Cunning linguists! Isn't that something rude? nt

Posted by Tiggy on March 31, 2001 at 13:02:32:

In Reply to: Oh, love those cunning linguists! posted by Polly Glotte on March 30, 2001 at 20:51:16:

: : I am always interested in cultural differences, especially linguistic ones.

: : Here there was a programme called 'Captain Pugwash', a kids cartoon about a group of rather congenial pirates.

: : Two of the characters were Seaman Staines and Master Bates.

: : We also had a programme called 'Rainbow' where a male froglike character called Zippy, regularly went to bed with a pink male hippopotamus type character called George who carried a handbag and wore curlers in bed.

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• Depends on how you view cunnilingus. Emily [nt] 18:46:21 03/31/01 (1)
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