining. In 1809, Washington Irving (of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" fame) wrote his satirical "A History of New York," creating as his fictional narrator the character of Diedrich Knickerbocker, a prosperous inhabitant of the old Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (which later became New York City). In the illustrations in early editions of the book, Knickerbocker is portrayed wearing loose-fitting breeches, trousers that end just below the knee. Such pants, worn in the 19th century by boys and men engaged in various sports, soon became known as "knickerbockers," by 1881 commonly shortened to "knickers."
It was still common in the 1930s and 40s for "knickers" to be worn as trousers by young boys in the US, but by the late 19th century the term was also being used for undergarments worn by women and children, which is the sense most often heard in the UK today.
What colour were yours.?? >:D
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billyfridge:
What the bloody hell are you prattling on about Tex..........have you been consorting with 'Jack Daniels' ? :D
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