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Enneagram Chat Board Archive Yes it isPosted by Diarmuid on April 01, 2001 at 20:40:53: In Reply to: Snopes.com says thats an urban legend though posted by Cory on March 30, 2001 at 19:54:31:
Not just English but patriotic american. : Snopes.com is one of the best sites on the internet for proving or debunking urban legends, myths, folklore, and rumors. Here's a link to it. : By the way, whats so sick about Roger the Cabin Boy? Is Roger slang in England? : -Cory : : 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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