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In reply to the discussion: Codswallop! Pensioner handbags health minister outside No 10 [View all]aquart
(69,014 posts)32. I always bother about origins.
A friend who spends time in Paris came back and tossed "I'll bring you oranges in jail" into the conversation. I spent the next two hours tracking it down.
And then there's eggnog. And finicky. And fizgig. And Arthur. Multitudinous false derivations for the name Arthur. Those take decades. Maybe lifetimes.
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The Brits have a way of telling you that you are full of $#!* and you enjoy it.
liberal N proud
Feb 2012
#9
Actually, I think it's more Cameron who is following Lansley's orders on this
LeftishBrit
Feb 2012
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